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Originally Posted by Genius  It all goes down to the priorities ...
I understand the value of the land etc etc, the problem is classification, i dont think making the downtown similar to american cities/Golf cities is a good idea. Making the water front high rises, instead of making it look like the mediteranean cities (Nice, Cannes ... ) is a huuge mistake !!
But i would love to see some legal docs concerning all the buildings and lands on Solidere, how everything was evaluated ..
How about these 3 buildings in question ? Sure you evaluated them .. but legal docs? age ? etc |
yes, i agree with you that Beirut's coastal line character is a disaster. But it has always been like this, mainly because of the absence of good urban planning in the fifties and sixties when most of Beirut's coastal line was built. So Solidere can't be blamed for that, they are only responsible for their area which includes a portion of the coastline.
The Solidere's coastline is classified as a highrise zone (Marina Towers for example) , Much like what's planned for the other Marina (Joseph Khoury).
Genius, you have to put yourself in a CEO's shoes, you will most definitely want to maximize profit by building more square meters. It's not up to corporations to care about patrimony or historical heritage, they can't really be blamed for that.
The ones to be blamed however are the institutions in Lebanon that care about those issues and the civil society for not spreading awareness and for not putting enough pressure on the governments at that time.