Simon Arzt Department Store Building


Despite the smashed windows and years of neglect, the art deco finesse of this building still shines through. Built in the early 1920s, this was Port Said's number-one purveyor of imported goods and a see-and-be-seen destination for the city's many foreign residents.


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