While there are definitely grand pieces of architecture and cityscape throughout Istanbul, I love stumbling across details that might normally go unrecognized if simply using a tourist guidebook. Recently, on one of my walks through the city I noticed this amazing door on an unassuming Ottoman ministry building. It reminded me a bit of Andre Arbus and those other French designs from the 1930s and 40s employing metal and star bursts. Sometimes a little detail or accessory can make up for what might pass as ordinary.
What a beautiful entry! Imagine seeing that at the beginning of each day.
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