The last tributary of the mighty Yangtze before it reaches the East China Sea. How the hell do they wash those windows, anyway? Along the busy Huangpu river. It was the tallest building in China from its completion in 1999 until 2007, when it was surpassed by the Shanghai World Financial Center
China skyscraper night windows#
It was kind of them to let us press our lenses up against their windows to get these images of Shanghai. This is the view from the 84th floor restaurant of the Park Hyatt Hotel in the Shanghai World Financial Center. The best way to get a feel for the immensity of Shanghai is to get a look over it. This is the Jinmao Tower in the foreground. The view of the financial district from the Hyatt Hotel. It's a beautiful and stunning contrast to the skyline of the Financial District across the river, which was mostly built in the last 20 years. The view is so spectacular, The Bund and its architecture has been named a Unesco World Heritage site. Ships on the river, an amazing modern skyline on one side of the river, and the 19th Century colonial architecture on the other, including the Fairmont Hotel where we stayed at the end of our Viking River Cruises tour.
Always.īut the view of The Bund is worth it. If you go to Shanghai, China, the first thing you have to get used to is that there are always millions of people. Walking in that crowd was a Chinese experience I won't forget. The Chinese army was directing foot traffic. And, as you can see from the photo, most of them were taking an evening stroll along the river. That's on top of the 24 million who live there. It was holiday week in China, and there were an estimated 5 million Chinese tourists in Shanghai. This is the view from the Fairmont Hotel down the river promenade known as The Bund. More people walking around than the entire population of New York.
You want Saturday Night Live? Try the Bund. The tall building on the right, behind the Kyocera Building is the Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China, and the second tallest skyscraper in the world. The pointy building on the left side of the photo is the Oriental Pearl Tower. The moisture, the pollution, the noodles, and, most of all, the projected advertising face on the Kyocera building. It's right out of Blade Runner, if you ask me. If you can stand all the pushing and shoving of the millions walking along The Bund in Shanghai, you can get up to the riverside rail and get a photo of the colorful and architecturally distinguished modern skyline. Note the face on the building on the right. Shanghai, China at night: a scene from Blade Runner–the original version.
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