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Wasa Bacha, Mutassarif Jabal Loubnan (Governor of Mount-Lebanon) from 1883 to 1889, was a Christian Albanian.

http://www.shkoder.net/en/pvasa_re.htm

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My old Neighborhood! :banana:

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Where the Starco Center is now, It used to be the Collège Protestant.

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View toward Maarad st. and Hussein El-Ahdab st.

Hussein El-Ahdab, my Grand Father's cousin, was Mohafez of Beirut in the 20's and 30's. It was his idea to build the Maarad st with arcades and the Nejmeh square.

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Grand Sérail on the right, Armenian church in the middle, Anglican church on the left.

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Fountain (Sabeel) on the left has been moved to Sanayeh Garden.

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kheireddine do you have any photos of the Old Trains and Train Stations they used to have in Lebanon ?

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/430/b1952cgn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

kheireddine do you have any photos of the Old Trains and Train Stations they used to have in Lebanon ?

Yes Jayme, it is going to be my next batch ;)

^^ awesome thanks !

Jayme, when I was a kid, around 1972-1973 I saw the merchandise train crossing Dahr El-Baidar going to Zahleh, Rayak & Baalback. They were still using steam engine locomotives!

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I love locomotives trains
the Gare de chemin de fer , is that like the Main Train Station of Beirut ?
i love Transport stuff some reason Trains Airplanes and Boats
it would be good if they brang back the Train Service

I love locomotives trains
the Gare de chemin de fer , is that like the Main Train Station of Beirut ?
i love Transport stuff some reason Trains Airplanes and Boats
it would be good if they brang back the Train Service

No, Jayme, the Station near the harbour did not last very long for passengers train, it was used mainly for freight and I still remeber the rails in the middle of the road. The main station is located between Quarantina and Gemmayzeh.

do you think Lebanon will have a Train Service again
it will make things soo much easyer to get from one place to another

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1411/beirut1895se9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ is that Beiruts Main Station lol it looks more like a Farm

do you think Lebanon will have a Train Service again
it will make things soo much easyer to get from one place to another

Lebanon is overcrowded and small, I don't think that a railway system would be practical. Especially when no one respect the traffic rules. Unfortunately, Lebanon is not Switzerland where the train is part of the national identity and culture. Maybe one day, a suspended train would be constructed along the coast to ease traffic.

^^ is that Beiruts Main Station lol it looks more like a Farm

That was the year it got inaugurated ;)

^^ is that Beiruts Main Station lol it looks more like a Farm

I forgot to mention that my grand father drove the train from Beirut to Rayak during WWI to avoid enlistment in the Ottoman army, that is how he met my grand mother in Zahleh. :D

^^WOW,,,Nice Family History :)

wowww... these photos are unbelievable..thanks for posting them.. It really made me realise how much of Beirut has been lost over the years, it has a different beauty to it that makes it more special than it is now??? the war and lack of city plannin really took away its essence. I wish a train service existed but who knows maybe a subway or a coastal train as mentioned would be the way to go..

Thanks Zouz, the war destroyed a lot and as you said, Beirut also lost its charm due to the lack of planning and conservation of the old buildings...

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Woooooow, Rawche so empty a couple of buildings only!:ancient:

Woooooow, Rawche so empty a couple of buildings only!:ancient:

Yes! The Yildizlar Building and the Shell tower were not built yet!

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View from the Haykal Center Furnished Apartments location which was under construction.

Same Place today, what is that modern add-on on top of the building???!!! BAD TASTE :gaah:

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:bowtie:

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Lebanese Jewish sudents coming back from the Alliance Israélite school.

Lebanon had a small jewish community (6000) that was concentrated around Wadi Abou Jmil st between Bab-Idriss and Kantari. They all left during the war :ohno:

In 1972, I was in 12e (my first school year) at College de LaSalle (demolished in 1973) near the Holiday Inn, one of my friends was Elliot Zeitouneh, a Lebanese Jew. We were 6 y.o. and I still remember his name...

To know more about Lebanese-jews, check this blog from which I took the picture:
http://thejewsoflebanon.org/me/index.php

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I LOVE shots like this...are there anymore from other decades? It would be nice to line them up together chronologically and see how the area has changed!

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Is this house still here or is this now a parking lot???

