beirut's central park
This is Beirut's Sanayeh Gardens, I'm lucky enough to live across the street. In 1982 the PLO gathered here before leaving Lebanon, the gardens I've heard were bombed by the Israelis and many Palestinians were killed. In the summer 2006 war, Lebanese from the south who fled the Israeli bombing lived in the gardens until they were able to return to their homes when the fighting ended. It's a nice place, the only part that I don't like is that it's surrounded by a big wall and they close the gardens early around sunset. But during the day it's filled with a lot of families, young couples in love, pigeons and old guys playing chess. The gardens (and my flat across the street) are one of the reasons I really love this city.
posted by whitecassel @ 23:22
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2 Comments:
i used to live really close to that place and yes like you said it was a refugee shelter during the 06 war .. specifically for cheyyah residents if im not mistaken ... i used to live across from GS on makdessi st on hamra :)
i remember there was a really fancy apartment bldg facing the park .. u dont live in it do u o_0
hmm... my place is huge, but it's old and not really "fancy." could be though, i guess this place as some recent history of a lot of people living here.
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