Beirut Waterfront District - Phase II

[Rabih]

Nov 2011 - by me

[Hassoun]

December 26

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Beirut waterfront by flyvancity, on Flickr

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Beirut by flyvancity, on Flickr

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Mediterranean from Beirut by flyvancity, on Flickr

[Nadini]

courtesy of cedarrick

[Nadini]

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[Hassoun]

09/02/2012

What are these for?

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P1010333 by All U Can Eat, on Flickr

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P1010335 by All U Can Eat, on Flickr

[Joe.KL]

These are wave breakers, which is very interesting, possibly means they are working on the north side of the reclaimed land near biel?

[AmeriLEB]

Or the port extension?

[Hassoun]

On 7 February , Matta & Associés cast the raft foundation of "The One" Project located in Beirut Central District (BCD) - Waterfront Area

The pouring , done with 2 mobile pumps , started at 6:00 am and ended at 12:00 pm . Quantity of concrete poured : 600 m3

The Project concerns the construction of a luxurious night club consisting of Ground floor and 4 floors (balconies) for a Total built up area of 1700m2
Valued at $1.3 million , the concrete works have just started and will take 4 months to complete and the total quantity of concrete to be poured is 3300 m3.

[lebz06]

That's awesome news! This looks like it should be amazing.

http://www.beirutnightlife.com/night...e-and-kicking/

[Beiruti]

The recent discussion was off-topic and therefore relocated to a more appropriate thread:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=990453&page=8

I want to remind everyone to refrain from making any personal insults against one another.

[Baghdadii]

I like it, congratulations Beirut!

[marc.libano]

Courtesy of misstella

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[LebHeissam]

Beirut is the most beautiful city. I can not wait until this project is finished

[wissarb]

As for the park planned at the new waterfront, this is what solidere has far got figured.

[RJay]

Why dont they call lebanon Hariristan while they are at it, and Beirut Harirabad instead of calling every street, road, highway, avenue, airport, gardens, statues, public space, public buildings, commercial buildings, hospitals, schools...etc Rafik Hariri. Khalas its becoming too much. People are worshiping their politicians more than they worship god himself.

[lebnani]

Also, Rafik Harriri was never president, he was prime minister... Freudian slip?! Really everything has become politicized in this country, so sad.

[annie23]

Originally Posted by RJay

Why dont they call lebanon Hariristan while they are at it, and Beirut Harirabad instead of calling every street, road, highway, avenue, airport, gardens, statues, public space, public buildings, commercial buildings, hospitals, schools...etc Rafik Hariri. Khalas its becoming too much. People are worshiping their politicians more than they worship god himself.

This isn't a political thread ,2nd the guy did some work ans achievements for his country ,although yeaah I don't agree calling every achievement he made by his name ,another thing other than the political thing ,there are streets in Lebanon named after some high priest or Archibishop in Keserwan ,is that relevant ???I say name streets by numbers not dedicated to some political or religious figure

[RJay]

Annie23, the issue here is to create a collective memorial garden that unites the Lebanese in an effort to establish some sort common grounds far from the confessional divisions of the city . And when you call the garden rafik hariri, i dont think that the name instigates unity and communal harmony between the factions of the lebanese populace, because whether you like it or not, half or even more of the lebanese are not very fond of this politician.

[fernando-j]

I like it better when they name streets or places after sportsmen, poets or musicians. There are so many in Lebanon. To choose the name of a political figure only inflames hatred.

[youssefkaram]

Originally Posted by fernando-j

I like it better when they name streets or places after sportsmen, poets or musicians. There are so many in Lebanon. To choose the name of a political figure only inflames hatred.

That's actually a pretty good idea. It'll be great to call this Fairouz garden or something similar in case that garden already exists.