SAURON IS WATCHING YOU
(all that's missing is the all-seeing eye of Sauron)
Of all the considerable impressions that Shanghai leaves on you, its architecture has been the most overwhelming and visceral. I picked up on this last time I was here but now that my parents live in the middle of Puxi (right next to the Shanghai TV Station, off of Nanjing Lu), I realize how insane architectural design is out here. S agrees - it's some straight up Blade Runner shit, not simply in the futurism of the design, but also in the stark contrast between Shanghai's towering aspirations towards free market dominance and the reality of economic struggle that many of its 16-17 million residents have to deal with on a daily level.
Of all the considerable impressions that Shanghai leaves on you, its architecture has been the most overwhelming and visceral. I picked up on this last time I was here but now that my parents live in the middle of Puxi (right next to the Shanghai TV Station, off of Nanjing Lu), I realize how insane architectural design is out here. S agrees - it's some straight up Blade Runner shit, not simply in the futurism of the design, but also in the stark contrast between Shanghai's towering aspirations towards free market dominance and the reality of economic struggle that many of its 16-17 million residents have to deal with on a daily level.
