Permanent Dawn
Ferragamo retrospective, Shanghai 2008, originally uploaded by 160507.
It never really gets dark in Shanghai. The night sky is awash in the glow of a million electric lights—11pm looks like early dawn or dusk, depending on how much you’ve indulged in the city’s famous party scene. With an annual growth rate in double-digits since 1992, Shanghai can afford to leave the lights on. In the daytime there’s another indicator of progress: Dust. The construction boom of the last decade—bridges, tunnels, flyovers, expressways, subways, international airport, deep water port, office buildings—has covered the city in a fine layer of concrete dust. Brand-new Bentleys and Aston-Martins drive by with dusty roofs. Five thousand families and a bridge were relocated to make a site for Expo 2010, now under construction.
Shanghai in Emotional Weather Report, today in the Star.
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July 4th, 2008 at 10:38
And that ladies and gentlemen is what we call light pollution.