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Nice pine woods replaced now by illegal construction :ohno:

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Cars of that era :lol:

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Near the Horse Race Track, before the avenue got enlarged :horse:

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The 1953-1962 Mercedes 180 called Ponton was a must have for the cab drivers in the 50's & 60's, It remained on the roads until the early '80s :banana:

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A line of Mercedes 180 waiting for clients :wink2:

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Full of Mecedes Taxi-service cabs.

To know more about the Mercedes Ponton in Lebanon, check Ramzi Saba's website:
http://www.mbzponton.org/pax058/people/ramzi/1961180b.htm

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As you can see on Riad Solh sq picture, there was some of Mercedes Taxi-cabs called the Mercedes ''Fintail''. They were used in the 60's, 70's & 80's before they got replaced by the Mercedes 200-230 atch(due to its boxy shape)

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Then replaced by the Mercedes 200-230 laff (due to its round shape) from the 80's till today

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Lebanon is truely Mercedes Land! :okay:

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:)

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View from the Carlton hotel.

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:bow:

^^ Whats the year this church was built? I had always thought it was recent...

^^ Whats the year this church was built? I had always thought it was recent...

Beirut, I really don't know. However I am sure that this picture was taken in 1965 :dunno:

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Nice pine woods replaced now by illegal construction :ohno:


Beirut Airport had such a nice area around it , very green and nicr roads leading up to it , all there is now is all these builings , right near the run ways

Jayme, It remained like that until 1975 & that is how I remeber it when I was a kid. My grand father had a house there, we used to see only pine trees around us.

^^Yes,the worst thing about the civil war was those illegal buildings in the southern suburb of Beirut.

Jayme, It remained like that until 1975 & that is how I remeber it when I was a kid. My grand father had a house there, we used to see only pine trees around us.


what was southern Beirut like back then ?

The southern suburbs cover a large area. On the Airport road, there was a pine
wood like you see on the picture. This is an extension of Beirut park. Those pine trees were planted in the time of Emir Fakhreddine II in the 17th century to stabilize the shifting sands thus preventing sand storms on the city. Also on the Airport Road was built in the 50's some large mansions and palaces belonging to well off and prominent Beirutis. Further South near the Airport is located Borj El Barajneh, a Palestinian Refugee camp. Toward the sea, there was the village of Ouzaï surrounded by sand dunes and sandy beach. It was a poor area of internal migrants coming majorly from the Baalback region. While toward the east, Ghobeiri, an ancient village became in the 50's and 60's an urbanized suburb inhabited by lower and middle class people. Same for Haret Hreik and Chiah. Farm land and fruit gardens surrounded the built areas. In general, the illegal settlements were constructed by people fleeing the Southern Lebanon, for security and economical reasons, especially after the 1978 invasion.

thank you all for your contributions and especially kheireddine
:cheers:

I will have more pictures later, because Image Shack is down currently :(

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^^ where abouts is st simon beach ?
uff at the Jounieh beach there is nothing there in the backround

^^ We need a law that prohibits building on green areas.

Saint Simon beach is located in Jnah between Ramlet El Baida and Ouzaï, south of beirut. I was a nice sandy beach with chalets, it got occupied in 1976 by refugees from the Quarantina slum then by refugees from the South. Now, it is the poorest area in the southern suburbs.

Hassoun, there is a law, however it is not reinforced, especially during the 15 years of war...

Saint Simon beach is located in Jnah between Ramlet El Baida and Ouzaï, south of beirut. I was a nice sandy beach with chalets, it got occupied in 1976 by refugees from the Quarantina slum then by refugees from the South. Now, it is the poorest area in the southern suburbs.


awww really :ohno: so that beach no longer exists

Jayme, check this link:
http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=33872839&x=35507298&z=13&l=0&m=a&v=2

It is Google earth with annotations :)

I just added St-Simon location



http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=33862941&x=35484531&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2

0uff at the Jounieh beach there is nothing there in the backround

it reminds me of The Others :s

Its a nice beach still if they can get the squatters out..Dont the owners complain? What about there plight?

Children... 1958
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Fish Market 1931
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Se7et El Tall ,TRipoli 1950
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Its a nice beach still if they can get the squatters out..Dont the owners complain? What about there plight?

