Once Upon a Time in Dubai

Amazing photographs of a time before the boom.

MAY 3, 2012

Above, the Clocktower roundabout in the neighborhood of Deira stands surrounded by sandy, undeveloped lots. Today, the clocktower is ringed by towering hotels -- but, for a time after it was built in 1964, the area was considered remote from the city center. 

Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding