My hotel room offered a nice perspective on the demolition of the building next door. The bulldozers were tearing down an old Mao-era building clearing the space for future redevelopment. No doubt the space will become something like the other buildings near it—perhaps a shopping mall, office building or hotel. Off in the distance, across the bridge and to the right is the “preserved” old buildings of the entertainment “bar street.” I remember when the original Jiuyan Qiao was demolished in […]

Categories: Ruins, Space • Tags: Chengdu, China, demolition, 拆