There was a project called Elissar to relocate them, its is frozen because of Hezbollah...

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Still exists :)

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The Old Serail in the background before being replaced by Cinema Rivoli :ohno:

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Mauresque architecture from the 30's

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view from the South-East

Jayme, check this link:
http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=33872839&x=35507298&z=13&l=0&m=a&v=2

It is Google earth with annotations :)

thank you for the link :)

You are welcome Jayme :hi:

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view from Excelsior Hotel

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:sleepy:

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The Old Serail in the background before being replaced by Cinema Rivoli :ohno:


Oh I had no idea there was an old Serail! and in this location! Why on earth would they demolish this building for a cinema??

How old is the new Serail? I thought it was built in the 19th Century?

Oh I had no idea there was an old Serail! and in this location! Why on earth would they demolish this building for a cinema??

How old is the new Serail? I thought it was built in the 19th Century?

Hi Beirut!

If I've read Solidere's new annual report correctly, they've abandoned plans to rebuild the old police station on Martyrs Square (it's place will be taken by the RHariri memorial library), and will instead build a replica of the old or Petit Serail across the street from the Phoenician Village plot, as a new home for the Foreign Affairs Ministry. It's not the original site, and won't actually be on Martyrs Square, as it wouldn't fit the increased scale called for under the new plans for that edge of the square. But for what it's worth, the Petit Serail will rise again.

According to Fouad Debbas' book, Beirut; Our Memory, the old Serail was begun in 1882, to replace Fakhr ed-Din's serail, which was demolished (though it seems it was not on exactly the same location). When the Ottomans' headquarters was moved to the barracks in 1917, the old Serail became the Petit Serail, and the barracks became the Grand Serail (which became a 'grander' and I think better building after RHariri rebuilt it, adding another floor).

Debbas' book is a great reference.

Oh I had no idea there was an old Serail! and in this location! Why on earth would they demolish this building for a cinema??

The Old Serail was demolished in accordance to Ecochard plan (a French urban planner) to extend the Place des Martyrs toward the port. Plans were changed due to corruption & incompetence and Beirut lost a landmark!

I just would like to note that the offices of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister were in the Old Serail until the Independance in 1943. It got demolished in the early 50's.

Oh I had no idea there was an old Serail! and in this location! Why on earth would they demolish this building for a cinema??

How old is the new Serail? I thought it was built in the 19th Century?

It was built in the 19th century by Turks using it as a barrack or a military base and then in 1943 it started to house the prime minister

You can see the extra floor added that ainmreisiot is talking about in these pictures

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/445/page234235a5bp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/235/page234235d2bc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4831/page236237dcasteloestilootoman.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There was some concrete add ons giving on the inner court, thanks god they got removed! I wonder what is left from the original stones :dunno:

really just some of the outside walls were left..Its amazing. Its a brandnew building built in the styleof the old. Actually there is 2 new floors one is under the roof which you cant really see. If you look close at the "peak of the roof" you can see the windows sticking out. People complain but they seem to forget how things were after the war..I went in 93' it was a mess..i would not recognize it now. Truley amazing.

^^ All I have to say is Thank God for Solidere!

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Those vendors were called Bayye3een kaz in Arabic. They existed until the ealy 80's. Kerozene was used for heating (very toxic fumes, we had a deffayet kaz that we used in 1976 when there was no power).
The kaz vendor used to honk a manual horn to announce his presence.

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Typical vendor roaming the streets :eat:

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From Avenue de Paris

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Near what is now Gamal Abdel-Nasser square

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Stairs leading to old house.

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Old house.

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Old building near the old US Ambassy location.

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Fruits store :banana:

Lovely pics kheireddine.. thanks

Solidere did a great job renovating downtown buildings as they are more elegant now

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:)

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No cars yet!

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Sidewalk without a ramp...watch out! ;)

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Check the women, they are wearing a tantour :lol:

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She is wearing a tantour on her head, and yes, women used to smoke ;)

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Place des Martyrs use to be called Place des canons, as well people still call it by its ancient name Sa7et Al Bourj i.e. Tower Square in reference to the long gone tower built by Fakhreddine II.

