Theme: Capitals & Large World Cities

Thanks, Kathy! I only looked because if your comment. : )

Great find, Aishah! Some really amazing transformations!!

I looked for a picture like you said, Kathy, and I found a site that did a side by side comparison from 1990 and 2014, you were right. You might want to have a look yourself. It also does the same (though some of the "then" pictures are much older) for Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, NYC, Dubai and a couple of other cities. I was especially shocked by the Dubai picture. : )

http://chasingtheturtle.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/now-and-then/

I haven't been to Shanghai, but I've seen this phenomenon in other Chinese cities - it's growth. Such rapid growth that it's mind boggling. So these will all be very new buildings, almost "plugged in." I bet if we found a photo of Shanghai from about 25-30 years ago, very little of what's in this picture would be there.

I think I see what you mean. It seems like there should just be more buildings. Here in the US, you would see an entire skyline of buildings. In this picture, it almost seems like these tall buildings are sitting on an island with nothing in front of them or behind them.

this picture is very pretty, but it looks like it's missing some thing I don't know what it is.. maybe you can tell me.