[I]f we look at the parts of cities most literally attractive – i.e., those that literally attract people, in the flesh – we find that these fortunate localities are seldom in the zones immediately adjoining massive single uses. [...]

Shortly after one o’clock, the assembled guests sat down to a sumptuous dejeuner à la fourchette, with champagne and other choice wines, servers by Messieurs Vallauri, the Pera confectioners, on several elegantly arranged tables on both sides of the Pera station. At the dessert, Mr. Albert, the general manager, proposed “The Health of His Imperial Majesty Sultan Abdul-Aziz.”