Is this house still here or is this now a parking lot???

I have not been in Beirut for ages. However, it is is still there as per Wikimapia

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.892269&lon=35.483603&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

(I marked it with a square in the middle of the picture)

I LOVE shots like this...are there anymore from other decades? It would be nice to line them up together chronologically and see how the area has changed!

I will try to find other pictures :)

^^ Oh I thought Madame Curie St was this one:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.891868&lon=35.484424&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2 (center) and I was referring to the parking lot facing it.

^^ Oh I thought Marie Curie St was this one:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.891868&lon=35.484424&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2 (center) and I was referring to the parking lot facing it.

I just outlined Madame Curie.

^^ Ohh now I see, thank you.

Lebanon in the 60's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu6o6T3wdL4&eurl=

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Italian Cruiser bombarding Ottoman Gunboat "Aunullah"
& Torpedo boat "Angora" in Beirut Harbour, Feb. 24 1912

And the famous Beiruti proverb is born: Whenever thinks are not working, it is the Italians' fault... :nuts:

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kheireddine, was there a train station in Saida? I have seen the remainings of the railway in Sarafand, which is a few km south of Saida, so there should have been a train.

kheireddine, was there a train station in Saida? I have seen the remainings of the railway in Sarafand, which is a few km south of Saida, so there should have been a train.

Yes, Saida had a train station; I saw regularly the freight train going to the South as we used to go to Beach Club in Khaldeh in the early 70's. However, I think the train was not going beyond Saida after the 1948 nakbah as I saw a picture in Circa 1958 Album where the railway is described as inoperative near the Tapline.

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lol it seems that Oum Koulthoum was having a concert there , lovely pics , thx

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This picture was taken across the street from Bayyoud Supermarket in Hamra around 1970.
I was born one block away where there is trees, at Khalidy clinic :)

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Was sand added to the coast in recent years? Because in this pic it looks like there wasnt as much and the shoreline wasnt as straight.

^^ so that photo was taken in the 1970s ..... but at my old school library
there was a book published in 2003 with that photo of Beirut !

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those Resorts have been around for such a long time .. do they still keep them maintained ?

those Resorts have been around for such a long time .. do they still keep them maintained ?

Actually, looking at them from Google Earth, they look well maintained.
I remeber going with my parents to Tabarja Beach when it was just built in 1974 as my father was thinking about buying a chalet.
Here is Tabarja Beach satellite view:

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=34.016918&lon=35.626431&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2

Was sand added to the coast in recent years? Because in this pic it looks like there wasnt as much and the shoreline wasnt as straight.

It was forbidden to swim in Ramel Al Baida before 1975 as there were warning signs about sea currents. In 1982, during the Israeli invasion the beach was mined and a lot of unexploded rockets were burried in the sand. In 1983, Oger Liban converted the beach to a public resort, after it got demined by the Multinational Force; the sand was cleaned and I guess that some sand was added.

Also, the fact that the water looks closer to the Corniche could be due to a high tide...

^^ so that photo was taken in the 1970s ..... but at my old school library
there was a book published in 2003 with that photo of Beirut !

Jayme, this area has not changed much, except there are more buildings.
Check it out:


http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.876704&lon=35.481741&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2

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As I saw it, from the top of our building located in Ain El Tineh! The area was being bombarded from the mountain, the sea and the air by the Israeli Army during the Siege of Beirut. :ohno:

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6771/beirut19821rv6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)¸

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Beirut

Never again!

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1950, View toward Maarad st and Hussein El-Ahdab st.

I Just learned from the Beirut Municipality Website that Maarad st is no longer named Maarad, it became Omari Mosque st and...JACQUES CHIRAC avenue! Only in Lebanon, streets are named after people who are still alive...

http://cms.beirut.gov.lb/MCMSTEST/BM-Images/BMU%20CD/Beirut%20Maps/11%20-%20Marfaa%20-%20Najmeh.jpg

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Located between the southern suburbs, Hadet and Choueifat,The brand new modern faculty building got destroyed in the 1975-1976 war as it was considered a no man's land...

