Meet me at the Holiday Inn

No, thank you!  Not this one at least.  In the middle of Beirut's coastline stands what remains of the old Holiday Inn (there's a new one in another part of the city now), finished shortly before the Civil War.  At the time it was the highest building in Beirut and was used as a sniper post, attracting all sorts of fire in return.

A close up of some of the damage: