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> Sounds like he's looking for weak points in the infrastructure in
> order to create new holes into which tourists can stare...
Why lok in New York?
My find for today:
“Fifty years from now, New York will be considered the economic and
cultural capital of the previous century, filled with quaint artifacts
of another time and places to visit for the sake of nostalgia, but not
the center of world culture—somewhat like how we think of Paris today
compared to 100 years ago. Federal immigration restrictions, the
religious police, and the protection of large corporations from foreign
competition will have cut off our biggest sources of wealth—invention
and innovation—and historic preservation will have saved the unique
character of neighborhoods and conserved innumerable buildings but
killed the spirit that made the city the greatest of its time.
The megacity of Dubai, one of the seven federal states of the United
Arab Emirates, will be the new economic and cultural capital of the
world, spanning its neighboring emirates of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and
beyond in one urbanized mass, rich in the biggest source of renewable
energy—sunlight—a pioneer in sustainability and new technology, and
conveniently located within easy travel distance of a population of more
than two billion in the Middle East, Europe, India, and Africa. In the
six years since the Twin Towers fell, a thousand skyscrapers have been
rising on the Arabian Gulf.”
Metropolis, November 2007, /Beyond the Spectacle/, Stephen Zacks,
Current trends in new architectural building in Dubai. The photos of
skyscrapers, including the 160+ story Burj Dubai, make Ghery look like
grade school. $310 billion in construction under way. My step-son’s
company Gensler (he is a VP there) was mentioned several times
throughout the magazine.
Seems they have a shortage of architects.
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