^^ didnt they rebuild the campus on google earth
there is large University

^^ didnt they rebuild the campus on google earth
there is large University

Yes, It the new Lebanese University campus. And it is free for Lebanese citizens :)
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.827164&lon=35.523155&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2

Yes, It the new Lebanese University campus. And it is fee for Lebanese citizens :)
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.827164&lon=35.523155&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2


is it located in Hezbollah area , or is on the outskirts ?

is it located in Hezbollah area , or is on the outskirts ?

No, but close...It is between Shiaa, Christian and Druze areas. Hopefully, it will be a place of true Lebanese friendship.

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9692/batroun1nk2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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And here is Batroun, ancient Botrys, for my friend Jayme :)

Batroun from Google Earth

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=34.256879&lon=35.658156&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2

Beirut- I read an article at the end of the civil war..they said that alot of sand was taken away for construction projects by civilians and companies. They went on to say it would take probably another 15 years for the beach to restore itself..I dotn think they had a beach renourishment program..its very expensive ...i think nature rebuilt it

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Holiday Inn under construction.

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From the Vendome Hotel, before the Corniche got extended.

^^ 1974?! it looks quite modern :D

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:naughty: :naughty: :naughty:

^^ 1974?! it looks quite modern :D

Beirut was booming in 1974...just a year before the war :ohno:

^^ 1974?! it looks quite modern :D

I think you looked at the 2006 picture :lol:

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From the Vendome Hotel, before the Corniche got extended.


The corniche wasnt extended then??? So it was extended during the war?

It was forbidden to swim in Ramel Al Baida before 1975 as there were warning signs about sea currents. In 1982, during the Israeli invasion the beach was mined and a lot of unexploded rockets were burried in the sand. In 1983, Oger Liban converted the beach to a public resort, after it got demined by the Multinational Force; the sand was cleaned and I guess that some sand was added.

Also, the fact that the water looks closer to the Corniche could be due to a high tide...

Wow, I had no idea...thanks for the info!

Beirut- I read an article at the end of the civil war..they said that alot of sand was taken away for construction projects by civilians and companies. They went on to say it would take probably another 15 years for the beach to restore itself..I dotn think they had a beach renourishment program..its very expensive ...i think nature rebuilt it

That's interesting considering it looks like the opposite if you compare the 1970s pic to the google earth image...

The corniche wasnt extended then??? So it was extended during the war?

The old buildings you see in the 1974 picture got demolished in early 1975 as the construction started in the winter, At the same time, Ain Mraysseh Ibn Sina st got enlarged. Constuction was halted between September 75 when the Hotels War started and was resumed in mid 1977 to be finished in 1979.

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Kheireddine, where did u get all these pics from??

Kheireddine, where did u get all these pics from??

From the Internet after years of research :D

Azzam Rachrach, means Azzam machine gun :lol:

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Can I get on board with you? :naughty:

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The Annexe was under construction and is still under construction! :wallbash:

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Just finished and ready to be looted and destroyed :ohno:

^^ you wouldnt have any picture of the inside on the holiday inn ?

it must have been a really nice hotel

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View from the Holiday Inn on the Hilton Hotel and the Beirut Harbour at the count down to the civil war. This must be the view seen by the Miltiamen who occupied the Holiday Inn in September 1975.
I know that this picture was taken in 1975 because the Hilton construction was well advanced. Unfortunately, the Hilton never opened its doors except for the militamen who looted the furniture. :ohno:

i notice the star co building was around then
when was it built ?

^^ you wouldnt have any picture of the inside on the holiday inn ?

it must have been a really nice hotel

Unfortunately not. There was a great movie theatre called the St-Charles with very confortable seats and a turning restaurant on the top. My father promised to take us there; however, the war started immediately afterwards. I only visited the Phoenicia around 1972 (I was 6) because my father had conferences and business meetings there.

still you were very lucky to see it all with your own eyes !

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Beginning of chaos: trafic lights not working and cars parked anywhere...

still you were very lucky to see it all with your own eyes !

I saw the Holiday Inn being constructed in 1971-72 as I was in the nearby College de La Salle :)

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Let's take the Saviem-Chausson yellow and red public bus before it got transformed into a street barricade :ohno:

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1960 Mercedes-Benz 180 Taxi-Service heading from the Port toward Martyr sq

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the Holiday inn pokes out alot

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As I know it, notice that the El-Abd clock tower was moved in the late 60's to Corniche Al Nahr in order to make place to Roman ruins...Thanks god, it got returned in the 90's.

