Comments on: Old Salmiya IS getting demolished http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Technoblast http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-439972 Technoblast Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:52:43 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-439972 red riding The first bookshop in Kuwait is "Alruwayeh" bookshop, and its founder is Mohammed Ahmed Alruwayeh. The bookshop was later renamed "The National Bookshop" and you can still find it in the Old Souq. red riding

The first bookshop in Kuwait is “Alruwayeh” bookshop, and its founder is Mohammed Ahmed Alruwayeh. The bookshop was later renamed “The National Bookshop” and you can still find it in the Old Souq.

]]> By: Jehovah's witnesses unlimited http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-429176 Jehovah's witnesses unlimited Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:31:32 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-429176 Boy, am I going to miss the Old Salmiya or what. There's a portion of me and a very young portion at that which grew up on Old Salmiya. I get all senti just thinking about the New Supermarket, Wazzan tea house and La Patisserie off Salem Mubarak Street. Those were the good old days when Salmiya was all elegant and charming with a touch of class its own. Not to mention, the eye candy then used to be alot better than it is now. This one's also a shout out to the kindly Lebanese gentleman working the till at the New Supermarket in Salmiya and the dry cleaner beside Swan Lake recordings who would play backgammon with his friends and sip Turkish coffee while attending you. Boy, am I going to miss the Old Salmiya or what. There’s a portion of me and a very young portion at that which grew up on Old Salmiya. I get all senti just thinking about the New Supermarket, Wazzan tea house and La Patisserie off Salem Mubarak Street. Those were the good old days when Salmiya was all elegant and charming with a touch of class its own. Not to mention, the eye candy then used to be alot better than it is now.
This one’s also a shout out to the kindly Lebanese gentleman working the till at the New Supermarket in Salmiya and the dry cleaner beside Swan Lake recordings who would play backgammon with his friends and sip Turkish coffee while attending you.

]]> By: Movies&Music News Blog http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427815 Movies&Music News Blog Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:28:45 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427815 Equalizer , i agree with this guy Equalizer , i agree with this guy

]]> By: MK http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427575 MK Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:59:09 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427575 Man, these buyers have no sense of belongingness. All they want is to build one mall on top of another, demoslish and construct. I think in near future we will witness what no other country has witnessed meaning nowadays big CRANES help in erecting buildings and mall, well sorry to say they are not BIG ENOUGH for our Business community so what will happen is probably US or China will come up with a Crane or something which will be so big that it can pick up ready made buildings and just drop them at target places in Kuwait. No to mention that we need a manufacturing facility where the buldings and malls will be the FINAL PRODUCTS. Man the Govt. has to open up and start using the empty spaces which is 80-90% of Kuwait. Well, probably they have left the land for oil excavations. For How long? Man, these buyers have no sense of belongingness. All they want is to build one mall on top of another, demoslish and construct.

I think in near future we will witness what no other country has witnessed meaning nowadays big CRANES help in erecting buildings and mall, well sorry to say they are not BIG ENOUGH for our Business community so what will happen is probably US or China will come up with a Crane or something which will be so big that it can pick up ready made buildings and just drop them at target places in Kuwait. No to mention that we need a manufacturing facility where the buldings and malls will be the FINAL PRODUCTS.

Man the Govt. has to open up and start using the empty spaces which is 80-90% of Kuwait.

Well, probably they have left the land for oil excavations. For How long?

]]> By: red riding http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427516 red riding Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:30:30 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427516 This is a sad, sad day indeed. Old Salmiya has memories for so many of us who grew up in Kuwait. The building that will be destroyed houses the first bookshop in Kuwait, The Family Bookshop. We are so easily willing to just demolish our culture and history. This lovely pedestrian area should be renovated and preserved. Those apartment buildings and shops could be turned into a truly beautiful and unique space. It shocks me that we are so willing to just bulldoze the past and replace it with hideous, Las Vegas-style malls and buildings. We razed the amazing city that once lined our shores. We have erased our architectural heritage (all that's left are buildings like the Dickson house, the Behbehani complex, Bait Sidra, and a few others). And now we're doing it again with the old-style buildings from the 50s and 60s. There is plenty of room to build new things, so why do we have to completely erase the signs of our urban history? What astonishes me more than anything else is that nobody seems to care! If this were anywhere else, there would be people picketing in the streets, historical preservation societies would be petitioning to save such landmarks. So now, instead of a potentially wonderful area layered with our history, we'll have another boring indoor mall with a million more Al-Shayaa shops selling junk we don't need. And the past that so many of us remember will vanish forever. Pathetic. This is a sad, sad day indeed. Old Salmiya has memories for so many of us who grew up in Kuwait. The building that will be destroyed houses the first bookshop in Kuwait, The Family Bookshop. We are so easily willing to just demolish our culture and history. This lovely pedestrian area should be renovated and preserved. Those apartment buildings and shops could be turned into a truly beautiful and unique space. It shocks me that we are so willing to just bulldoze the past and replace it with hideous, Las Vegas-style malls and buildings. We razed the amazing city that once lined our shores. We have erased our architectural heritage (all that’s left are buildings like the Dickson house, the Behbehani complex, Bait Sidra, and a few others). And now we’re doing it again with the old-style buildings from the 50s and 60s. There is plenty of room to build new things, so why do we have to completely erase the signs of our urban history? What astonishes me more than anything else is that nobody seems to care! If this were anywhere else, there would be people picketing in the streets, historical preservation societies would be petitioning to save such landmarks. So now, instead of a potentially wonderful area layered with our history, we’ll have another boring indoor mall with a million more Al-Shayaa shops selling junk we don’t need. And the past that so many of us remember will vanish forever. Pathetic.

