Masdar students finally had the opportunity to tour inside Masdar in April. Before, I had a picture in my mind of a big empty construction site waiting to be lived in. But when we were tromping around in boots and construction helmets on site, I felt like I had wandered into the Emerald City in Oz as we navigated through streams of people. Masdar already is a living, breathing, city as there are construction workers moving everywhere, working on everything. I've heard that it's 24 hours of non-stop activity as different shifts cycle through. I wish a proper historian could document this building process, because it's incredible. I know everyone's excited about the buildings, but in 50 years time it will be a shame if they don't have photos like this one of an awesome old timer bolting a skyscraper together:
(photo by Lewis Hine)
(photo by Charles C. Ebbets)
