World's Tallest Building Set to Open on Monday, January 4, 2010

Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | January 2, 2010 | Brian

[Federalist Patriot]

Here is a video report on the opening of the World's Tallest Building - the Burj Dubai, which is reported to be more than 800 meters tall (2640 feet). That makes it much taller than the second tallest building in the world - Taipei's Tower 101, which stands 508 meters high. The building is set to open on Monday, January 4, 2010.

Once-bustling Dubai will open the world's tallest skyscraper on Monday, boasting new limits in design and construction, hopeful of polishing an image tarnished by the debt woes afflicting the Gulf emirate.

Emaar, the giant property firm part-owned by the government and which developed the needle-shaped concrete, steel and glass structure, has declined to reveal Burj Dubai's exact height.

Apparently wanting to maintain the suspense, the company will say only that the tower exceeds 800 metres (2,640 feet), putting it far higher than Taiwan's Taipei 101 tower (508 metres). . . . (VIDEO)

[Psycho_Bunny]

Too bad Dubai is collapsing. The building will never be full.

[reg45]

When Dubai goes under, can we turn it into the world’s tallest pig farm.

[6SJ7]

The building itself is reminiscent of the Frank L. Wright concept for a mile high skyscraper, "The Illinois", which he designed in 1956. Of course at 520+ stories, it would be over twice the height of the Burj Dubai.

Here is a Construction Week article on the "Mile High" being the inspiration for the design.

[left that other site]

Built by Slaves.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html

http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/781

http://digg.com/travel_places/Dubai_s_Slave_society

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/theslant/blog/2009/12/cccccc.html

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Opinions/Letters/01-Dec-2009/Slavery-in-Dubai

http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/04/slaves-of-dubai.html

http://fanonite.org/2007/11/08/sexual-slavery-in-dubai/

http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/04/the-ultimate-con-job-sold-into-slavery-in-dubai.html

The sheer multitude of sites about “Slavery in Dubai” combined with the diversity of political stances of the sites involved is a testament to the seriousness of the matter.

Everyone from “The Nation” to the “Crunchy Cons” are talking about it!

[ArchAngel1983]

Reminds me a gigantic muslim jet airplane magnet!

[Star Traveler]

Once-bustling Dubai will open the world's tallest skyscraper on Monday, boasting new limits in design and construction, hopeful of polishing an image tarnished by the debt woes afflicting the Gulf emirate.

Okay..., that's interesting. The tallest building in the world, built in a graveyard called Dubai... LOL...

[Nuc1]

America used to lead the world. Until the socialist looters took over.