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Will Renzo Piano’s new tower demolish an ancient city buried under Beirut?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 23, 2018
“We will find where you live,”  a watchman yelled at me after taking a picture of ruins on…
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One of Beirut’s oldest blocks demolished

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 6, 2017
What had been one of the most beautiful and historic buildings on Jeanne d’Arc street will soon be…
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Historic Laziza brewery demolition begins, can it be stopped?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 27, 2017
  A number of images are appearing on social media today documenting the demolition of one of Lebanon’s…
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Demolition of Art Deco building resumes, despite governor’s order

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 15, 2017
Two years ago the Governor of Beirut issued an order to stop demolition of this historically listed Art…
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Inside Beit Beirut

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 17, 2016
Beit Beirut, Lebanon’s first memory museum, is finally getting ready to open its doors. After at least a…
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What happened to Beirut’s “Shoreline Walk”?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 14, 2016
One of the great things about the internet is that there is just so much floating around out…
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Campaign to save “Red House”

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 17, 2016
It seems everywhere you turn in Hamra, there is a new tower coming up. None of them affordable…
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Exhibit proposing coastal alternatives draws crowds

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 8, 2015
Government officials like to complain that activists love making noise but never propose actual solutions. This is especially…
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Historic building demolition now near Phoenicia hotel

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 27, 2014
If you hurry, you might be able to get a glance of this historic facade before it is…
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Rose House opening to the public

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 14, 2014
Next week, Beirut’s storied “Rose House”, which sits on a rare green hill overlooking the Mediterranean, will be…
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