Entertainment Venues
It is possible to consider Kordon as a Western-style public space. Entertainment venues have held a significant place within this sense of publicness. Businesspeople, primarily Europeans, who were active in İzmir’s commercial life at the time, as well as notable figures of the city, spent their evenings after working hours at entertainment venues such as […]
Theaters and Cinemas
As trade flourished, the number of European merchants residing in İzmir increased daily, and over time, the city began hosting a considerable population from Europe. According to records from the early 20th century, between 50.000 and 70.000 foreigners lived in the city. As a natural consequence of the high European population, İzmir met Western culture […]
Hotels
With the Industrial Revolution, the raw material demand of newly emerging factories changed the nature of trade, while advancements in transportation technologies—especially railways and steamships—accelerated commerce and facilitated travel between cities and countries. As a reflection of these developments, traditional lodging methods evolved, and hotels replaced hans. During the period when trade was conducted with […]
Kordon Promenade
With the completion of the quay construction, which began in 1869 and was largely finished by 1875, İzmir not only gained a modern port infrastructure but also acquired a promenade. This development resulted from the regulation of the 4-kilometer-long stretch extending from the customs building (now Konak Pier) to Punta Burnu(now Alsancak Port), forming what […]