[LCM Articles] Sign the Petition for the Protection of Gemmayzeh District - Click on the link to vote and forward this message

[Philippe Charles Saad]

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