Once a dead-end service alleyway, Kodak Passageway was transformed into a pedestrian path connecting Adli and Abd al-Khaliq Tharwat Streets during the 1990s, at the same time al-Bursa district and al-Alfi Street were pedestrianized. A Kodak store, labs, garage and warehouse occupied the west side, and a branch of the once-popular Brazilian Coffee Stores chain was on the east side, and remains there today, although shuttered. 

Surrounded nearby by a number of emerging art, film and design spaces (CIC, Cimatheque, and CLUSTER), the Kodak Passageway was identified by CLUSTER as an opportunity to create a pop-up gallery space, that might serve as a catalyst for urban redevelopment and revitalization of surrounding buildings, shops and passageways. 

In 2015 CLUSTER inaugurated a re-design of the public space of the passageway itself. Today, this ‘Green Oasis’ offers a landscaped, peaceful refuge featuring the revival of original 1930’s art deco light fixtures and a custom designed walkway.