The Urbanist
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Tall Stories 516: Beirut’s Sporting Beach Club
5 minutes Posted Jul 6, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
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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.

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