The urban park is also known as Horsh El Snaubar (Arabic: حرش الصنوبر or French: Bois de Pins).

The park covers about 0.3 square kilometres (0.12 sq mi)[1] of green space within municipal Beirut.

[2] The park, Horsh, has suffered throughout history from frequent abuse of its timber especially by the armies of the Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans, and the Allies of World War II to build ships and weapons.

Moreover, the development of new roads during the 1950s state planning produced some leftovers of the remaining woodland that became subject to conflict and appropriation.

The park, or Horsh Beirut, has been reconstructed after the end of the Lebanese Civil War and it has been closed for the general public for about 25 years.