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Old Aug 20th 2008, 1:51 pm
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wow amazing!!
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it is amazing, looks a bit like an artist's impression...

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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
it is amazing, looks a bit like an artist's impression...

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Wow, fantastic view and pictures!!!
I heard the Burj will continue to go up till next year, but i wonder around the Burj in the Biz Bay area, it has got a lot of catch up to play not nearly finished as the Burj!

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What a shit hole it looks!

This is what it looked like when i first saw it:


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That's how I remember it!
Just returned after a 10 year 'gap' ... now I don't recognise the place!
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That's how I remember it!
Just returned after a 10 year 'gap' ... now I don't recognise the place!
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I stayed in the building second on the left
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I stayed in the building second on the left
what was actually in that building in the middle of the desert out of curiosity?
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I was speechless when I saw it lit up - flying into Dubai for the first time!! The pictures are fab..
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its a lot of money for a view of smog and sand.......
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what was actually in that building in the middle of the desert out of curiosity?
the building on the left is the World Trade Centre Apartments, they were rather posh and fully furnished etc
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Originally Posted by Desert Dweller
What a shit hole it looks!

This is what it looked like when i first saw it:

http://www.dubai-dream.com/images/ShZayedRd-1990.jpg
I reckon Tampon Towers was still there then...just can't see it!!
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Originally Posted by AYM_79
what was actually in that building in the middle of the desert out of curiosity?
Now the probelm with Burj is that everything else that looked tall looks very small, and you expect everything tall now to be upto that standard.
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Great pic Auto. I see that someone we know had a picture printed in Time Out this week.

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Great pic Auto. I see that someone we know had a picture printed in Time Out this week.

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haha - well spotted....
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