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Constructed in 1956-1957 for the '57 Pan Arab games, it got destroyed by the Israeli Airforce in the summer of '82.

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Looted and partially destoyed in 1975-76, it got reconstucted by Solidaire.

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Built in 1968, it did not sustain any major damage during the 15 Years War as the owners paid all the mitias to preserve it. :cheers:

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Allah Ykhallikoun la baad! They must be in their 60's now.

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In front of the Wimpy Movenpick Café facing Domtex, getting inside an Austin Mini. yalla! were are going to get a zabt (ticket)!

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Silhouette was my father's gym.

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Bastards!! i hope they're rotting in hell now

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As I know it, notice that the El-Abd clock tower was moved in the late 60's to Corniche Al Nahr in order to make place to Roman ruins...Thanks god, it got returned in the 90's.


Very cool picture! Did they rebury the ruins? or remove them totally? This is the supposed site of the famous roman law school of Beirut..this rivaled the one in Rome itself

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Very cool picture! Did they rebury the ruins? or remove them totally? This is the supposed site of the famous roman law school of Beirut..this rivaled the one in Rome itself

They must have moved them somewhere esle, before the war, this hole became a mazbaleh 'dump'.

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Just finished and ready to be looted and destroyed :ohno:

WOW! Those are truly rare picutres! I don't think I have ever seen pictures of that area with the Holiday Inn is such perfect condition. All the picures that I had seen either have it in it's current destoyed state or not there/under construction. Hopefully it will be rebuilt one day...

WOW! Those are truly rare picutres! I don't think I have ever seen pictures of that area with the Holiday Inn is such perfect condition. All the picures that I had seen either have it in it's current destoyed state or not there/under construction. Hopefully it will be rebuilt one day...

Those pictures were taken by the Italian photographer Fulvio Roiter, who took pictures everywhere in Lebanon in 1967 and 1974. It is like he knew that something was about to happen. I would like to point out that the sturctures of the Holiday Inn and the Murr Tower are amazingly solid despite all the rockets they received. In February 1976, my parents sent for a month to the Soeurs de Besançon school, I witnessed one late afternoon while I was in Arabic class, the exchange of fire between the two towers, the Kataeb where in the Holiday Inn while the Mourabitoun where in the Murr tower, IT WAS SPECTACULAR! In 1984, while I was in Lycée Abdel Kader in Zarif, I saw the Murr Tower, that was occupied then by Amal, being hit directly serveral times by direct shells from a Lebanese Army tank that was shooting from Tabaris; amazing, the tower did not vibrate...

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The Annexe was under construction and is still under construction! :wallbash:

wow... I wonder if it's the same crane that hasnt moved!

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What happened to the statue during the war? Because currently it is in good condition unlike the Martyrs Square statue. Was it hidden somewhere like the clock tower was?

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As I know it, notice that the El-Abd clock tower was moved in the late 60's to Corniche Al Nahr in order to make place to Roman ruins...Thanks god, it got returned in the 90's.


Were the ruins excavated from that location? Or were they moved there to be on display?

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The building on the right (which has been in ruins) has finally been demolished this year!

WOW! Those are truly rare picutres! I don't think I have ever seen pictures of that area with the Holiday Inn is such perfect condition. All the picures that I had seen either have it in it's current destoyed state or not there/under construction. Hopefully it will be rebuilt one day...

Actually, I have never seen pics of the Holiday Inn under construction and think they would be quite stunning, so if anyone has any please post!

What happened to the statue during the war? Because currently it is in good condition unlike the Martyrs Square statue. Was it hidden somewhere like the clock tower was?

It is a new statue as the original one got torn down in late 1975, like Beshara El-Khoury statue between Bashoura & Sodeco & Abdel Hamid Karameh statue in Trablos. The statues got torn down by the leftists as a symbol of revolt against traditional leadership.

Were the ruins excavated from that location? Or were they moved there to be on display?

I really don't know :dunno:

The building on the right (which has been in ruins) has finally been demolished this year!

Are you sure? Because I still see it on Google Earth. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.891276&lon=35.472381&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2
It was the oldest modern building in Rawcheh.

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As I remember it...

