SHANGHAI | Shanghai Tower / 上海中心大厦 | 2,073 FT / 632 M | 128 FLOORS - Page 105

Wooster · #**2081** Posted **Jun 10, 2014, 8:41 PM**

Gorgeous.

giallo · #**2082** Posted **Jun 11, 2014, 6:03 AM**

A few pictures from yesterday.

xinzha vista 1 by matteroffact, on Flickr

xinzha vista 2 by matteroffact, on Flickr

xinzha vista 4 by matteroffact, on Flickr

xinzha vista 3 by matteroffact, on Flickr

Coldrsx · #**2083** Posted **Jun 11, 2014, 6:30 AM**

Meh, I don't miss it at all.

MolsonExport · #**2084** Posted **Jun 11, 2014, 12:25 PM**

Giallo, awesome shots, as usual.

phillyskyline · #**2085** Posted **Jun 11, 2014, 9:30 PM**

Stunning!

scrapin · #**2086** Posted **Jun 12, 2014, 12:58 AM**

Wow very very cool.

Somebody should make a side by side picture of the twisting vancouver trump tower and this, it would be the shanghai tower and its little brother.

giallo · #**2087** Posted **Jun 12, 2014, 3:27 AM**

^ It'd be a interesting comparison. Trump Vancouver isn't even a third of Shanghai Tower's height.

N830MH · #**2088** Posted **Jun 12, 2014, 5:10 AM**

Wow! What a nice shot! I am really like it lots. Can't wait to be done soon.

scalziand · #**2089** Posted **Jun 18, 2014, 4:22 AM**

6/15

RickBlaine

N830MH · #**2090** Posted **Jun 18, 2014, 7:01 AM**

Is that almost complete? When is that?

scalziand · #**2091** Posted **Jun 18, 2014, 5:06 PM**

It's from 6/15. It looks like the steel for the crown is only 1/4 to 1/3 done, and should eventually extend up to where the cab of the crane is.

toxteth o'grady · #**2092** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 3:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

xinzha vista 1 by matteroffact, on Flickr

Interesting juxtaposition of older slum dwellings amongst newer highrises. But the government will soon take care of that!

muppet · #**2093** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 3:42 AM**

noooooo. Those slum dwellings are the city's remaining heritage - the shikumen housing that's a hybrid British-Chinese style. Thousands of streets (the majority) have gone the way of the wrecking ball, but there are thousands left.

what they look like now:

restored areas:

muppet · #**2094** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 3:52 AM**

One upmarket restoration project

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/eva...7628949053661/

staff · #**2095** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 8:11 AM**

Those aren't "slums" anymore-- even the most run down shikumen/longtang areas in Shanghai are fairly clean these days.

kenratboy · #**2096** Posted **Jun 22, 2014, 3:21 AM**

Wow, those restored/gentrified areas are very cool!

giallo · #**2097** Posted **Jun 24, 2014, 2:49 AM**

June 23rd

hankou view by matteroffact, on Flickr

gashy by matteroffact, on Flickr

gashy 2 by matteroffact, on Flickr

NewYorque · #**2098** Posted **Jun 24, 2014, 10:18 PM**

The Shanghai Tower is supposed to be 632 meters tall when completed.

However I can't help thinking that, Japan, China's biggest rival (almost "enemy"), has its Tokyo Skytree, which is 634 meters tall. So, just 2 little meters.

As it would be easy to increase the planned height by 5 meters, I'm really wondering if they will decide to make the Shanghai Tower just a little bit higher than it was expected. For this unofficial reason.

Can you imagine that... your tower could be the 2nd tallest in the world, if you add only 2 meters...

As we all know that China builds supertalls to show off, there's a possibility they get upset by Skytree

Coldrsx · #**2099** Posted **Jun 24, 2014, 10:25 PM**

.. enter in the structure/antenna argument.

The Chemist · #**2100** Posted **Jun 24, 2014, 10:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewYorque

The Shanghai Tower is supposed to be 632 meters tall when completed.

However I can't help thinking that, Japan, China's biggest rival (almost "enemy"), has its Tokyo Skytree, which is 634 meters tall. So, just 2 little meters.

As it would be easy to increase the planned height by 5 meters, I'm really wondering if they will decide to make the Shanghai Tower just a little bit higher than it was expected. For this unofficial reason.

Can you imagine that... your tower could be the 2nd tallest in the world, if you add only 2 meters...

As we all know that China builds supertalls to show off, there's a possibility they get upset by Skytree

Not going to happen, IMO. Besides, the Ping'an Tower in Shenzhen will be taller than Tokyo Skytree anyway.