AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

SHANGHAI SURPRISE.(Xintiandi)

The New Yorker

| December 26, 2005 | Goldberger, Paul | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Modern Shanghai combines the soul of Houston with the body of Las Vegas. In Pudong, the city's booming financial district, flashing trails of colored lights race up and down the shafts of office towers, as if they were casinos. One freshly minted skyscraper, Aurora Plaza, has a facade of gold reflective glass that at night becomes even more garish, turning into a multistory L.E.D. screen on which huge smiling faces cinematically dissolve into bright corporate logos. The sky line of China's largest city has become a strangely exuberant version of the "Blade Runner" aesthetic, with simple geometries and sharp lines cutting into the sky; it may not be beautiful but, in its ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
QUINCY MARKET VENDORS FEEL SHOVE ON PUSHCARTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Jim Gomez, Contributing Reporter March 25, 1988 700+ words
...She was about to set up shop as she does every spring at a Quincy Market pushcart. But moments before she was about to leave her...crafts business under the glass enclosures on either side of Quincy Market for four years. "They did not give me any notice. None...
Quincy Market signs up summer's worth of sidewalk performers.(Arts and...
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Mccarthy, Sean L. May 3, 2005 700+ words
...Peter Panic and 30 other acts will have steady gigs outside Quincy Market, entertaining the masses and working for tips. Dozens of...on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and performed at Quincy Market since 2000. Their grand finale, involving Hula Hoops...
Fire hits office at Quincy Market.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald May 30, 1999 700+ words
A fire in the ductwork in a fifth-floor office at the South Market Building of Quincy Market yesterday caused about $50,000 in damage, fire officials said. The cause of the 1:30 p.m. fire is still under investigation...
SECOND HELPINGS A RETURN TRIP TO QUINCY MARKET'S 'FAST FOOD ALLEY'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Gail Perrin, Globe Staff November 23, 1987 700+ words
It had been more than 11 years since we last inched our way down the main aisle of the Quincy Market building in Faneuil Hall Marketplace. It was decidedly colder and less crowded when we recently revisited "fast food alley...
[Quincy Market & Fanieul Hall.]
Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
Quincy Market, Boston.
Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
Quincy Market, Boston, Mass.
Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
Police probe stabbing near Quincy Market.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Crittenden, Jules August 3, 1997 700+ words
A Woburn man was stabbed multiple times outside a downtown bar early yesterday morning and police were still seeking an unknown assailant late in the day. Police said details of the assault were sketchy. William Gonzalvez, 21, of Woburn apparently was attacked near Quincy Marketplace, on Chatham
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA