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Dubai to have at least six supertowers by '15
Gulfnews ^
| 28/05/2007
| Saifur Rahman
Posted on 06/07/2007 3:36:46 PM PDT by Squidpup
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the great city
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posted on
06/07/2007 3:36:50 PM PDT
by
Squidpup
To: Squidpup
Six is a bit excessive. Their population isn't that high, and the tourism industry probably isn't
that strong. Very tall skyscrapers are status symbols, especially in Asia, but if they aren't going to be used.....
Simply building tall structures will not turn Dubai into the Singapore of the Middle East (southwestern Asia) that it is seeking to be.
Though it is good that they (the United Emirates as a whole) are trying to diversify from oil--Dubai itself is supposed to have very little oil).
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posted on
06/07/2007 3:41:10 PM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Squidpup
Of course, the Mohammadans would never blow up their own skyscrapers.
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posted on
06/07/2007 3:41:39 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~)
To: Squidpup
They couldn’t pay me to sit in one of those towers !
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:05:07 PM PDT
by
UglyinLA
To: Squidpup
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:05:50 PM PDT
by
blam
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:06:05 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Squidpup
Dubai Towers
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:07:20 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Palm Island
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:08:36 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
The Trunk Of Palm Island
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:10:11 PM PDT
by
blam
To: UglyinLA
They couldn’t pay me to sit in one of those towers ! Couldn't pay me to travel to the ME
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:10:39 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: paul51
Couldn't pay me to travel to the ME But, that's exactly what they did in my case, and here I am.....
Raking it in.
To: Squidpup
To: Squidpup
Wow. Thanks for posting this -- I will bring it to the attention of a fellow in the building industry who keeps telling me they won't even reach 127 stories.
The Skyscraper Page
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:18:29 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: John Valentine
But, that's exactly what they did in my case, and here I am.....
Raking it in. Are y'all hiring?
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:19:48 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
The Building Authority that controls those projects has over US$850 billion dollars in available capital. The exponential cost increases for every floor (above floor 60 or 80) doesn’t really matter to them.
To: blam
Boy, if that aerial view doesn’t look like something I can’t think of...
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:33:15 PM PDT
by
redhead
("Ah works dirty, but Ah does a clean job..." --Nightmare Alice in Li'l Abner)
To: Squidpup
They have to something since the bigot conservatives took away their ports ;)
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:34:02 PM PDT
by
conserv8ive1
(Rudy and the Bots...blasting off to oblivion.)
To: Squidpup
As much as I am “uncomfortable” with the Middle East, I might have to pay a visit to Dubai sometime in my life.
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:41:11 PM PDT
by
agooga
(When boyhood's fire was in my blood, I read of ancient free men...)
To: blam
For whatever else is going on in that area of the world, those are some stunning structures.
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:41:36 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Six is a bit excessive. Their population isn't that high... I don't think those are issues here.
... so, when do the lucky 6 families move into their new homes? You know, those lucky enough to own the 6 biggest oil companies in Dubai.
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posted on
06/07/2007 4:42:29 PM PDT
by
C210N
(Bush SPIED, Terrorists DIED!)
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