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Originally Posted by fidelio  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. |
What is to be blamed is the capitalists completely controlling and running the govt. Back to the feudal problem.
Western countries have strict rules by govt which are ruled by normal people ... Even Microsoft and Bill Gates in the US abide by the rules and loose judicial cases (and this is a country rules by capitalists ....)
the disasters are numerous and repetitive, what is needed is awarness and education to the people that cannot break free from sectarian feudality ...
We need another Ottoman empire .. Funny that Beirut had all the charm from their Era, the french refused to "develop" the country !!! I ll try to dig out the documents i had about the architecture of Beirut ...