Established in 1908 by the Ottomans the Sanayeh Garden is one of the last resorts in the Beiruti urban concrete jungle, until some stupid imbecile thought about turning it - along with the two other gardens left in the city - into car parks due to their prime location (Typical of right wing economists such as PM Fouad Siniora to think in such lines although I am not accusing him personally). A sit in was going to take place on May 30th to save the garden something that happened - depending on whom you believe - either by visiting the head of the Beirut Municipality of MP Saad Hariri. Considering that by the latest count Lebanon still has only 8% of green space (Down from 53% in the late 50s) and the figure includes the graveyards (Believe it or not) killing the last urban meeting places for people amoung trees is truly a blasphemy.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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Established in 1908 by the Ottomans the Sanayeh Garden is one of the last resorts in the Beiruti urban concrete jungle, until some stupid imbecile thought about turning it - along with the two other gardens left in the city - into car parks due to their prime location (Typical of right wing economists such as PM Fouad Siniora to think in such lines although I am not accusing him personally). A sit in was going to take place on May 30th to save the garden something that happened - depending on whom you believe - either by visiting the head of the Beirut Municipality of MP Saad Hariri. Considering that by the latest count Lebanon still has only 8% of green space (Down from 53% in the late 50s) and the figure includes the graveyards (Believe it or not) killing the last urban meeting places for people amoung trees is truly a blasphemy.
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I agree to a certain extent but if you review the exact details of the project, it involved building a car parking lot beneath the not in its place. BM is still to blame because they failed to make their intentions clear. However, I would support a underground car park if the plan is revisited.
Even though such an underground parking would not peepee the space away, it would definitely require a massive excavation prior to building the parking structure...thus killing a lot of the trees that take sanayeh garden as their home - Drive 100 meters towards spears, there is a parking already...dig that up and have a grand sexose of a parking - why a garden?!
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