Facade overhaul revamps city’s historic peninsula
A restored corner building stands on a busy avenue in Istanbul’s Fatih.
Municipal teams launched a sweeping facade rehabilitation project targeting 92 buildings along major commercial avenues in Istanbul’s Fatih district to strip away visual pollution and restore civil architecture.
The overhaul on Fevzipaşa and Macar Kardeşler avenues spans the Akşemsettin, İskenderpaşa, Ali Kuşçu and Zeyrek neighborhoods. Crews are dismantling unregulated extensions like air conditioning units, antennas, cables and oversized signs while repainting structures using a designated color palette.
To date, workers finalized restorations on 21 buildings, offering the service mostly free of charge to property owners.