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Constructed in 1956-1957 for the '57 Pan Arab games, it got destroyed by the Israeli Airforce in the summer of '82.


that book i was telling you about
has been useing old photos of Beirut ! they also used that picture
and said it was built in 1997 !

that book i was telling you about
has been useing old photos of Beirut ! they also used that picture
and said it was built in 1997 !

They were completely misinformed, now it looks totally different.

thats pritty lame was picture from the 1950s and 1970s for a book made in 2003 !

Are you sure? Because I still see it on Google Earth. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.891276&lon=35.472381&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2
It was the oldest modern building in Rawcheh.


Yes, the demolition was completed a couple months ago (the Google Earth images are not up-to-date).

Although it may have been a historical landmark, it was a terrible eye-sore for the neighborhood (one of the last remaining scars of the war in such a prime location).

Please view this thread to see a recent picture of the Rouche:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=456429&page=3

Were the ruins excavated from that location? Or were they moved there to be on display?

The ruins were excavated in 67/68 on site. The parliament building was built ontop of the Roman Forum (admistration) as well as the famous law school....this was an extermely important archaelogical area..The baths etc all formed this area.. The clock tower was removed at the start of the war and rebuilt stone by stone after. I just cant find out what happened to the ruins..i seem to recall an article i read many years ago that said they were reburied...BUt how do you do that? just fill it with dirt? What about the foundation of the clock?lol I dunno...anyone have more info?

that book i was telling you about
has been useing old photos of Beirut ! they also used that picture
and said it was built in 1997 !

maybe they meant it was rebuilt in 1997?

The ruins were excavated in 67/68 on site. The parliament building was built ontop of the Roman Forum (admistration) as well as the famous law school....this was an extermely important archaeological area..The baths etc all formed this area.. The clock tower was removed at the start of the war and rebuilt stone by stone after. I just cant find out what happened to the ruins..i seem to recall an article i read many years ago that said they were reburied...BUt how do you do that? just fill it with dirt? What about the foundation of the clock?lol I dunno...anyone have more info?

Actually, in 2004 I spoke with a Lebanese archaeologist/historian that was working on the site of the Garden of forgiveness around 1995 (?) when it was being excavated...she said that numerous roman columns in great condition were discovered under the adjacent street leading to Nijmeh Square and the government immediately loaded them in a truck and took them away to an unknown location!

She said Solidere was worried these findings would cause further excavation of Nijmeh square, thus destroying the historical buildings that were being renovated...(maybe just a rumor?)

I agree with Solidere, if they continued excavation we may have unearthed Roman-era Beirut, but at the same time lost the heart of modern-Beirut. The point is, all these columns/statues (similar to the few that are standing in the GOF now) were taken away to be stored somewhere and no one knows what their fate will be. I really hope they are returned and somehow incorporated into the GOF or at least put on display somewhere else in the city!

IF ANYONE reading this now knows anything about this please feel free to chime in!

maybe they meant it was rebuilt in 1997?

they would have used the new one that was built , they also used other pictures of Beirut from the 1970s in that Book.

This is a fantastic thread you guys (strictly referring to the images:) )

Here are some - hope you like'em.

Beirut, Lebanon 1956

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Hotel Saint Georges 1956

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Baalbeck, Lebanon 1967

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:cheers:

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Isnt this the recently demolished building in Rouche that we were previously referring to?

This pic is from mid 50's, i doubt it.

^^ Yes it is, I just double checked and the unique entrance is what tipped me off. This building was in ruins since the civil war and finally demolished just months ago!

^^ Yes it is, I just double checked and the unique entrance is what tipped me off. This building was in ruins since the civil war and finally demolished just months ago!

Alright, cool... It's amazing it lasted the civil war... too bad they demolished it! :ohno:

^^ No thankfully they got rid of it...not only was it hideous in the 1950s but it was such an eyesore having a bombed-out building is such a prime location of the city.

My father told me that when the Municipality was digging the pedestrian underpass Corner Weygand & Allenby pn the late 60's, they unearthed some Roman columns. Later, when The Chamber of Commerce & Industry was being built in Sanayeh (1971-72), my father who was its Director then, requested from the City to install one of those Columns at the intersection in front of the Chamber. Do you know if that column is still there?

^^ No thankfully they got rid of it...not only was it hideous in the 1950s but it was such an eyesore having a bombed-out building is such a prime location of the city.

