Editing Amman (section)

==Cityscape==
[[File:Amman panorama 2024.png|thumb|467x467px|Amman Panorama from Jabal Al-Ashrafyeh]]
[[Downtown Amman]], the city center area (known in Arabic as ''Al-Balad''), has been dwarfed by the sprawling urban area that surrounds it. Despite the changes, much remains of its old character. [[Jabal Amman]] is a tourist attraction in old Amman, where the city's largest souks, museums, ancient constructions, monuments, and cultural sites are found. Jabal Amman also contains the famous [[Rainbow Street]] and the cultural [[Souk Jara]] market.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Newly Stylish Amman Asserts Itself |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/travel/22next.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 November 2009 |accessdate=20 January 2023 |last=Ferren |first=Andrew |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007023427/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/travel/22next.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Further|Al-Madina Al-Munawara Street (Amman)|label1=Al-Madina Al-Munawara Street}}

===Architecture===
[[File:View of the New Abdali from the northeast, Amman, 2024.jpg|thumb|New Abdali]]
Residential buildings are limited to four stories above street level and if possible another four stories below, according to the [[Greater Amman Municipality]] regulations. The buildings are covered with thick white or beige limestone or sandstone.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.csbe.org/publications-and-resources/articles-and-lectures-on-architectural-issues/stone-as-wall-paper-the-evolution-of-stone-as-a-sheathing-material-in-twentieth-century-amman/the-use-of-stone-in-amman-by-may-shaer/| access-date=23 September 2015| title=Stone as Wall Paper: The Evolution of Stone as a Sheathing Material in Twentieth-Century Amman| publisher=CSBE| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085707/http://www.csbe.org/publications-and-resources/articles-and-lectures-on-architectural-issues/stone-as-wall-paper-the-evolution-of-stone-as-a-sheathing-material-in-twentieth-century-amman/the-use-of-stone-in-amman-by-may-shaer/| archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> The buildings usually have balconies on each floor, with the exception of the ground floor, which has a front and back yard. Some buildings make use of [[Mangalore tiles]] on the roofs or on the roof of covered porches. Hotels, towers and commercial buildings are either covered by stone, plastic or glass.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mohammed Subaihi |title=فوضى التنظيم والأبنية في عمان |newspaper=[[Al Ra'i (Jordanian newspaper)|Al Ra'i]] |url=http://www.alrai.com/article/612950.html |date=22 October 2013 |access-date=23 September 2015 |language=ar |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221173526/http://alrai.com/article/612950.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===High-rise construction and towers===
{{see also|List of tallest buildings in Amman}}
[[File:Jordan Gate 6-2024.jpg|thumb|Jordan Gate]]
[[Zahran district]] in west Amman is the location of the [[Jordan Gate]], which is a [[High-class|high class]] [[Commerce|commercial]] and [[Residential area|residential]] [[project]] currently [[Construction|under construction]] in the [[Wadi Al-Seer]] district of Amman, Jordan, it consists of two [[Tower block|high-rise]] [[building]]s connected by a multi-[[storey]] [[podium]].<ref name=Gate>{{cite web| url=http://www.systemair.com/Templates/Pages/Article.aspx?show=1320&id=1105&epslanguage=ru-RU| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001181726/http://www.systemair.com/Templates/Pages/Article.aspx?show=1320&id=1105&epslanguage=ru-RU| url-status=dead| archive-date=1 October 2015| title=Jordan Gate Towers, Amman| access-date=30 September 2015| publisher=systemair AB| work=systemair.com}}</ref>

[[New Abdali]] district hosts a [[Abdali Mall|mall]], a [[boulevard]] along with several hotels, commercial and residential towers. Valued at more than US$5 billion with two main phases, the district created a new visible center for Amman and act as the major business district for the city.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.abdali.jo/index.php?r=site/page&id=4| access-date=23 September 2015| publisher=Abdali PSC| title=About the Abdali Project| archive-date=25 February 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225192243/https://abdali.jo/index.php?r=site%2Fpage&id=4| url-status=live}}</ref>

The first phase, estimated at more than JD2.4 billion, and receiving about 20 million visitors annually, contains seven Itowers extending over an area of 1.03 million square metres. It attracts about 500 companies operating in 27 sectors, and provided a total of 15,000 job opportunities by 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=King briefed on expansion plans for Abdali project |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/local/king-briefed-expansion-plans-abdali-project |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Jordan Times |language=en}}</ref>

A second phase was announced in May 2024, which will cover an area of 1.2 million square meters and is anticipated to create over 3,000 job opportunities each year, were outlined in the statement. This phase involves the construction of a multi-use conference center with a capacity for 25,000 people, as well as two towers that will include hotels, residential apartments, commercial centers, and advanced medical facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=King briefed on expansion plans for Abdali project |date=14 May 2024 |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/local/king-briefed-expansion-plans-abdali-project#google_vignette}}</ref>