Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts

Dubai in 1990


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The same street in 2003


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Last year


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Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.


Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.
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The Dubai Waterfront


The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the World.
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All of this was built in the last 5 years


All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree.
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Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas


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
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The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world


The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will

have an estimated cost of $25-30 million
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The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai


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.
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Hydropolis


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.
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The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005


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.
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This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009


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.
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Burj Dubai


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.
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Empire State Building


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.
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The Burj al Alam


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.
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The Trump International Hotel & Tower


The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one

of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah.
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Dubailand. Currently




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.
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Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet




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.
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DubaiSports City


DubaiSports City . A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.
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The Walt Disney World


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.
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