As the fireworks tore into the night sky yesterday to announce the opening of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, I was reminded of the belief that many stars are the light of suns extinguished long ago.
Burj Khalifa, unveiled by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler, is a testament to a boom-time mentality that gripped the city in the first decade of this century – but one that has been replaced by a more sombre reality.
As Mohammed Alabbar, the chairman of Emaar, the developer, tells it, the decision to build the world’s tallest tower came after Sheikh Mohammed chided him for lacking ambition when presented with plans to build a skyscraper lower than the towers then being constructed in Asia.
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