
Drive along Sheikh Zayed Road today and you will see Skyscrappers on both sides. Hotels, offices and homes line the road, which is now one of Dubai’s best-known areas. Go back 40 to 50 years, and it looked very different.There was open land on both sides and only a few buildings. Some of those buildings are still standing. Others have been demolished and can now be seen only in old photos.Khaleej Times looks back at some of the buildings that stood along Sheikh Zayed Road before 1985.Stay up to...
Drive along Sheikh Zayed Road today and you will see Skyscrappers on both sides. Hotels, offices and homes line the road, which is now one of Dubai’s best-known areas. Go back 40 to 50 years, and it looked very different.There was open land on both sides and only a few buildings. Some of those buildings are still standing. Others have been demolished and can now be seen only in old photos.Khaleej Times looks back at some of the buildings that stood along Sheikh Zayed Road before 1985.Stay up to...
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