Most public spaces here don't have concrete sidewalks. I think that's partially because the sand here doesn't have the right chemical makeup to be used in concrete - and also because the Arabs have a general dislike for concrete. It's lowbrow.
So they use marble. Everywhere. Acres of it. In the photo below, you can see the main plaza at our university. We have six academic buildings on this plaza (two of which you see in the background), and a large administration building (casting a shadow from the left). I would guess that the plaza is about the size of 3 football fields. We've also got a fair amount of additional marble around our business and engineering buildings which are located elsewhere.
You can also see here one of the maintenance staff here at the university driving what looks like a small Zamboni. He's actually cleaning the fine layer of dust from the top of the marble (note the "clean" marble in the foreground and the slightly dusty marble in the background). They run this machine about once per week.
So they use marble. Everywhere. Acres of it. In the photo below, you can see the main plaza at our university. We have six academic buildings on this plaza (two of which you see in the background), and a large administration building (casting a shadow from the left). I would guess that the plaza is about the size of 3 football fields. We've also got a fair amount of additional marble around our business and engineering buildings which are located elsewhere.
You can also see here one of the maintenance staff here at the university driving what looks like a small Zamboni. He's actually cleaning the fine layer of dust from the top of the marble (note the "clean" marble in the foreground and the slightly dusty marble in the background). They run this machine about once per week.
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