hkskyline's SHANGHAI Holiday #3 - The Bund Waterfront

hkskyline · #1 Posted **Jan 24, 2008, 4:27 PM**

staff · #2 Posted **Jan 24, 2008, 4:47 PM**

Very nice.

Pavlov · #3 Posted **Jan 24, 2008, 8:44 PM**

Great series as always.

M II A II R II K · #4 Posted **Jan 24, 2008, 9:20 PM**

Great to see some street level pictures of Shanghai. Plus it looks very European in some of it's architecture.

giallo · #5 Posted **Jan 24, 2008, 11:01 PM**

You came to Shanghai back in Dec. 2006 and you didn't look me, Bob Loblaw or Staff up? For shame!

Nice Bund tour. It's the one small area of Shanghai that always looks the same.

xzmattzx · #6 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 1:17 AM**

Great pictures. Shanghai has some historic buildings, which I am kind of surprised about.

giallo · #7 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 2:18 AM**

^Some? The city is a thousand years old. If you're surprised by this, I can only imagine how shocked you'll be when you see how much variety of old architecture there is here. The amount of art deco is staggering for a city outside of NA.
I think I really need to do a photo tour showing the amount of old stock this city has. It'll be a bit of an undertaking, but I think I owe the forum and it's members this.

Down_Under_the_El · #8 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 5:29 AM**

Isn't that AURORA building usually all gold? What's the pink?

The Chemist · #9 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 6:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Down_Under_the_El

Isn't that AURORA building usually all gold? What's the pink?

At night the Aurora building facade is turned into a giant video screen. I presume that's just the screen turning on, considering these pictures seem to be taken at dusk.

10023 · #10 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 3:44 PM**

Good overview of the riverfront.

Shanghai could improve its skyline greatly by simply tearing down that damn TV tower and re-cladding the "Aurora" building.

The Chemist · #11 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Good overview of the riverfront.

Shanghai could improve its skyline greatly by simply tearing down that damn TV tower and re-cladding the "Aurora" building.

Disagree on both points. The Oriental Pearl is iconic, and Aurora's gold cladding is awesome in person. When you see a photo of Shanghai's Lujiazui skyline, there's no question what city you're looking at, and I think it would really lose something without the Pearl and Aurora just as they are now.

staff · #12 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 8:09 PM**

^^
Agreed. Both of the towers give the Lujiazui skyline part of its identity, and they're both quite awesome in their own way. Sure, the OPT is quite a monstrosity by itself - but it's THE Shanghai building. The Aurora is awesome in person - especially with the humongous TV-screen that covers the facade completely (and if that wasn't enough, the Citigroup Building next to it has an even bigger TV-screen - the world largest iirc).

10023 · #13 Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 11:50 PM**

Not arguing against the TV screen, just the tacky gold cladding. I understand that they're both "unique", but that doesn't necessarily imply a positive.

giallo · #14 Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 1:42 AM**

I don't know how the Oriental Pearl Tower did it, but it made me in to a fan. I used to despise the thing, but now I kind of get excited when I see it. One of life's mysteries I guess.

boden · #15 Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 2:58 AM**

Enjoyed seeing some of Shanghai's older buildings. The juxtaposition is incredible.

ColDayMan · #16 Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 4:40 AM**

Great shots!

Bergenser · #17 Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 9:04 AM**

A true world city, I knever knew Shanghai had such charachter.
Best Shanghai thread ever IMO.