Avenue de Paris Avenue de Paris Avenue de Paris is a seaside, palm-lined street in Beirut, Lebanon. The avenue, which forms with Avenue General de Gaulle the Corniche Beirut promenade, is popular with rollerbladers, cyclists and joggers. The municipality of Beirut initiated in 2001 an embellishment of the Avenue de Paris section of the Corniche Beirut, a project that was conceived and designed by Lebanese artist, Lena Kelekian. The project included the replacement of the 76 cement benches with new ones covered with colorful cut ceramics as well as a Mega Chessboard on the widest section of the sidewalk. The U.S. embassy, which
Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City Philippines, beating the old record set by EDSA. On October 1, 2009, Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. announced his 15-year-old plan to link Commonwealth Avenue and Quirino Highway at the cost of P20 million to P140 million, which would be adjacent to Zabarte Road. The project was completed in May 2011 and is already operational. From May 2011, a speed limit is enforced on Commonwealth Avenue, following the death of Lourdes Estella-Simbulan, a journalist, on a road accident in the avenue. On the first week of the speed limit implementation, 120 violators are apprehended after speeds of over 60