Beirut’s private coast | Executive Magazine

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No project, but no public | Executive Magazine
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This article is part of a continuing Executive investigation into public and private lands along Beirut’s western coast. For more stories in this series, click here.

When the Ministry of Environment called today for the Municipality of Beirut to deny building permits on Raouche’s coastal Dalieh area, it didn’t faze the owners of the private property. “No construction or any other permit is being or will be sought in the foreseeable future as far as I am aware,” said a representative of the majority land holders. But despite the new apparent roadblock to any development, there’s also no plans to turn the land over to the public.

Et voir aussi ceci :

How to access the natural shore of Beirut? (video) – Reclaim the Sea

▻http://reclaimthesea.org/how-to-access-the-natural-shore-of-beirut-video

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A wonderful short clip made by Nahnoo, a “non-sectarian and non-partisan youth-led organization“, as part of a campaign to protect the public coast in Beirut and bring it back to the public.

Et aussi, finalement, ceci aussi :

A city without a shore: Rem Koolhaas, Dalieh and the paving of Beirut’s coast | Cities | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/mar/17/rem-koolhaas-dalieh-beirut-shore-coast

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In his beat-up Honda accord, fisherman Ali Itani drives down a dirt road that hugs the Mediterranean sea. He points to the limestone cliffs and natural lagoons where he has fished all his life. In the nearby sandy hills, his grandfather once herded 200 sheep, surrounded by cactus and fig trees. The Itani family claims to have settled here more than a century ago, living in caves and seaside shacks, when Beirut was a city full of orchards and rustic stone houses.

Outside a tin shack cobbled together with old wood planks and disused advertising banners, Itani shares a meal with some of his lifelong friends. The mood in the group is sombre. They know this could be one of their last gatherings.

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