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During my childhood people lived in this building.
I’m not sure if this building is city owned, but it sure falls under the category “Denkmalschutz".
A law that prohibits the owner from tearing down the building or changing it from it’s original architecture.

As kids we played with the kids from the family that lived there (if I remember it right - my best friend has a better memory ).
We were totally unaware that this building once had been a Jewish school.
We lived right around the corner in the street where the Synagogue has been (not aware of that either - at least I haven’t been).

In 1873 the Synagogue (now these days around the corner) bought the property.
In 1875 they built the simple school house with an apartment.
Some time in 1875 it changed from a private into a public Jewish school.
In 1908 it changed ownership to the public civil community (?).
Renovated in 1920 by a teacher named Albert Levi.
Used as a school until 1938.

Or so at least it was planned.

About two weeks ago they emptied a house at the other side of the road and a few days ago everyone thought they would tear it down.

I guess that was their plan, but it didn’t work out.
The machine they tried it with was too small. Good enough to take chunks out of the walls, but when it came to tearing down a part of the house, it didn’t work.
It looked like a suicide mission anyway the way they did it.
But, hey, we are in Kuwait. What does it matter that just two weeks before one guy got killed trying to do the same as this guy did.

Pictures of the attempted destruction will follow another day - it’s fun (btw. part of the house is still standing - this is an entry from the 10th of January )

Watching

Watching as well, but not too happy

Trying to fix the broken machine (which they did with a wire that they broke out of a piece of concrete from the house…..)

Pic365 Project

They are building this house since April. Others in the neighbourhood are already finished. Is this a good or a bad sign?

Taking down one of the older houses. Older? Build it right in the first place!

Old (?) rusting ships at Fahaheel Yacht Club. I think, one is the Ferry to Failaka that was running up to some time ago from Fahaheel. Too bad it’s not running no more . I could take the dogs there and have fun .