Burj Dubai

As of Jan 2010, the tallest building in the world, Burj Dubai, opened for business. It is over a half mile tall. The new Burj Dubai is in the back of the photo, buildings built since the 1960s in the center and buildings from the 1880s in the foreground to represent 3 important shifts in Dubai history. Prior to the 1960s Dubai was a poor city that survived by diving for pearls. When oil was discovered in the mid 1960s the city changed dramatically to the prime tourist location that it is today.