Beirut before and after by travelmad478
Currently, there are plenty of buildings in Beirut that will give you a good idea of just what the city must have looked like ten years ago, before the reconstruction project got underway. A few of the shell-scarred structures are still standing downtown, awaiting decisions on restoration or demolition. Others are partially rebuilt, like the apartment block pictured here which has had its eastern half renovated, but not the western half. And still others, like the Magen Abraham synagogue left stranded downtown among massive construction sites, may never be restored if the original owners cannot find funds to rebuild their architectural monuments.The contrast between these buildings and the sparkling new structures downtown is pretty stark. In five or ten years, the older ones are likely to be just a memory.