Downtown in Gueliz, the new town of Marrakech, shops are open to the street. Shop windows display the wares for sale. Parking is possible right in front of the shop. A sidewalk aligns the street. Streets are planted to flowering trees.

-You will want to compare this commercial street scene with the market scenes from the medina, or old town, of Marrakech. Look carefully for differences in the organization of space over the same function--retail sales, for example.

The particular shop here, whose name is "Maison Vendome," sells books and paper supplies.

-Think about the men gathered in conversation here. One of them might be the owner of the Mercedes. Where do you think he would live in Marrakech? Old city or new town? Why?