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:nono:

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:)

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South of Sa7t Al Bourj

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Harlow with Caroll Baker playing :D

I ran out of pictures :(

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Check the women, they are wearing a tantour :lol:

WOW,OMG this view is to die for ,look at mount sannine :drool: :drool:

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Harlow with Caroll Baker playing :D

Where was this located? Hamra?

I found some new pics by Félix Bonfils :D

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Near Khan Antoun Bey & Sannine in the background for Hassoun ;)

Where was this located? Hamra?

No, Cinéma Empire was on rue Emir Bachir near Martyr Square :)

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View taken from the Grand Sérail toward what is now Riad El-Solh sq & was known as Sahet As-sour (The Wall square)

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View from Mar Mitr toward the Port

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Aarouss El-Bekaa! :cool:

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Around 1895

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Around 1895

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AUB, Eye Clinic: Patients sometimes brought food (Zawwadeh) in baskets as fees. :bowtie:

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Old port district. Totally wiped out during the war :ohno:

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US Marines M48 battle tank on Nagib Ardati st in the Manara district :guns1:

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:cheers:

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Ottoman architecture.

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:eek:

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Manara, picture taken from the Bain militaire :)

I have the feeling that Zahle was always a big town,it's almost the same size as nowadays :S am i wrong???

Zahle has always been a big city, even in the old time. It expanded a little but the reason why Zahle is loved so much its cuz of its old traditional houses.... which were built a long time ago, and theres a lot of them!

thankfully no high concrete apparments grew and grew in Zahleh

btw on the photo posted in post 340 that black and white stripy lighthouse , how old is it , its been around for ages

thankfully no high concrete apparments grew and grew in Zahleh

btw on the photo posted in post 340 that black and white stripy lighthouse , how old is it , its been around for ages

Jayme, the balck and white stripy lighthouse was built in the 20's by the French mandate authority to replace the old lighthouse which was built in 1820. Here is a picture of the old lighthouse:

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9989/beirutlighthouse1900st1.jpg

Zahle has always been a big city, even in the old time. It expanded a little but the reason why Zahle is loved so much its cuz of its old traditional houses.... which were built a long time ago, and theres a lot of them!

Yes, Zahlé has been a big town for the last couple of hundred years but its population is growing, I remember that it was estimated at 50,000 in the 70's , now it is about 80,000 souls.

According to Wikipedia: Zahlé was founded about 300 years ago by Toufic Saliba in an area whose past reaches back some five millennia. In the early 18th century the new town was divided into three separate quarters, each of which had its own governor. The city enjoyed a brief period as the region's first independent state in the 19th century when it had its own flag and anthem. Zahlé was burned in 1777 and 1791, and it was burned and plundered in 1860. But during the rule of the Mutasarrifiah, Zahlé began to regain its prosperity. The railroad line which came through in 1885 improved commerce and the town became the internal "port" of the Beqaa and Syria. It was also the center of agriculture and trade between Beirut and Damascus, Mosul and Baghdad.

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Cactus was used as a natural fence in Beirut until the 20's
I remember when I was a kid, I used to see Cactuses in Ras Beirut Gardens. Its fruit, the sobbeir is delicious. Here is the Wikipedia link for the kind of Cactus that was planted in Beirut:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickly_pear

Beirut - Ein El Mreisseh in 1890

It looks like they did some land reclamation afterwards as there's the corniche now between the mosque and the sea. Note the college hall in AUB (upper right) was already built.. with its clock tower I wonder if it was the tallest building of that era

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View from AUB Hospital

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November 22, 1943, Independance day :nocrook:

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This architecture can still be seen in Saida.

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The tram on Martyr square.

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In front of the Piccadilly Theatre :banana:

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Providence ship

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Movenpick café by night.

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Train station.

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Air Orient seaplane near Medawar & Quarantina regions.

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^^ It is truly a shame that this building was needlessly demolished!

^^ It is truly a shame that this building was needlessly demolished!

My grand father was Prime Minister and had his office there in 1937-38

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Armenian refugee camp.

what?????????? ur grandfather was the PM?:nuts:

what?????????? ur grandfather was the PM?:nuts:

Yes, some 70 years ago...:cheers:

My grand father was Prime Minister and had his office there in 1937-38

woah ! your grand father was the Prime Minster of Lebanon !


were you like shocked when you found out !

woah ! your grand father was the Prime Minster of Lebanon !


were you like shocked when you found out !

