You dont have to go 17 years into the past. Just take a look at pictures from the start of this decade - it's easy to see the difference and to note a massive landscape change. Whit the downturn, many are sceptics about the prospects of the city but I am CERTAIN that the city is about to bounce back more grandious than ever. Just my 2c.
Cheers, Farid ============================ Random UAE Link http://www.kaboodle.com/dubai_telephone ============================ On Sep 24, 1:01 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > Mohammed > > History of the Incredible Dubai, UAE > > > > >Loading images, Please wait... > > > >How many of us could find Dubai on the map in 5 minutes?? > > > >What a difference in 17 years. Just shows what a little oil money can do. > > >Dubai in 1990 > > > > >The same street in 2003 > > > > >Last year > > >Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes. > > > > >The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become the largest waterfront > >development in the World. > > > > >All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks > >like a palm tree. > > > > > > >The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create > >these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificia l islands in > >the world and can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made with > >the last one being the largest of them all. > > > > >Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, > >shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected > >to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as > >being visible from the moon > > > > >The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the > >world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million. > > >The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. The worlds tallest hotel Considered the > >only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on > >an artificial island in the sea. > > > > >Hydropolis, the world's first under water hotel. Entirely built in Germany > >and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after > >many delays. > > > > > > >The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by > >2008. At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be world's > >tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40% taller than the the > >current tallest building, the Yaipei 101. > > > > >This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. More than 140 > >stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed. It is already the > >worlds tallest man made structure and it is still not scheduled to be > >completed for at least another year. > > >The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Once > >completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world > >from the Burj Dubai. > > > > >Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 > >meters. That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai and > >three times as tall as the Empire State Building. This is a city on crack. > > > > >The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower Upon completion it will rank as the > >world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009. At 480 meters > >it will only be 28 meters shorter than theTaipei 101. > > >The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one > >of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah. > > > > > > > >Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is > >Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site > >employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice > >the size. > > > > > > >Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an > >estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega > >projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects. > > > > > > >DubaiSports City . A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand. > > > > >Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the #1 tourist destination in the > >world. Once fully completed, Dubailand will easily take over that title > >since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily. > > > > >The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development that will contain over > >200 highrise buildings when finished. It will be home to some of the tallest > >residential structures in the world. The completed first phase of the > >project is shown. Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by > >2009-2010. > > > > >The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 > >million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores. It will be completed > >in 2008. > > > > >Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in > >the world. This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility > >that is being planned. > > > > > >Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights and The > >Princess Tower, which will be the largest residential building in the world > >at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai Marina. The UAE Spaceport would > >be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way. I'm > >not joking... > >Some other crazy .. The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the > >largest fully automated rail system in the world. The Dubai World entral > >International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is > >completed. It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, > >based on passenger volume. There are more construction workers in Dubai than > >there are actual citizens. > > >. > > ________________________________ > Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. 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