Description
Book SynopsisThe Smyrna Quay presents the buildings of this legendary 3 km-long strip of land on the waterfront of the Ottoman port city of Smyrna as a continuous architectural, topographic and historical ensemble.
The Quay became an iconic symbol of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir), synonymous with the progress, cosmopolitanism and wealth of its inhabitants, throughout the 47 years period which spanned its existence, from its completion in August 1875 to September 1922. It was then that this glorious sight was lost in the aftermath of the Greco-Turkish war (1919-1922), after the recapture of Smyrna by the Kemalist forces and the Great Fire that followed.
Most of the Quay buildings were destroyed by fire, and many of those that escaped the fire fell prey to the reconstruction of the city. Very little of the original waterfront remains intact.
The authors have used commercial and travel guides, maps and postcards, as well as computer tools, in order to digitally restore the façades of all buildings of the Smyrna Quay to their original appearance. These reconstructed images form the core of this book.
They have studied hundreds of Quay postcards and panoramas, depicting grand mansions, theatres, cafés, consulates, clubs and hotels, as well as the bustling port, administration buildings and agencies. All these showed aspects of the public and private life in an Anatolian city, where the European west wind blew strongly for centuries. Particular attention is paid to the lives of the inhabitants of the Quay - a dynamic, multi-ethnic society.
Original research using new techniques shows Smyrna’s Quay as it was. Illustrations include architectural plans and reconstructions as well as photographs and photomosaics. 620 illustrations, 140 drawings. 2-volume set, paperback, slip-cased.
Volume 1: Residential and Recreational Sections, 396pp; Volume 2: Commercial and Administrative Sections, 356pp. Greek language text.
Table of ContentsVolume I Residential and Recreational Sections
Publishers’ Note
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations And Conventions
Foreword
Introduction
Chronological Table Of Key Events
Residential Section
The Residential Section Of The Smyrna Quay (A1-K2)
A1-A3 – Cafés In Punta
B0 – ‘Eden’ Sea Baths
B1 – Tram Depot
B2 – Café ‘Mimikos’ (Ex ‘Eden’)
C1-C6 – Residencies
D1-D9 – Residencies
E1-E7 – Residencies
F1-F15 – Residencies
G1-G17 – Residencies
H1-H8 – Residencies
H9 – ‘Nea Skini’ Theater (Ex Café ‘Bella Vista’)
I1-I17 – Residencies
I18 – ‘Pallas’ Cinema
J1 – ‘Lux’ Cinema
J2-J18 – Residencies
K1-K2 – Residencies
The Recreational Section Of The Smyrna Quay (K3-O1)
K3 – Théatre De Smyrne
K4 – French Consulate
L1 – Brasserie ‘Alhambra’
L2 – Sporting Club
L3 – ‘Sporting’ Theater And Garden
M0 – Italian Girls’ School (‘La Centrale’)
M1 – Café ‘De Paris’ And Garden
M2 – Cinema ‘De Paris’
M3 – Brasserie ‘Asty’
M4 – ‘Kraemer’ Theater
M5 – ‘Pathé’ Cinema
M6-M9 – ‘Baliozian & Essayan’ Residential Complex
M10 – Iliadis Residence
M11 – Café ‘Neos Possidon’
M12 – Aliotti Mansion / Stergiadis’ Residence
M13 – Brasserie ‘Boston’
M14 – Hunters’ Club (‘Upper’)
N1 – New Hunters’ Club (‘Lower’)
N2 – ‘Gay’ / ‘Iris’ Theater
N3 – Hotel De La Ville & Café ‘Fotis’
N4 – Café ‘Panellinion’ / ‘Ivi’
N5 – Grand Hotel Kraemer Palace
N6-N8 – Brasseries ‘Budapest’, ‘Gratz’ & ‘Possidon’
N9 – Hotel ‘Smyrna Palace’
N10 – Hotel ‘Aïvali & Moschonissia’
N11 – ‘Messageries Maritimes’ Building
O1 – Grand Hotel Huck / Central Post Office
Volume II Commercial – Administrative Section
The Commercial – Administrative Section Of The Smyrna Quay (O0, 02-Z2)
O0 – ‘Pasaport’ Building
O2-O3 – Shipping Companies’ Offices
O4-O5 – Restaurant / Café
O6 – Grand Hotel De Londres
O7 – Hotel D’egypte
O8 – Rees Building
O9 – Café ‘Pera D’oro’
O10 – ‘Grand Hotel Central’
O11 – Hotel ‘La Turquie’
O12 – Hotel ‘La Patrie’
O13 – ‘Grand Hotel D’athènes’
O14 – Hotel ‘La Grande Bretagne’
P0 – ‘Hamidiye’ Pier
P1 – Hotel D’alexandrie
P2 – Hotel ‘La Constitution’
P3 – Hotel ‘Mikra Asia’
P4-P6 – Cafés / Restaurants
P7 – Pantaleon Agency
P8 – Ottoman Chamber Of Commerce
P9 – Hotel ‘Mytilini & Samos’
P10 – Hotel ‘Constantinople’
P11 –Hadji-Daoud Farkouh Building
P12 – ‘Grand Hotel Paradisos’
Q1 – Banco Di Roma
Q2 – Hotel ‘Ioannina’
Q3 – Hotel ‘Ipiros’
Q4 – ‘Régie’ Tobacco House
Q5 – Hotel ‘La Concorde’ / Smyrna Bourse
Q6 – Store / Baltatzi Residence
Q7 – Pantaleon Building
Q8 – Banque D’orient
R1 – Hotel ‘Lesbos & Kidonié’
R2 – Ottoman Public Dept Administration Building
R3 – Hotel ‘Roumeli’
R4 – Paterson & Co. Warehouse / Steam Mill
R5 – Hotel ‘Aegeon Pelagos & Karabourna’
R6 – Standard Oil Co. Offices
R7 – National Bank Of Turkey – British Trade Corporation Offices
R8 – Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd Building
R9 – Maritime Agencies Building
S1 – National Bank Of Greeece
S2 – Baliozian & Essayan Hans
S3 – Tsangridis Warehouses
T1-T5 – Customs Warehouses
T6 – Smyrna Quais And Tramways Companies
T7 – Iosifoglou Han
T8 – Cafés – Taverns
U0 – Customs Building (Koumerki)
U1-U2-V1 – Smyrna-Aydin Railway Depot
V2 – Baliozoglou / Tuzla Han
V3 – Sadik Bey Han (Small)
W1 – Maxoudian Han
X1-X2 – Bakirdjian Bros. Warehouses
Y1 – Yali Mosque
Y2 – Administrative Building (‘Konak’)
Y3 – Clock Tower
Y4 – Konak Square Kiosk
Z1-Z2 – Imperial Barracks And Officers’ Club
Maps
1889 & 1936-7 Ownership Tables Of The Residential Section
Sources
Index