No not really, I was too young when I was told about it :lol:

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^^ YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS KHEIREDDINE ALAHDAB !!?

^^ YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS KHEIREDDINE ALAHDAB !!?

Yes :) Unfortunately he died in 1941 at age 47, so I never met him :cry:

^^Oh,He was so young when he died :( Sorry

Thanks Hassoun

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North of Martyrs square.

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What is now Virgin Megastore...

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The tram on Weygand st corner Foch st in front of the Municipality.

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US Marines near the port, machine gun pointed toward Allenby st :guns1: :runaway:

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Near the Parliament.

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Martyrs square

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What is now Virgin Megastore...

I notice near the old oprea house some buildings that do not esixt now
the building nxt to virgin, UFA when was that built ?

I notice near the old oprea house some buildings that do not esixt now
the building nxt to virgin, UFA when was that built ?

Around 1930. The dome on the top of the UFA building has been added by Solidaire.

Here is a picture of the same place now:

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9595/virginjq9.jpg

^^Solidere did a gr8 job by adding that dome

Yes :) Unfortunately he died in 1941 at age 47, so I never met him :cry:

Aww sorry :(

Aww sorry :(

Thanks Dark Angel. My grand father was ahead of his time: he married my grand mother, a Christian half Catholic & half Maronite from Zahleh. I really wish that civil marriage would exist on day in Lebanon, because I believe that mixed marriages help in building a common Lebanese identity.

Amen to that ;)

I am sorry for you grand father. In Lebanon we need people like him.

Amen to that ;)

I am sorry for you grand father. In Lebanon we need people like him.

Thanks dhamoudi, he was PM at age 43 & died young without a penny, in France in 1941 during WWII (natural death).

More pics to come :)

A classroom in Bent Jbeil around 1917
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Snow covering Tripoli in 1942
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1943 and the FIRST lebanese Flag to be Held HIGH on the Serail
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Kitaf Al Inab.
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Jamal Bacha, ordered the Hanging the Martyrs in Beirut in 1917
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Saida-island
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CATHEDRAL SAINT GEORGE OF THE MARONITES. Built in 1890 by the Archbishop of Beirut, Mgr. Debs
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Lebanese Jews
http://www.cmylebanon.com/images/albums/userpics/10158/normal_Beyrouth-%20Juwish%20woolcarders%20%282%29.jpg

Beyrouth-Consulat Anglais
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Beyrouth 1919
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http://www.cmylebanon.com/images/albums/userpics/10158/normal_Beyrouth-Ottoman%20Post%20Office.jpg

Dhour Ech Choueir
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Sidon Port 1939
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Saida 1934
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Majdalouna 1947
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Beirut - Bab Edriss (1948)
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Beirut - Allenby Street (1950)
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^^The Tripoli Snow pic is Amazing :eek:

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Hammana, September 1941. With terrain typical of the region in the background, Maj. Gen. A. S. Allen (centre), commander of the Australian 7th Division, inspects some of his men. British Commonwealth units garrisoned Lebanon and Syria for several months, following the end of the campaign. (Photographer: Frank Hurley.) (from Wikipedia)

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A line-up of Morane-Saulnier MS.406 fighter planes of the Armée de l'Air Française at Rayack airfield in the Lebanon at about the time of the Armistice in June 1940.

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US Marines on patrol.

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US Marines fox hole near the airport.

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US Marines on patrol.

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Lebanese soldiers fighting rebels.

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Barricade in Basta.

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US Marines...

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Trams crossing the bridge on Nahr Beirut.

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Tram crossing the bridge & heading to Gemmayzeh from Bourj Hammoud.

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View toward Ahwet Al Ejaz & Emir Bashir st.

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Souk El Bazerkan.

I cannot beleive that I joined Skyscrapercity.com 3 weeks ago & I already have 227 posts on this thread! This isthe result of decades of nostalgia (I started collecting old pictures in 1981) & passion for history.:fiddle:

my God, those pictures of Naher Bayrout are amazing! It's unbelievable how the people were able to destroy such a large river that could have developped as sort of the "Seine" of Beirut...

my God, those pictures of Naher Bayrout are amazing! It's unbelievable how the people were able to destroy such a large river that could have developped as sort of the "Seine" of Beirut...

