Goodbye green round building

Salmiya will never be the same without you.

Jul 11, 2009

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1. george | July 11th, 2009 at 10:02 pm

sniff, sniff. Adios Al Salaam building.
2. Q8Sultana | July 11th, 2009 at 10:25 pm

:o(
Another pillar of my childhood gone…
3. suspic | July 11th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

I will avenge you, green round building.
4. ROXAS | July 11th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

WHY 1! WHY !!
I LOEV DAT PLACE
5. babloa | July 11th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

I HATED THAT THING but im pissed now that is bull shit
6. Environmental | July 11th, 2009 at 11:16 pm

any pictures of that building?
7. mena | July 11th, 2009 at 11:21 pm

it was sold out for hundreds of millions.. will be another mall i guess!

good deal for everyone!
8. CurlySue | July 11th, 2009 at 11:37 pm

Oh I am so happy that one’s gone…..ugliness beyond compare.What’s next? Fahad Al Sultan , Abu halifa??
9. Hielda | July 11th, 2009 at 11:39 pm

:-( ,,,, I am sad !!!! Many memories will go down with that building !!! DOnt like it when they take down landmarks !!!
10. Deema | July 11th, 2009 at 11:44 pm

:( …e walla, unfortunately I didn’t do any photo shoot for it.
11. Justanotherone | July 11th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

Did it died?
12. Yousef | July 12th, 2009 at 12:21 am

Time to move on.
13. سالم ولد بوسالم | July 12th, 2009 at 12:43 am

مادري ليش احس اني اصغر واحد فيكم
كلكم شياب وعيايز واولكم انت يا مارك :p
14. Anonymous | July 12th, 2009 at 1:32 am

share your pictures of the old green round building
15. spooner | July 12th, 2009 at 1:52 am

OH GOD! Really? That’s a shame.
16. elaine | July 12th, 2009 at 2:04 am

Oh no, it was my favourite hip and groovy building in Salmiya- now we know all is really lost in Salmiya!
17. Holla | July 12th, 2009 at 3:09 am

good riddance. i had really bad memories from going to the dentist in that place as a kid.
18. diesel | July 12th, 2009 at 3:17 am

This building was considered luxurious in its heyday during the 70’s. In fact, former Kuwait national football team coach and 3-time World Cup winner, Mario Zagallo, used to live in this building.
19. Basit | July 12th, 2009 at 3:57 am

LOL @ post 14! HAHA!

salam complex, tsk, my dentist used to be there.

and yeah theyre taking down salam complex, most of souq salmiya and the infamous “haunted” parking to make a mall
20. Ansam | July 12th, 2009 at 6:41 am

Ditto!!
21. mutton | July 12th, 2009 at 7:12 am

Oh shoot …. thats where my dental clinic was …. damn …. em malls … mE
22. J | July 12th, 2009 at 7:42 am

Haunted Parking ? Somebody call the Ghost Busters
23. sinner | July 12th, 2009 at 8:11 am

lol@ 14 the guy is such a troll.
24. isedufukndie | July 12th, 2009 at 9:36 am

R.I.P
25. DoohDlihc | July 12th, 2009 at 9:47 am

Thats where I used to go for gargean in Ramadan, the rich people lived there we figured, cause it was green and round.

Instead of candy they used to give money, like ربع دينار. After that head down to waleed toy store an get those tricks, the best was the stink bombs. Down to hungry bunny and break one there. Then you’d still have change for a zaroukh ice cream –

worry free – stress free – responsibility free – That is what the green round building represents for me :)
26. Rayboy | July 12th, 2009 at 9:53 am

why was that parking haunted? strangely it was never used
27. Micky | July 12th, 2009 at 10:34 am

It’s great hearing all your memories from the 70’s and the round green building :)
28. CurlySue | July 12th, 2009 at 11:54 am

I don’t understand tho’ why there isn’t more of an effort to renovate instead of knock down, in Kuwait. i don’t mean the 1980s buidlings, but the older ones and make something modern yet old out of them. Does nobody in Kuwait study architecture…..and aesthetics?
29. Mark | July 12th, 2009 at 11:57 am

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30. A.Albaz | July 12th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Capital records is gone..

True what mark said…Salmiya would never be the same again

What’s next on the list to scrape?
31. Don Veto | July 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

lol @capital records
32. Basit | July 12th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

@ Rayboy
i dont believe it was haunted, i lived 5 minutes from it, so much went on the roof of it, illegal shit ofcourse…
but yeah … in the 1990 invasion, alot of people pretty much took refuge in there, they parked their cars inside and lived in them literally, till the day many of them were killed by iraqi’s…
thats what ive heard…dont know if its true
33. Boraaat | July 12th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

Why they taking this down!!! not very nice… i coming too much angry now!
34. Khalid | July 12th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

IT is true it was an icon of the 70’s but the last 10 years it became a trash , full of apartments for married men to get thier Girl firends and party away from thier wifes ( from the 4th floor up till the 10th) and nothing but the trash of beautiful kuwait was lurking around it , it is about time to remove such buildings and replace them with proper modern immage for our lovely country , Salmiya is full of building that sould be removed , during the invassion only the first few weeks pepole lived in it , then the Iraqis moved in and stole every thing , after that it never became the same . What is the story with the parking building behind it ?
35. Anonymous | July 12th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

I was actually serious. If you’ve got pictures, why not share them.
36. Jeff Gordon | July 12th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Good call A.Albaz: Capital Records…. that’s what it reminded me of too!! :)
37. mentabolism | July 12th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

one 360 appears, and another disappears…
38. blue*q8 | July 12th, 2009 at 8:48 pm

loool mentabolism
39. Sami | July 12th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

Nice comments no 37 ( :
Sadly I dont remember this building quite well, but i am going to drive there and check it out my self. I do remember that there was a round building in that area but not green and the empty parking lot as well..
40. lensman | July 13th, 2009 at 2:09 am

Its a shame the building is gone. Salmiyah will never be the same.
41. OZM | July 13th, 2009 at 4:23 am

@khalid sorry but you are wrong it was not rented for people to have their girl friends and party, for the last 10 years there were few new people renting and the owners will not rent to these kind of people u were refering to.
42. hilaliya | July 13th, 2009 at 7:23 pm

I am still waiting for Salmiya Cinema (a historic theater alongside Andalus) that was demolished to show its new face.
43. Sami | July 14th, 2009 at 4:45 am

I went there yesterday and noticed that the building still stands!!!!
All the Apt’s have been emptied yet there is ONE left with lights on
and curtains. I guess its ready to be demolished…
44. cover page | July 14th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

I think i need therapy after this post

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