Shanghai 1990 vs 2010

[Locut0s]

http://www.cslacker.com/images/wtf/insane/shanghai_1990_vs_2010/

I was in Shangahi some time in the 1980s but was too young to remember it. I have seen the modern Shanghai recently though. Pace of growth is now even faster than this pic demonstrates. When you go to China all you see is , construction ,construction ,construction.

 

[kitchiku]

Thats a lot of progress in 20 years. But then again, shanghai has been developed to be the financial capital of china.

 

[AndroidVageta]

DAMN! I cant see a single 1990 building thats still standing today...wow...and the first pic is from 1990??? Thats amazing...I wouldn't believe it...if you said picture from 1990 was actually taken in like 1960 Id believe it...20 years seems to make all the difference in the world!

 

[Wheezer]

Amazing what you can do without all that pesky OSHA bullshit getting in the way.

 

[sandorski]

meh, didn't see a McDonalds, so who cares....

That's quite the difference.

 

[dfuze]

Damn that's a fast change, not a lot of time to build so many skyscrapers.

 

[Snapster]

Only a few buildings remain. Think of the first picture as being more zoomed in and you'll spot them. Having said that, 20 years, wow! To think it takes about 5 years to knock up just one building here due to red tape and lazy unions.

 

[Bl0cks]

Actually, you can make out two of the buildings with pyramid roofs (don't know another way to describe it). The second pic is just zoomed out more.

 

[edro]

I call shens. Time for some google investigation.

 

[MaxFusion16]

view of pudong, east river
no shens here, all real

 

[MJinZ]

Nice bottle opener.

 

[StageLeft]

Imnpressive. They got a bunch of big buildings and we got a bunch of injection molded plastic sh*t.

 

[bignateyk]

I feel a sense of accomplishment. It's good to know they've been using my money wisely.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

easy to build whatever you want when you can tell poor people to gtfo to so can build sky-scrapers and malls or whatever.

 

[techs]

Amazing what you can do without all that pesky OSHA bullshit getting in the way.

qft! Lead buildings ftw.

 

[IronWing]

qft! Lead buildings ftw.

You know the only reason lead paint was banned was that it blocked the mind control waves.

 

[halik]

Amazing what you can do without all that pesky OSHA bullshit getting in the way.

Seriously.

 

[pcgeek11]

Seriously.

Yes Seriously. I don't think China has all the regulation against stupidity that we have.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Xi'an, 1980 vs. 2005:

Yes, that is the same intersection. My parents visited Xi'an in 1980-81 right when they opened up to foreign visitors and taught English to a few classes of professors. My mom went back in 2005 for a couple months and met several of her old students, some of whom are now faculty members of the university where she taught.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I feel a sense of accomplishment. It's good to know they've been using my money wisely.

How do you know it's wisely used? haha

 

[oddyager]

You'll see that almost all over parts of China. Rapid development and urbanization.

 

[SunnyD]

Amazing development, but really sad to see some of that great colonial architecture torn down and replaced with modern stuff. Then again, I'm sure the Chinese are happy to have gotten rid of colonial British influences anyhow.

 

[darkxshade]

Is that an actual 1990 photograph or a canvas painting, I really can't tell? I know they were 3rd world and all at the time but you'd think they'd have a better photograph since this is Shanghai we're talking about. While we're on the subject, the quality of the 2010 photo is a crying shame too.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Might be a postcard?
http://www.hugues-martin.fr/wordpress/?p=766

 

[mmntech]

DAMN! I cant see a single 1990 building thats still standing today

There's three if you look hard enough. In the foreground on the left, the building with the pyramid roof is still there. In the 1990 photo, it's lit up with green lights. The green roofed building to the left of it is still there too. The clock tower on the far right of the 1990 photo is in the middle of the 2010 one.