For the most part, downtown Dar was built long ago, and its low-slung concrete buildings, long exposed to the moisture of the tropics, have taken on a musty shade of gray.

达累斯萨拉姆市中心的大部分建筑年事已久，低矮的混凝土建筑物长期暴露在热带的湿气中，呈现出灰暗的发霉阴影。