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  • Urbanism
  • 06 Jul 2026
  • 5 min

Tall Stories 516: Beirut’s Sporting Beach Club

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  • The Urbanist
  • Urbanism
  • 5 min

Noor Amylia Hilda visits a gallant collection of concrete platforms and saltwater pools on Beirut’s coast that has outlasted the Lebanese Civil War, the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war and economic crises.

Host
  • Andrew Tuck
Contributor
  • Noor Amylia Hilda
Producer
  • David Stevens

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