Originally, it was a beautiful building. It got occupied by refugees during the war.

This is a fantastic thread you guys (strictly referring to the images:) )


Beirut, Lebanon 1958

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Thank you NEWUSER for the rare pics. Now this is Bliss st in front of the Saudi Embassy now, where Mike (Khalil Bdeir) has his barber shop. He opened the business in 1967, planted the tree in front of the shop, gave me my first haircut in 1968 and my last one in Beirut in 1991. He also used to shave all the US embassy staff including the ambassadors till the embassy bombing in 1983.

Beirut, Lebanon 1958
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This is Abdel Aziz St in Hamra, view toward the AUB.

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This is the same house I posted previously, Eventhough I recall seeing it, I am having hard time remembering where it is located, I guess it could be in Clemenceau near Justinien St or in Sanayeh.

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And Freek Mecedes 180 Taxi-service with Lebanese custom made reinforcements on the bumper :gaah:

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My father told me that when the Municipality was digging the pedestrian underpass Corner Weygand & Allenby pn the late 60's, they unearthed some Roman columns. Later, when The Chamber of Commerce & Industry was being build in Sanayeh (1971-72), my father who was its Director then, requested from the City to install one of those Columns at the intersection in front of the Chamber. Do you know if that column is still there?


Yes it is still there, although not well maintained and in poor condition.

I dont know if its possible or not..but can you imagine if they kept or restored where the colums were (if they were moved). Since the area is pedestrian they could have made sections of the road above them see-thru...Like they did in the floor of the greek church on nejmeh...That would be so cool..like your really have modern and old ! it would be like walking thru a museum.

^^ Although it is pedestrian-only, it needs to be accessible for cars and trucks (to deliver supplies to the stores/restaurants). Plus, dont forget this is where the Parliament building is.

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It reads: Warning! Danger of Death. Don't go toward the Ministry of Finance. :ohno:

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Very symbolic picture, a man who lost a leg, is staring at a building that got destoyed by dynamite. :ohno:

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i notice the star co building was around then
when was it built ?

Sorry Jayme to get back to you late as I did not see your question. The Starco center was built in the early 60's. My father told me it was finished 1962.

Kheireddine, first of all you are amazing! What a patience you have when scanning all these great photos and posting them in the forum... you ROCK!

Second, I unfortunately live in Qatar (but I am Leb), and seeing the magnitude of the projects going on in the GCC, I am starting to CRY for what Lebanon have become nowadays... I am not supporting any group over the other, nor I am opening up a political debate... but what is going on in our country is outrageous.

While projects are flowing by the BILLIONS over UAE, KSA, Qatar, etc... we are witnessing destruction, anger, hatred and low life standards.

With all do respect to the GCC nationals on this board, I just need one breath from Lebanon to last me more than 365 days in the GCC.

For example Dubai, it has one of the worst atmosphere in the whole GCC, but seeing the magnitude of its projects... one can consider it as a great and "visiteable" country. 7aram lebnen ma ykoun fi heik mcheri3 ya 3alam!

I was in Lebanon b/w the 3rd and 18th of August, I came be3ezz the deputy elections in the Metn area... My dad was deeply into it, phone calls, results, TV, smoking, bla bla bla.... and young people 3am bedayy3o wa2toun w 7ayetoun on the streets carrying flags and swearing on each other.... 7aram!!!
I started laughing on BOTH (especially my dad)

Do you all know that we as Lebanese expats in the GCC, we are mainly considered as "luxury employees" whose salaries are high as well as their spending power? We are considered as tasteful people, witty, conning, able to run businesses and hold important posts in huge companies....

Mich 7aram heik na3moul bi baladna yalle houwwe a7la balad in the Middle East?

Let us stop the BS and start building towers and multi Bn $ projects and enhance our country and develop it to become better than it was in Kheireddine's pictures!...

^^ Thank you Silverspear, Actually, all those pictures, I found them on the internet, I have not started scanning yet! :lol:

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Nice thread, some of those old pictures from early 20th century look very modern, seems like they are from today just in "black and white" colour!

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I read once,that this small sandy beach in front of the famous 'pigeon rocks',belongs to a business man ,is that right??that's a so nice small beach

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