Have you ever wondered how the Lebanese capital looked before it got turned into the concrete maze it is today? Well, I blogged a while back about Lebanon in its golden age. Since then, I’ve found many pictures of Beirut that precedes the rabid urbanism of today.
Beirut – 1900
Bourj Hammoud, circa 1930
Raouche, around 1925
Martyr’s Square, 1930
AUB, 1930
Martyr’s Square (Previously Bourj Square) – circa 1898
Ain el Mraysseh, 1930
Koraytem, around 1945
Gemmayze – 1900
Nahr el Mot, 1965
Place de l’Etoile – 1950
Ramlet el Bayda – 1974
Ain el Mraysseh – 1972
Those are some excellent pictures. In the first one Beirut looks like a town on the Dalmatian coast. Someone should upload these pictures on Historypin.
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Wow! Do you have more? 😀
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Awesome pictures!
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Amazing….These were the golden times…
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رجاع يا زمن
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