<br><br>>>> Save the district of Gemmayzeh from more<br>>>> than 10 residential towers projects!<br>>>> Sauvez le quartier de Gemmayzeh que menacent plus de 10 projets de<br>>>> tours résidentielles !
<br>>>><br>>>> ÇäÞÐæÇ ÇáÌãíÒÉ ãä ÇáÃÈÑÇÌ ÇáÓßäíÉ Çáãäæí ÇäÔÇÄåÇ Ýí åÐÇ ÇáÍí ÇáÊÑÇËí<br>>>><br>>>> <br>>>> Find attached is the petition addressed to the Prime Minister (in 3<br>
>>> languages).<br>>>> <br>>>><br>>>> Click on this link to vote:<br>>>> <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/petgem/petition.html">www.petitiononline.com/petgem/petition.html
</a><br>>>> <br>>>><br>>>> write your Name and Quality<br>>>> (Architect, inhabitant or owner in Gemmayzeh district, simple user,<br>>>> tourist, student, etc.)<br>>>>
<br>>>> <br>>>><br>>>> Please forward this message to all citizens you know that care about<br>>>> the character of this area!<br>>>><br>>>> · The good news is<br>>>> that the protection of the neighborhood of Gemmayzeh has finally
<br>>>> been achieved through the formulation of urban design regulation<br>>>> specifically for the area.<br>>>> · The bad news is<br>>>> that the ten proposed towers for the area that prompted the
<br>>>> protection action in the first place, are exempt from the new rules<br>>>> and guidelines.<br>>>> <br>>>> Does this sound like a joke about a banana republic? Still …<br>>>>
<br>>>> See below the names of those who already signed the petition<br>>>> (petition text is attached)<br>>>> <br>>>> <br>>>> Have already signed the petition:<br>>>>
<br>>>> Heritage NGOs:<br>>>> National Foundation for Heritage,<br>>>> APSAD,<br>>>> OMRAN<br>>>> <br>>>> Association of the inhabitants (Local Community):<br>>>> ADG
<br>>>> <br>>>> Unesco: Lebanon's Representative for Heritage:<br>>>> Jade Tabet<br>>>> <br>>>> Deputy:<br>>>> Ghassan Moukheiber<br>>>> <br>>>> Former Director General of Urbanism:
<br>>>> Mohammad Fawaz<br>>>> <br>>>> Former President of the Order of Architects:<br>>>> Assem Salam,<br>>>> Amin Bizri<br>>>> <br>>>> Head or Architects Branch at the Order of Engineers and Architects:
<br>>>> Sany Jamal<br>>>> <br>>>> Professors of Architecture and Planning at AUB:<br>>>> Howeida al Harithy,<br>>>> Hana Alameddine,<br>>>> Grégoire Sérof,<br>>>> Abdul Halim Jabre,
<br>>>> Georges Arbid,<br>>>> Mona Harb,<br>>>> Mona Fawaz,<br>>>> Habib Debs,<br>>>> Zeina Maasri<br>>>> <br>>>> Professors of Architecture and Planning at ALBA:
<br>>>> Georges Khayat,<br>>>> Bachir Moujaes<br>>>> <br>>>> Professor of Architecture and Planning at Lebanese University:<br>>>> Léon Télvisian,<br>>>> Mousbah Rajab,
<br>>>> Yasmine Macaroun<br>>>> <br>>>> Owners of frozen heritage buildings:<br>>>> Dagher Family,<br>>>> Sursock-Cochrane Family,<br>>>> Doumani Family,<br>>>> Khayat Family,
<br>>>> Mehanna Family,<br>>>> Debs Family,<br>>>> Abou Chalache Family,<br>>>> Azar Family,<br>>>> Metni Family<br>>>> <br>>>> Restaurants and Pubs Owners or Managers:
<br>>>> SPOON, Yves Abboud,<br>>>> TAPAS, Richard Kanaan,<br>>>> BREAD, Nemr Abboud,<br>>>> OLIO, Mazen Maroun,<br>>>> SOTO, Samer Maroun,<br>>>> LE ROUGE, Nabil Majdalani,
<br>>>> GOYA, Ahmad Jawad,<br>>>> TORINO EXPRESS, Majed el Moussaoui,<br>>>> DICE, Halim Sader,<br>>>> GODOT, Charbel Nahed,<br>>>> CORLEONE, Marwan Abboud<br>>>> BARBU, Makram Zeeni,
<br>>>> L'O, Carine Andraos,<br>>>> PAUL, Nayla Gemayel,<br>>>> HICKEY'S, Hussein Mansour,<br>>>> Cahrbel Atallah<br>>>> <br>>>> Architects:<br>>>> Grégoire Sérof,
<br>>>> Georges Arbid,<br>>>> Jacques Liger-Belair,<br>>>> Fadlallah Dagher,<br>>>> Jean-Pierre Mégharbaneh,<br>>>> Divina Abou Jaoudé<br>>>><br><br>