4200億? probably $3000億 is in the 領導s' pocket.
tofu 發表於 2010-4-30 11:49

4200億? probably $3000億 is in the 領導s' pocket.
tofu 發表於 2010-4-29 19:49

But in the rush for the new, Shanghai is losing some of what made it unique. Wujiang Road, once euphemistically called Love Lane, was a center for prostitution in prewar Shanghai and was later known for its snack stalls. Over the past year, it has been rebuilt into a generic pedestrian mall with Starbucks and Krispy Kreme outlets. "The downside is that over the last 18 months, we've probably lost more old buildings than in the last dozen years. That's the saddest part for me," says Shanghai-based author and consultant Paul French, as we sit in one of Wujiang Road's new coffee shops. Among the destruction French has documented: stained-glass windows smashed out of the former Jesuit Recoleta Mission to make room for beds to house laborers at the expo; the 106-year-old Shanghai Rowing Club torn down last year as part of the Bund's redevelopment; and parts of the city's former Jewish enclave, including the glamorous White Horse Inn, demolished.

French has an old photo of Earl Whaley and Red Hot Syncopators, an all-black band from Seattle that played in the mid-'30s at the St. Anna Ballroom, at the end of Wujiang Road. What's left of the ballroom is now behind a blue fence advertising the expo. Two workmen survey the site in the shadow of a giant excavator. Not even official preservation orders have managed to stop the relentless destruction of Shanghai's beautiful old buildings. The urge to destroy the old isn't new in Shanghai. Its city walls were largely demolished in 1912. But conservationists point to Tianzifang, a shikumen-style neighborhood that has been filled in recent years with stylish shops and restaurants, as an example of how Shanghai can develop while maintaining its old charm — though not all residents see it that way. Chen Yuzhen, 90, a retired acupuncturist, says that for all the upgrading of her neighborhood, "we still don't have toilets [in our homes]."

無錯，唔少錢當然係放咗響好多對城市有建設嘅地方同項目之上，但千其唔好忘記，其實上海亦係一個極有歷史嘅 ...
Lik 發表於 2010-4-29 21:43

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Restoration of historic "Bund Origin" buildings, including the recently saved Shanghai Rowing Club, has started and is expected to be finished before the 2010 World Expo starts in May, the Shanghai Daily reported Monday.

    Construction authorities were quoted by the English newspaper as saying the "Bund Origin" area, regarded as the origin of the Bund and the city, is 170,000 square meters centered on the confluence of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek.

    The area contains many historic buildings and 14 of them are on the city's protected buildings list, which means they cannot be torn down.

    Scaffolding has been erected outside the buildings to repair damaged parts, and architecture experts have been invited to make restoration plans and help find tiles and wood flooring similar to the original materials.

    The buildings will be also developed to improve their function, Pan Yihua, from the Shanghai New Huangpu Real Estate Co Ltd, the developer of the "Bund Origin", was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

    The former British Consulate, built in 1873, will be turned into a public place that can hold major events and art exhibitions. A total of 18,000 square meters of insignificant buildings around the former consulate will be demolished to make a public park on the Bund.

    The restored Union Church, built in 1866, is expected to house a local civil affairs department office for issuing marriage certificates.

    The church was almost demolished after a big fire in the abandoned building in 2007 but was saved by public protest.

    The Shanghai Rowing Club did not originally make the city's protected buildings list and was earmarked for demolition last month but it was found to have high historical value during the development of the "Bund Origin" project and has been saved.

和諧的社會，需要有peter仔呢D無知及無良的人，先夠和諧
ricrick 發表於 2010-4-29 23:52

"""relocation of residents to new housing from old housing at the Expo site etc,"""

do those reside ...
tofu 發表於 2010-4-30 16:19

haha you are really trying to debating with peter jai?
mukmuk2 發表於 2010-4-30 20:02