Ruins near Bank Audi cleared?
Credit: Rayya Haddad Credit: Rayya Haddad Earlier this summer I posted pictures taken by my photographer friend Rayya…
New ruins near Bank Audi
Source: Rayya Haddad A series of structures have been recently discovered in central Beirut. They include several arched…
Hidden passages of Gemmayze
I recently stumbled upon a passageway between 19th century homes in Gemmayze. It is only accessible by foot:…
Purple house, Geitawi
Randomly stumbled upon this house other day in Geitawi: Interestingly, there was even a lego tile in the…
Media, activists shut out of municipality talks once again
AUB engineering students have arranged a rare question and answer session with the mayor of Beirut over the…
Police stand down at Boutros road protest
Here’s a chronology of one of two protests in Mar Mikhael this weekend to demand a park instead…
Help save this place
The green space above is one of the only surviving orchards in Beirut, but the municipality wants to…
Vintage block
For those of us who grew up after the civil war, it’s hard to imagine what Beirut once…
Asfouri: a building at war
Asfouri tells the story of an old Beirut apartment building through the lens of civil war and reconstruction.…
Council member: Masaad stairs “not to be touched”
Barely 24 hours after a widely covered protest by neighborhood residents, a Beirut city council member has announced…