Oh well – as they’ve almost finished with the beautification of the Jumeirah Beach Rd, I suppose they have to find something to do.I have 2 hopes that:
1. at the end of this project, the road will be safer for residents and visitors to exit the marina accessways without fear of being broadsided/wiped off the planet by speeding vehicles.
2. the palm trees are being replanted elsewhere and not being dumped to die.
As a teacher of mine was so fond of saying, “We live in hope.”
To me, hope describes what I feel when I’m not in control!
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Palms are very expensive .. Trust me, they will be pinned somewhere else :)
perhaps pinned with a big lock like in bahrain ey moryarti? lol
It seems the last thing that is needed over in the land of sand, is a reduction of greenery.
Yes, I trust they'll transplant the palms as they are really healthy trees.
They didn't transplant the ones that they ripped out in front of Grosvenor House that were there during the construction period. Of course, with all the crap falling on them from the building site, they looked tatty and tired, but they weren't dead. So they replaced them with new palms and the old ones lay on the pavement and died before being removed a week or so later. :-(
SS - the thing with greenery is that it needs irrigating, and now there are concerns that all the greenification in the UAE is using too much water. So what we're seeing is more concrete and paving going in, where there used to be gardens. Practicality wins the day!
BTW - just waiting for either you or Buj to bitch at me about the word verification, but you're being extremely polite with me! lol
Fantastic zoom on that camera of yours. :)
I was going to do a quick piece on this latest vandalism. In the morning there were almost 100 beautiful date palms, by late afternoon there were another 100 holes to add to the thousands of other holes we're surrounded by.
I saw them being taken off to the big sandy area and dumped - hopefully to be replanted somewhere.
What are we going to get in place of them I wonder - flower beds?
Strangely, further along the street - near Horizon & Cascades - they've just put topsoil in the nature strip, plus big holes ready for palm trees.
I know, they'll plant them, let them settle, then replace them with holes.
Poor palm trees.... I really hope they're not left to die somewhere.
When will the Marina area be done? It's like everytime you think one area's done, they start building some new skyscraper or road or flyover or whatever.... So sick and tired of construction!
p(~_~)d - cropping in Photoshop! :-)
seabee - it seems a shame doesn't it? Just when everything starts to look nice and established, it gets ripped up again. It's the same with the gardens in the Marina. Seems as if there's a lot of money spent replacing plants all the time, where if they just planted perenials it would mean less cost, less disruption and less stinky fertiliser - god, that stuff smells! My gardening fanatic grandmother was a fan of blood and bone, but this stuff makes b&b smell heavenly in comparison.
ds - who knows when it's going to be over. The Infinity Tower is slated to be completed in 2009, so in reality, it will mean at least 2010/11. I liken Dubai to a big boys' sandpit - when one castle is built, then another is started. I guess there'll also come a day when the boys get tired of their creations and demolish them to start again!
NZM, I must confess it crossed my mind the other day...but I felt like I had recently nagged Moryarti and I don't wanna come across as a nag. But ah well, now that you mention it. Off please lol
Ok SS - just for you and Buj, it's now switched off, but if I find myself having to deal with too much spam, it will be reactivated!
And today palms are going in along the strip in front of Horizon/Cascades.
Don't try to work it out, just accept it.
NZM, you are too kind, your blogness! lol
SS - I aim to please my blogging subjects! lol.
Seabee - aiyiyiii. Let's see how long before they're ripped out too!
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