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Dubai's Flagship Mall

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Da heck? Why dun we have one here?




Anyone seen this or have more info on it?
Gawdd... i would be at the mall everyday!
 
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I watched the thing on national geo abou the construction of the Mall itself and a huge portion of it was the Build of the aquarium and the glass etc.

What's really unique about that glass front is that it was actually about 7 seperate pieces and they put them all in place then they superheated them and the joints faded so you cant tell. So technically it's 1 piece now.

And i think i remember them saying they have 30,000 species of fish in there.

Crazy
 
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The leak is the perfect metaphor to what has happened to Dubai's economy in recent months. The same hubris and easy credit that created a ridiculously huge self-parody of an aquarium in the desert for no one but a couple of sheiks gawk at now has left their economy in a mess with the worldwide credit crunch. I wouldn't be surprised at all if in a few years that aquarium is filled with hair algae and cyanobacteria because they ran short on funds to properly maintain it.
 
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