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Plate VI · iv · a · The City

Beirut

One house on the Achrafieh hill, and a page written entirely in the future tense, because I have not been.

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Beirut rooftops and the Mediterranean at dusk, seen past arched windows
Plate VI · iv · a · Achrafieh

A city that has rebuilt its best rooms more than once, and does not appear to consider that remarkable.

A day, properly arranged
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Written as an intention, not a memory. I have not yet walked any of it.

The entries

One entry, and it carries the page on its own.
A stone townhouse behind an iron gate on a quiet Achrafieh street at dusk
Achrafieh · the hill, from the street

The houses here were built to hold light through three arches at once. That is the thing I want to stand under, and have not.

APRIL, INTENDED
Still on the list in Beirut
Everything on this page is still on the list. Kept here so I cannot quietly forget it.
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Notes for Beirut

I have not been. Everything below is what I have gathered rather than what I have seen, and I would ask you to weigh it accordingly — a directory that pretends otherwise is worth nothing.

The single entry sits on the Achrafieh hill, which is walkable in the sense that all hills are walkable. April is the month I have put aside for it, on the grounds that the light is long and the heat has not yet arrived.

Check opening hours directly and close to the day rather than trusting anything written a year in advance, including this. When I have gone, I will rewrite this panel in the past tense and say so at the top.

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