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The high society of Washington often held meetings at the Cairo Hotel, such as that between the Woman's National Democratic League [7] and a Congressman from New Mexico in 1913. On June 16, 1906, Congressman Rufus E. Lester, Democrat of Georgia, died after an accident in which he fell through a skylight on the roof of the Cairo, where he ...
The building was designed in 1935 by modernist architect Acheson Best Overend and completed in December 1936 by Blease Macpherson & Co. [6] [7] Cairo is a U-shaped, two story building comprising 28 apartments, mostly studio flats. [8] Overend was influenced by modernist architect Wells Coates and the "minimum flat concept". [6]
Qasr El Nil Street extends (east to west): from the Abdeen Palace at Abdeen Square, passes a vibrant business district, Bab El-Lauq Market, and the American University in Cairo—Downtown Campus, is joined by Talaat Harb Street and passes through Tahrir Square with The Mogamma building and Egyptian Antiquities Museum, and then crosses the Nile River on the Qasr El Nil Bridge, to end on Gezira ...
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It is nearly one-third larger than the largest ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected (the Lateran Obelisk in Rome); if finished it would have measured around 41.75 metres (137.0 ft) [6] and would have weighed nearly 1,090 tonnes (1,200 short tons), a weight equal to about 200 African elephants.
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Human remains found in Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania, in 1973 have been identified, officials in the state confirmed. Pennsylvania State Police Sgt. Josh Lacey announced in a press conference on ...
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