Cool Find By Sandra Rishani: The “Grudge” In Beirut’s Manara area

The Grudge is an extremely narrow building standing on a mere 120-square-metre piece of land, that was built back in 1954 just to block the sea view for some residents. Apparently there was a quarrel between two brothers on a piece of land and one of the brothers decided to build what looks like a wall just to block his brother's sea view so that the value of his land would decrease. You can read…

Excavation Underway For The New ABC in Verdun

via Amer This picture was posted today by a friend of mine, showing where ABC Verdun will be located. I always dug out a couple of pictures showing how the land looked like before the excavation works begun. To be honest, I am not really sure if we need yet another huge mall in Beirut, and even if we do, it would have been nicer to have a greener mall with a small park in…
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Liza Beirut Restaurant Mentioned In The Architectural Digest

11 years ago
The Architectural Digest is also known as the International Design Authority and has been out there since 1920. Liza Beirut is a contemporary Lebanese Restaurant that first started in Paris and is now open in ...
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Jounieh Floating Island or Cedar Island?

11 years ago
I was reading an article in Al-Akhbar about a floating Cedar Island in the bay of Jounieh, then I saw that Lebanondebate posted about this as well with a picture that reminded me of a ...
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