Comments on: Broken Promises

By: a real photographer « A Long Way from Coalgate

a real photographer « A Long Way from Coalgate — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:06:48 +0000

[...] here, and I often stare at it in awe, wanting to take a photo of it. Glenna has just posted some great photos of it that I wanted to share. Monrovia is facinating for its abandoned/destroyed old buildings, and those [...]

By: Glenna

Glenna — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:30:58 +0000

@KJG – I was always told that the Americans funded both the Ministry of Health and Defense, with the Israelis contracted to build the later and the Chinese contracted to build the former, neither of which was finished. However, I’m glad you posed this question since I really do need to find out more definitively when and what happened. When I find out more I’ll post about it here. Thanks for your comment.

@David – Thanks.

By: David

David — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:56:17 +0000

I think this is an excellent idea; a profoundly resonant question with interesting implications in this context. Will look forward to seeing the project you mention.

By: KJG

KJG — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:56:11 +0000

I thought this was from China and was kept half-built after Liberia refused to recognize One China? Or am I confusing it with another building?