Panoramic Views, Urbanism → Dig Dug
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The last time I updated my blog was long ago. I always feel somewhat guilty when I take that much time to add a new article. I have many ideas for my next articles, but they take much time and energy to carry out… Each article will have some thirty pictures in them… Among the three projects I have in mind and that will, one day(!), be in this blog, I have: an article about the Transiberian trailway (the journey from Saint Petersburg to Beijing), an article about the development of Xi’an (from a vantage point that you will probably find interesting) and an article about the city of Moscow, a city where there seems to be only very, very rich people (and very, very poor ones, with no middle class).
On this picture, you see a new construction site. Some old buildings were torn down a couple of days before I took this picture. These old buildings will probably be replaced by one or several modern high rises, where people will live in. Notice the two Chinese characters in red on the wall: 理发 (lifa). Which means “haircut”. The owner of a barbershop, lucky enough that the bulldozers stopped tearing down at his building, wrote these characters wishing to attract more clients, before his turn comes to let his business be reduced to ashes.
The following day, the hole was dug. Next step would be to build a wall. Unfortunately, they did it the day I left Xi’an, so I have no picture for this.
A panoramic view from the 24th floor of an apartment building, where a French student lives. Click on the picture to see a more detailed view. If you look at the lower-left corner, this is the place where the first two pictures were taken from.