The problem with Nahr Bayrout is that the area surrounding it was originally a marsh land. The area was flooded regularly and due to ubranization, the flow had to be controlled, that is why the state built in the 60's the concrete bed of the river.

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Check the goats on Lord's hotel land! :nuts:

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kheireddine, 3atik el3afie wow, its amazing what a photo album you have! These are very nice shots!!! Very nice. Very well done! Keep the good work :applause: :applause: :applause: :master: :master:

kheireddine, 3atik el3afie wow, its amazing what a photo album you have! These are very nice shots!!! Very nice. Very well done! Keep the good work :applause: :applause: :applause: :master: :master:

Thanks, dhammoudi, still more pictures to come ;)

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I really regret the red tiled houses & buildings built between 1860 and 1920. Unfortunatly, they were gradually replaced by concrete buildings and most of them got destroyed in the 1975-76 foolish war :cry:

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A Christian and a Muslim Lebanese women holding hands. This monument was removed after the construction of the Martyrs Monument in the 50's

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The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister offices were there.

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The French High Commissioner office was there.

Gosh i wish i lived during these times!

I think Zeitouni was so beatiful....probably my favorite area..Now gone for good :(

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A Christian and a Muslim Lebanese women holding hands. This monument was removed after the construction of the Martyrs Monument in the 50's

That Monument is in 'Sanayeh' Public park now

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I love the Intra Bank building..so Mod!

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Lebanese allways loved burning stuff in roits

Lebanese allways loved burning stuff in roits

Yes Jayme, I remember when Abdel Nasser died in 1970, our street in Manara was full of black smoke from burning tires. I also remember tires burning in Furn El Chebbak around 1973 during a students demonstration...:ohno:

tires being burnt will be the worst ....
all the toxic stuff burning .. you would get soo sick

Jayme, I got used to all toxic fumes, especially from burning garbage in 1976 and 1982 when there wasn't any garbage collection due to war. Also, we used to get intoxicated by the Katol mosquito coils...

And now, I am inhaling toxing fumes from my Cuban cigar :lol:

lol those mosquito smell nice .... were i ever i smell one it reminds me of lebanon ! cuban cigar ey...do they smell nice or do they smell like normal ciggies.

by the way im finding it impossable to find pics of Batourn back in the 1900s and stuff. do you know what was batoun like back then ?

What a coïncidence, I was looking at pics of Batroun taken in 1957-58 in a book that my sister brought me from Lebanon yesterday, the book is Circa 1958, it is full of pics of Lebanon taken by Greek urban developers in 1957-58. I have to check about the copyrights before I start scanning them ;)

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well i have herd its Legal to copy 10 % of the contents of a book
too bad the batourn area is like 95 % of rocky beachs it would have been an awesome place to go to the beach
i think the closest sand beach is at Florida Beach Chekka near the Village my Family is from.
People love rocky beachs there because they like to eat toutya how ever how you spell it
i allways cut my feet while walking on the rocks , once some women move out of my way i had to walk over these pointy rocks
lol i fell

OK, I will have to set up my scanner. Then, I will scan also some old pics of Lebanon I have.

I experienced rocky beaches at the Bain Militaire, it was not so bad :)

it is 11 PM :goodnight

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Old Beirut Airport under construction by the engineers Ibrahim and Fayez El-Ahdab. It was located in Bir Hassan facing the land that became later the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium. The terminal remained there until it got destroyed by the Israeli air raids on the Stadium, on June 4, 1982Courtesy of Wassim Chemaitelli http://wassch71.tripod.com/cedraile160.html

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that website is a great website Ive been going on that site for 4 years now
I love Lebanese aviation there is soo much history about it.
its very hard to find photos inside the old airport

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Holiday Inn under construction.

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Before the disaster :ohno:

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This picture, courtesy of Stavro Jabra makes me very sad, this very old who must be around 90 y.o. ie born around 1885-1890 saw Beirut thrive and get destroyed during her lifetime :cry:

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Never again! :ohno:

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Militiamen posing with their weapons. Nothing to be proud of!

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The war started there...

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Bare feet woman seeking help from a militiaman, while the policeman on the right is indifferent to her plight.

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zmaaaan ya zaman

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