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01-16-08, 01:40 PM
Source: BLDGblog (http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/)
Link: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/lyons-dubai.html
Title: "Lyons-Dubai", by Geoff Manaugh
Date: January 15, 2008
This is excessive to the point of jaw-dropping. I mean, we Americans can waste money, but this, really, is nothing short of astounding:
"The Arab emirate of Dubai will build a replica of Lyons," we read, "under a $685M deal signed with the French city last week." This brings up the interesting question of whether an entire city can franchise itself.
The resulting metropolis will be called Lyons-Dubai City, and it "will cover an area of about 700 acres, roughly the size of the Latin Quarter of Paris, and will contain the university, a hotel school, a film library, subsidiaries of Lyon museums and a football training center run by Olympique Lyonnais."
(Manaugh (http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/lyons-dubai.html))
Part of me says, "Hey, this is really cool". Another part of me finds it disturbing for political reasons. (I can think of a few places where people could benefit tremendously if the folks in the United Arab Emirates would just build them a city.)
Nonetheless, this should be something of a challenge. I'm sure we'll hear something about it from National Geographic in the future.
Link: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/lyons-dubai.html
Title: "Lyons-Dubai", by Geoff Manaugh
Date: January 15, 2008
This is excessive to the point of jaw-dropping. I mean, we Americans can waste money, but this, really, is nothing short of astounding:
"The Arab emirate of Dubai will build a replica of Lyons," we read, "under a $685M deal signed with the French city last week." This brings up the interesting question of whether an entire city can franchise itself.
The resulting metropolis will be called Lyons-Dubai City, and it "will cover an area of about 700 acres, roughly the size of the Latin Quarter of Paris, and will contain the university, a hotel school, a film library, subsidiaries of Lyon museums and a football training center run by Olympique Lyonnais."
(Manaugh (http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/lyons-dubai.html))
Part of me says, "Hey, this is really cool". Another part of me finds it disturbing for political reasons. (I can think of a few places where people could benefit tremendously if the folks in the United Arab Emirates would just build them a city.)
Nonetheless, this should be something of a challenge. I'm sure we'll hear something about it from National Geographic in the future.