Downtown Beirut A City Of Ghost Analysis
When we hear the word downtown we think about the skyscrapers, the economic activies , the big shops, in fact we imagine a place full of life.The central business district or ‘’downtown’’ as we call it is the heart of the city and reflect the city’s history. Based on an American model ,it was reproduced all over the world. In term of beauty we can’t reproach anything to the new DT .Walking in Zeytouna Bay at night watching all the high and beautiful building will give you the impression of being in an emergent country, full of activity and life however behind this illusive beauty you directly see the truth behind the DT. All that you are seeing is just a façade, downtown is majorly made of empty buildings and frequented by the high society
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The golden years of Beyrouth the jewel of the Eastern Meditteranean, the cosmopolitan city now look far away. As the autor, Ahmad Mohsan calls it downtown,Beirut is a city of ghost soulless and artificial,we cannot deny the fact that it reconstruction was an ambitious to give Beyrouth is notoriety back. To call something artificial you have to desmontrate it, IS DT completely aritificial and dead arent there beirutis who like the DT despite the autor opinions?How should be a real …show more content…
This project was one of the most ambitious and promising for Lebanon. The company Solidere succesfuly reconstructed the DT making it as beautiful and sophisticated as in Europe or in America .It has become the home of the big brands,international association and government institutions. The final result is outstanding, the new zeytuna bay is full of yacht and show the visitors how rich and glamourous Beirut is, the new souks is full of luxury stores like Hermes, Gucci and all you can imagine ! But who is really benefiting of all this. In fact this new downtown is really expensive and in opposition to the old one seems to only be destinated to the rich, restaurant are unaffordable going to 100$ a persons, apartments are between the most expensive in the world making DT look like a Ghost city. All of those big beautiful building are empty like the streets. The opinions about the new downtown are diverse and can go from adoration to
The golden years of Beyrouth the jewel of the Eastern Meditteranean, the cosmopolitan city now look far away. As the autor, Ahmad Mohsan calls it downtown,Beirut is a city of ghost soulless and artificial,we cannot deny the fact that it reconstruction was an ambitious to give Beyrouth is notoriety back. To call something artificial you have to desmontrate it, IS DT completely aritificial and dead arent there beirutis who like the DT despite the autor opinions?How should be a real …show more content…
This project was one of the most ambitious and promising for Lebanon. The company Solidere succesfuly reconstructed the DT making it as beautiful and sophisticated as in Europe or in America .It has become the home of the big brands,international association and government institutions. The final result is outstanding, the new zeytuna bay is full of yacht and show the visitors how rich and glamourous Beirut is, the new souks is full of luxury stores like Hermes, Gucci and all you can imagine ! But who is really benefiting of all this. In fact this new downtown is really expensive and in opposition to the old one seems to only be destinated to the rich, restaurant are unaffordable going to 100$ a persons, apartments are between the most expensive in the world making DT look like a Ghost city. All of those big beautiful building are empty like the streets. The opinions about the new downtown are diverse and can go from adoration to