Al Faisalia

This is taken from the cave park; a sort of park located on hospital grounds that actually has a pretty nice view if you turn your back to the giant construction site and close your ears to the noise of the jackhammers. The tower in the picture is the Al Faisalia building and I have heard that it was built by the king's son to impress his father. The king's other sons, not to be outdone by their show off of a brother, quickly responded by building the Kingdom tower about a kilometer away. Both buildings house opulent shopping malls, offices and fancy restaurants at the top. On special occasions they also light the buildings up. On Saudi's national day last year the Faisalia was lit up all in twinkling green lights - clearly they were unaware that it looked like a giant Christmas tree! How haram!