]]> By: Z District http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427458 Z District Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:16:10 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427458 I just hope they keep the out door feel to it, but one thing is for sure no small shop owner is going to be able to afford the rent that they are going to be stuck with. I just hope they keep the out door feel to it, but one thing is for sure no small shop owner is going to be able to afford the rent that they are going to be stuck with.

]]> By: Smoothtony http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427449 Smoothtony Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:22:16 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427449 Old Salmiya did have a spirit for all (young & old) to walk along the shops... sometimes browse and/or buy... friendly shopkeepers, almost a homely environment... but with major commercial change, we'd probably have stuck up shopkeepers, who will not give a damn if you buy or not... Old Salmiya did have a spirit for all (young & old) to walk along the shops… sometimes browse and/or buy… friendly shopkeepers, almost a homely environment… but with major commercial change, we’d probably have stuck up shopkeepers, who will not give a damn if you buy or not…

]]> By: Dana http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427401 Dana Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:12:32 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427401 50 Million KD for Al-Fanar? I think the land only is worth way more! There is a palace that belongs to some Sheikh right next to the Scientific Center, and he's selling it for 200 Million KD. That's almost like one BILLION dollars. Anyway, I think it's about time they renovated those stores. I mean the land there is worth sooooo much, and most of the shops are "100 fils for anything" stores. I mean, give me a break. It's Salmiya, not Jeleeb Al-Shoyoukh 50 Million KD for Al-Fanar? I think the land only is worth way more! There is a palace that belongs to some Sheikh right next to the Scientific Center, and he’s selling it for 200 Million KD. That’s almost like one BILLION dollars.

Anyway, I think it’s about time they renovated those stores. I mean the land there is worth sooooo much, and most of the shops are “100 fils for anything” stores. I mean, give me a break. It’s Salmiya, not Jeleeb Al-Shoyoukh

]]> By: Delicately Realistic http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427383 Delicately Realistic Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:18:53 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427383 Smoothtony - thats sad ! These business men thing they are entitled to having anything they want ;/ I second Equalizer ! I like old salmiya....reminds me of the old days.....new doesnt necessarily mean good ! Smoothtony - thats sad ! These business men thing they are entitled to having anything they want ;/

I second Equalizer !

I like old salmiya….reminds me of the old days…..new doesnt necessarily mean good !

]]> By: Equalizer http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427375 Equalizer Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:57:20 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427375 Wow another mall without parking. They need to build a helipad on top, so they can hover people in, or in our case a guy or two. Wow another mall without parking. They need to build a helipad on top, so they can hover people in, or in our case a guy or two.

]]> By: greyshorts http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427347 greyshorts Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:22:52 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427347 Mshari and Q8O - Fishiness and money laundry ? How noble of you to spread rumors . Don't talk about stuff you know nothing about . Mshari and Q8O - Fishiness and money laundry ? How noble of you to spread rumors . Don’t talk about stuff you know nothing about .

]]> By: TRiPLEM http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427274 TRiPLEM Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:10:57 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427274 I think its the new M.H. Alshaya Showroom. Link: http://www.sooreng.com/commercial-shaya-frame.html I think its the new M.H. Alshaya Showroom.
Link: http://www.sooreng.com/commercial-shaya-frame.html

]]> By: smoothtony http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427263 smoothtony Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:53:39 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427263 Yeap, Saud Sahod Al-Mutairi bought the Salmiya building. I know, 'cause I was living there when he did & there was alot of mess - or should I say he or he's office played unfair with all living there. I could go on & on for hours in this matter. They took over the Salmiya bldg (KFC bldg) on 1st Aug. '07 - the next day they cut off the A/C for all flats, locked the roof doors - so none can go and get things fixed. This is only the skim of the surface... Yeap, Saud Sahod Al-Mutairi bought the Salmiya building. I know, ’cause I was living there when he did & there was alot of mess - or should I say he or he’s office played unfair with all living there. I could go on & on for hours in this matter. They took over the Salmiya bldg (KFC bldg) on 1st Aug. ‘07 - the next day they cut off the A/C for all flats, locked the roof doors - so none can go and get things fixed. This is only the skim of the surface…

]]> By: TRiPLEM http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427228 TRiPLEM Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:53:48 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427228 I use to hangout there...anyway, I sent this to Marzouq and I’m sending it to you as well and I want you to solve it. check it out http://www.triplem.host.sk/?p=95 I use to hangout there…anyway, I sent this to Marzouq and I’m sending it to you as well and I want you to solve it.
check it out
http://www.triplem.host.sk/?p=95

]]> By: Lucky_Boy http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427219 Lucky_Boy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:28:30 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/old-salmiya-is-getting-demolished/#comment-427219 The souq was bought by a millionaire Saud Sahod Al-Mutairi. I've read about the deal late last year, its going to be one large mall, built with an original concept unlike any ordinary mall in the country. The souq was bought by a millionaire Saud Sahod Al-Mutairi. I’ve read about the deal late last year, its going to be one large mall, built with an original concept unlike any ordinary mall in the country.

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