Projects that never were
or more correctly the fantasy land projects that were good for a giggle, bankrupted the foolish and never were or could have been in the land of sand during the height of its own insanity.
so far we have chess city, palm deira, hydropolis, an economy based soley on real estate resale, snow dome, the arabian canal and the waterfront http://www.menainfra.com/media/media.../chesscity.jpg http://www.menainfra.com/media/media...ydropolis1.jpg http://www.sizzledcore.com/wp-conten...3/snowdome.jpg this is a good one it shows half the non existant dreams http://www.dubaichronicle.com/wp-con...an-canal-1.jpg the universe nakheels great sea grab http://www.2daydubai.com/universe/ar...p_image001.jpg there will be loads of these, i seem to remember at the height of it an almost daily announcement of some insane project in the papers. i do wonder though just how many people paid for things that never were, could have been or ever will be.....suspect we will never ever know. |
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Trump Tower , The Waterfront , Dubailand , MGM , Tiger Woods Golf Estates , Arabian City , International City 2 , Niki Lauder , Boris Becker , The Purple Line , The Lagoons ................
Billion and Billions pissed up the wall.... |
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The revolving tower.... "ready by 2010".....
"do you dare to dream" - this is hilarious... Dubailand video |
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good find on the dubailand video. never even heard of half of those in that project "that encompassesing everything in the human experience"
i'd forgotten just how insane the whole dubailand thing was. |
Re: Projects that never were
Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 9258334)
good find on the dubailand video. never even heard of half of those in that project "that encompassesing everything in the human experience"
i'd forgotten just how insane the whole dubailand thing was. In the Reception in a floor to ceiling cage was a Tiger...yes a ******* Tiger , just wandering around doing his thing. No wonder Dubai went bankrupt so quickly....! |
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There were a few gems in the swill though - it's a pity these didn't happen:-
The 5th Bridge http://lh4.ggpht.com/mazmohad/R7QBrc..._Crossing2.jpg Dubai Opera House by Zaha Hadid http://www.designboom.com/tools/WPro...blogs2/op1.jpg |
Re: Projects that never were
Originally Posted by co durham boy
(Post 9258344)
One of the most bizarre things i ever saw was back on 2006 when i went to a project meeting for Dubailand in their new offices off the Emirates Road.
In the Reception in a floor to ceiling cage was a Tiger...yes a ******* Tiger , just wandering around doing his thing. No wonder Dubai went bankrupt so quickly....! i heard that poor thing was still there! |
Re: Projects that never were
Originally Posted by Autonomy
(Post 9258353)
There were a few gems in the swill though - it's a pity these didn't happen:-
The 5th Bridge http://lh4.ggpht.com/mazmohad/R7QBrc..._Crossing2.jpg Dubai Opera House by Zaha Hadid |
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Jumeirah Gardens. The video was awesome.
A bunch of villas were torn down in Jumeira 1 for the new Gardens development, then the economy crashed and now we still have large plots of empty lands just off Al Wasl down in that part of town. |
Re: Projects that never were
Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 9258360)
agreed thought they'd be nice. all her designs look a bit samey though. talented but a bit samey if you know what i mean
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Re: Projects that never were
Originally Posted by Ethos83
(Post 9258386)
Jumeirah Gardens. The video was awesome.
A bunch of villas were torn down in Jumeira 1 for the new Gardens development, then the economy crashed and now we still have large plots of empty lands just off Al Wasl down in that part of town. |
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"If you build it, they will come"
.......or |
Re: Projects that never were
Originally Posted by co durham boy
(Post 9258344)
One of the most bizarre things i ever saw was back on 2006 when i went to a project meeting for Dubailand in their new offices off the Emirates Road.
In the Reception in a floor to ceiling cage was a Tiger...yes a ******* Tiger , just wandering around doing his thing. No wonder Dubai went bankrupt so quickly....! |
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http://ehotelier.com/hospitality-new...A8222_0_11_0_M
"One of the hotels, AsiaAsia, will be the largest in the world with 6500 rooms" "The first phase of the project, which will feature entertainment centres and theatres meant to attract top artists, will be completed in 2010"....maybe they were talking about 7he Sevens. |
Re: Projects that never were
Originally Posted by Ethos83
(Post 9258386)
Jumeirah Gardens. The video was awesome.
A bunch of villas were torn down in Jumeira 1 for the new Gardens development, then the economy crashed and now we still have large plots of empty lands just off Al Wasl down in that part of town. |
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