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.
![Old Beirut - 1900](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-1900.jpg?w=620)
Beirut – 1900
![Old Beirut - Bourj Hammoud 1930](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-bourj-hammoud-1930.jpg?w=620)
Bourj Hammoud, circa 1930
![Old Beirut - Raouche 1925](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-raouche-1925.jpg?w=620)
Raouche, around 1925
![Old Beirut - Martyr's Square 1930](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-martyrs-square-1930.jpg?w=620)
Martyr’s Square, 1930
![Old Beirut - AUB 1930](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-aub-1930.jpg?w=620)
AUB, 1930
![Old Beirut Bourj Square - Martyr's Square - 1898](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-bourj-square-martyrs-square-1898.jpg?w=620)
Martyr’s Square (Previously Bourj Square) – circa 1898
![Old Beirut - Ain el Mraysseh 1930](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-ain-el-mraysseh-1930.jpg?w=620)
Ain el Mraysseh, 1930
![Old Beirut - Koraytem 1900](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-koraytem-1900.jpg?w=620)
Koraytem, around 1945
![Old Beirut - Gemmayze 1900](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-gemmayze-1900.jpg?w=620)
Gemmayze – 1900
![Old Beirut - Nahr el Mot - 1965](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-beirut-nahr-el-mot-1965.jpg?w=620)
Nahr el Mot, 1965
![Place de l'Etoile, Old Beirut, 1950](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/place-de-letoile-old-beirut-1950.jpg?w=620)
Place de l’Etoile – 1950
![Ramlet el Bayda - Old Beirut - 1974](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ramlet-el-bayda-old-beirut-1974.jpg?w=620)
Ramlet el Bayda – 1974
![Ain el Mraysseh - Old Beirut - 1972](https://stateofmind13.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ain-el-mraysseh-old-beirut-1972.jpg?w=620)
Ain el Mraysseh – 1972