PYONGYANG | Ryugyong Hotel - Reconstruction | 1,083 FT / 330 M | 105 FLOORS - Page 14

Pizzuti · #**261** Posted **May 5, 2009, 6:05 PM**

^So what? Jeez, they're covering an ugly building with blue glass, there's nothing to say when it comes to architecture. What do YOU wanna say about "skyscrapers" in reference to this building?

When they're building a skyscraper in NYC everyone talks about the economy, the building's finances, the availablity of tenants. Those are notable aspects of a major enterprise, such as a skyscraper, in a capitalist system. This building is being built in Korea in a centrally-planned economy as a show of government power, so we talk about politics and government because that is the whole story behind it.

Do you usually go up to random strangers in verbal conversations saying, "sorry, but I find your chitchat to be insubstantial and off-topic."

eburress · #**262** Posted **May 5, 2009, 6:34 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbeliko

This appeared in SSC.

source

What a beautiful, picturesque place - absolutely gorgeous!!

(heavy sarcasm)

vid · #**263** Posted **May 5, 2009, 6:42 PM**

early spring is a bad time for scenic photos. It looks like that here, too. In a couple weeks it will be nicer.

JDRCRASH · #**264** Posted **May 5, 2009, 8:00 PM**

It seems like they've slowed. Although i've noticed scaffolding on the lower peaks of the tower.

philvia · #**265** Posted **May 6, 2009, 3:10 AM**

hmm, i liked it better before the glass, how weird is that?

TANGELD_SLC · #**266** Posted **May 6, 2009, 5:52 AM**

The glass gives it a whole new sinister aspect

Why is it that Pyongyang seems to have such dirty air? Do they have alot of industry in that area? I

drewmandan · #**267** Posted **May 6, 2009, 3:48 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid

early spring is a bad time for scenic photos. It looks like that here, too. In a couple weeks it will be nicer.

Actually, they gray/brown is a perfect combination of colors for a communist utopia.

Complex01 · #**268** Posted **May 6, 2009, 5:04 PM**

Wow have not seen this in a while. Hmm glass, well i dont know what to think of it. I am curious to see how it will turn out in the end. Will it be lit up at night. Only time will tell, will keep my eye on this one...

stormkingfan · #**269** Posted **May 7, 2009, 1:18 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by harryc

Photo lifted from militaryphotos.net - it was uncredited there.

Aww, what th' hey! Them fireworks're killer!!!

AuxTown · #**270** Posted **May 7, 2009, 1:47 AM**

This building, and that country, are incredibly intriguing. I wonder if their borders will open up in our lifetime so that we can really see what goes on there?

Calgarian · #**271** Posted **May 7, 2009, 2:27 AM**

I thought the concrete was crumbling on this thin, no way in hell I would ever stay there (that is if I somehow ended up in N. Korea, lol).

BTinSF · #**272** Posted **May 7, 2009, 3:13 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by O-Town Hockey

This building, and that country, are incredibly intriguing. I wonder if their borders will open up in our lifetime so that we can really see what goes on there?

When their borders open up, what's going on there now won't still be going on there.

JDRCRASH · #**273** Posted **May 7, 2009, 6:15 AM**

^Unless your a reporter or journalist...

eddyk · #**274** Posted **May 7, 2009, 11:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-Town Hockey

This building, and that country, are incredibly intriguing. I wonder if their borders will open up in our lifetime so that we can really see what goes on there?

Tourism is NKs biggest money maker...They Just don't allow Americans or South Koreans.

As a British man I am allowed to North Korea and know people who have been there.

NYC2ATX · #**275** Posted **May 7, 2009, 4:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by eburress

(heavy sarcasm)

Really? I couldn't tell at all!

(heavier sarcasm)

sparky212 · #**276** Posted **May 7, 2009, 11:11 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddyk

Tourism is NKs biggest money maker...They Just don't allow Americans or South Koreans.

As a British man I am allowed to North Korea and know people who have been there.

Are Canadians alowed?

malec · #**277** Posted **Jun 20, 2009, 12:13 AM**

From may 31st

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oasis-Bangkok

Aleks · #**278** Posted **Jun 20, 2009, 12:52 AM**

Wow, that rendering looks like it came straight out of a 1980's sci-fi movie. Hopefully the base doesn't look so crappy. The building itself is okay.

speedy1979 · #**279** Posted **Jun 20, 2009, 1:38 AM**

Funny isn't it. They have money to build a skyscraper...but then they turn around and blackmail the west into giving them food and fuel.

Tacoma Boy · #**280** Posted **Jun 20, 2009, 5:27 AM**

That thing really looks like it belongs in Vegas.

WAIT! If Pyongyang was transformed into the Vegas/Monaco of Asia, could that help solve the chronic poverty in North Korea? Is gambling even legal there?