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These pictures were taken by Tarkers back in 1992, amazing the difference then and now

You wouldn't even recognise it as the same place!

how about big ones? rather than thumbnails so we have a clearer picture

Time flies, and so as my money.

Tickles wrote:You wouldn't even recognise it as the same place!

That's because you'd need a magnifying glass.

Couldn't you find any smaller pictures Sage?

^ian^ wrote:

Tickles wrote:You wouldn't even recognise it as the same place!

That's because you'd need a magnifying glass.

Couldn't you find any smaller pictures Sage?

Looking for smaller ones now

Yeah, sorry, my fault guys.
I asked Sage & Onion to help me upload these as I'm a wide-eyed Noob!
I sent these tiny ones so as not to clog up the forum with big fat Jpegs. I'll see if I can upload them again now slightly larger so you can see how it used to be!

Cheers
Tarkers

I am here since 1981. I don't ever remember Dubai as being barren. Less traffic though. And more free parking.

how so developed now

couse of petrol?

Deniz wrote:how so developed now

couse of petrol?

Not so much of that in Dubai Deniz, Dubai is about Trade & Business and the courage to go forward with your vision.

Not so much of that in Dubai Deniz, Dubai is about Trade & Business and the courage to go forward with your vision.

Thanx for ur explanation.

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thats a massive difference

Galactico wrote:thats a massive difference

It is, however I think they got the date wrong, I think early 80's is more like.

sage & onion wrote:

Galactico wrote:thats a massive difference

It is, however I think they got the date wrong, I think early 80's is more like.

I guess you would know old timer

Galactico wrote:

sage & onion wrote:

Galactico wrote:thats a massive difference

It is, however I think they got the date wrong, I think early 80's is more like.

I guess you would know old timer

Thank you for your kind words

sage & onion wrote:

Galactico wrote:

sage & onion wrote:

Galactico wrote:thats a massive difference

It is, however I think they got the date wrong, I think early 80's is more like.

I guess you would know old timer

Thank you for your kind words

pleasures all mine

No way the first picture to have been taken in 1991.
I come here at first in 1992 and SZR was much more developped that it is on the picture.

Francheska wrote:No way the first picture to have been taken in 1991.
I come here at first in 1992 and SZR was much more developped that it is on the picture.

I believe it was early 80's as said before.

Maybe even earlier, let's say in the early seventies.
If you check the details on the bigger image neither Jumeirah houses are exsistent nor the villas behind the Trade Center on the smaller pictures

sage & onion wrote:

Galactico wrote:thats a massive difference

It is, however I think they got the date wrong, I think early 80's is more like.

Exacaticaly. I believe someone is trying to show that Dubai developed way faster than it really did.

lol..back in 1992..i was jus 4

Francheska wrote:Maybe even earlier, let's say in the early seventies.
If you check the details on the bigger image neither Jumeirah houses are exsistent nor the villas behind the Trade Center on the smaller pictures

World Trade Centre Building was completed in 1978 and it looks like the photoes are taken frome there. The Apartments came a couple of years later so I think 1982 looks a reasonable bet.

In both cases it's a speculation in promotion atempt (promoting the fast development of Dubai)

I still think up till late 90s most of the towers on SZR did not exist.

The Crown Plaza opened in the first quarter of 1994, but there are already between 10 to 20 buildings from the same side of the road, not so deserted as in the picture.

God bless the U.A.E

its funny to see how safa park was in the middle of nowhere .. i remember when we where kids it was a very exciting park to go to ..

MaaaD wrote:I still think up till late 90s most of the towers on SZR did not exist.

Are you kidding?

sage & onion wrote:Not so much of that in Dubai Deniz, Dubai is about Trade & Business and the courage to go forward with your vision.

LOL!

Without oil Dubai would still be a fisher- and pearl-diver-village
Of course there is courage and vision now, but the source of all that wealth is oil and maybe also gas.