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Thursday, February 5, 2015

A View of a Massive City in China

During the past few weeks as I have seen more and more of Chongqing, I have struggled with how to best express its incredible size. Today I contemplated a view where haze obscured much, many tall buildings appeared deceptively small, and entire urban areas lay out of sight. Much seemed to be missing, but of all the views I have seen it most displayed Chongqing's immensity and density.

So below are a series of photos which show what you would see looking approximately northeast and then moving around in a counter-clockwise direction (towards the left side of the photos) atop the Kansheng Building* in Eling Park. Most of the photos overlap a small amount, with the largest gap existing between the sixth and seventh photos. As usual, all can be clicked for larger versions. In the future, I will "zoom in" on a few areas, in some cases highlighting how much more Chongqing plans to grow.

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing

view from the Kansheng Building at Eling Park in Chongqing





*Many online sites use the names "Liangjiang Pavilion" or "Kansheng Pavilion". Both the 5 yuan ticket I bought to go up to the top and the park's online map use "瞰胜楼". The map translates this as "Kansheng Building", which seems reasonable. 

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