UPDATE 2: My friend Sinan has provided me with a picture showing the detail of the very same location (circled in red) in the context of all the recent development.
UPDATE: I received a recent picture of this same location today from a slightly different angle. Thanks again Scooby! I’m going to reorient the page for comparison. Amazing!
Reader and friend Scooby provided me with this phenomenal
picture of Zahran Street in 1955 [And the new one after the update]. It goes without saying that that the development that has occurred throughout the years to this street and to the city of Amman generally is mind-boggling.
Can anyone provide me with a more recent picture more recent pictures of Zahran Street?
Its amazing, one picture or one line, and all the Jordanians are become economists, enviromentalists, politicians, doctors, lawyers. Fantastic, no wonder its a screwed up society.
Wow, are you sure that’s Zahran? That building probably doesn’t exist anymore.
Hamako,,Let us set the record straight,we can’t have economic development without the protection of the eviorment,it’s very simple equation we can’t have urban environment without clean air and water,we can’t have vegetables markets,if we can’t grow it ourselves.”Economic development” can’t be implemented without serious scientific sustainable practices and research have been building randamly for long time,and it’s time to put on the breaks and think and study our options understand that we have 3% of arable land,but that does not give the right to destroy what we have.My family has Olive and grape orchard in Al Salat mountain and I can see the massive urban sprawl encashing toward these mountains we don’t implement good sustainable practices,yes we are heading toward bleak and very dangerous path that our children will never forgive us for being short sighted and selfish,Land does not belong to me or to you,it belongs to Mother Earth.
Goats and sheep wondering in the area would have a better environment with less polution if no buldings were built in the area. I agree.
Shihadeh,
We also dont live in tents anymore. Not that I have anything against that, but you get the picture.
The land in Jordan, be it East or West, is largely un-agricultural due to climate and water supplies, or lack thereof. Therefore, economics dictates that it is more rational for one to open up a store which sells vegetables on that piece of land rather than grows it – yields, returns, opportunity cost and all that fun stuff.
Surely, there is something to be said about sustainable development, but I think ‘bleak and dark’ is a little overboard.
There are no development in Jordam,it’s only degradation of the eviorement.With this fast pase degradation of the country,”development”,future generation will have to pay heavy price,polution at all time high,agricultural land is disappearing and your picture is prove of that,Abdoun,Swaifieha and the land of west of Amman were once one of the most prime agricultural land in Jordan.Iam afraid we are heading toward bleak and dark path.Correct me if Iam wrong.
Can’t say that I know what that building is. May need a little digging into.
I can’t believe my eyes!! I used to walk all the way from the 5th circle to the 3rd, and never thought it had ever been calmer! thnx for sharing natasha:)
I can’t tell what building this is, but if I had to guess I’d say it’s the palace.
It’s pretty amazing how empty the background was then, and how busy it is today.
My mouth is hanging open! What is that building anyway? Is it the old parliament building on the first circle?