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We've often accused Shanghai of trying too hard to emulate the other great metropolises of the world: London, New York, Paris. But it seems that, more and more, the city it will most likely resemble is Venice. According to a recent article by the Associated Press:

A picture of a deeply submerged Lujiazui has been making the rounds on various internet forums, and it's got Shanghai newspaper Xinmin pretty worked up. The picture shows several Pudong-side waterfront landmarks, including the iconic Pearl Tower, halfway sticking out of the water. The forum titles tend to show the photo with the title that the pictures are from a new study in the U.S. which purports that two thirds of delta regions around the world are at high risk of flooding - including Shanghai.

Japan's Mori Building Co., which currently has the bragging rights for the biggest building on the Lujiazui block, is jumping back into construction in the city. According to Reuters, CEO Minoru Mori said his company had been "asked (by Shanghai city) to come up with redevelopment ideas for the post-Shanghai Expo site and airport expansion plans there." He is also proposing a shopping complex next to the Shanghai World Financial Center, which he hopes to turn into Shanghai's version of Harajuku's Omotesando Hills. Oh geez. Knowing the government, if he builds a Omotesando Hills, they're gonna build an even bigger one next to it and before we know it, Pudong really will have sunk into the river.

Because you never know who might be watching what we put up on the site. Longtime photo contributor Jakob Montrasio had his amazing images of Pudong skyscrapers featured in a New York City exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum this month. How did they find out about him? Through us! We featured his pics in a post titled “Photos that actually make Pudong look cool” in April 2007.

Guess who's climbing to town? According to the Shanghai Daily, the world's top climbers are coming to mainland China for the first time May 2nd and 3rd for a contest hosted by the International Federation of Sports Climbers.

We really hope all this great weather we've been experiencing this past week is going to hold up until the end of May, because we plan to be spending the entire weekend of May 29-30 outdoors at the Lujiazui Central Green for the inaugural Foodelicious, a food and wine event that aims to be the signature culinary event for all of Shanghai. From the press release:

While the Chinese government may not have been quite as turned on about Earth Hour as we may have initially hoped, Shanghai at least gave the movement - which involves turning everything (you can) off for one hour every last Saturday in March - a good try. It switched off the lights at the iconic Pearl Tower and was supported by the ICBC building and several prominent Lujiazui hotels.

The fire started at around 9:48am at the construction site for Shanghai IFC, a twin set of buildings located at 8 Century Avenue. The flame spread across a dormitory and activity room for migrant workers, causing part of the three story building to collapse before it was extinguished by firefighters at around 11:20. There were no casualties. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Shanghai's HKD 8 billion IFC building is being developed by the same people who built the IFC in Hong Kong and is expected to house HSBC's Shanghai headquarters. Check out a video report and more pictures at Xinmin.cn.

    

Details are scarce, but there is billowing black smoke coming from near the Pearl Tower in Lujiazui, Pudong - the financial district of Shanghai. The fire seems to have started in the workers dormitory of a building under construction right next to the Sheraton Hotel on Pujian Road (浦建路 38).

Shanghai made it to 4th place in Forbes' list of the world's tallest cities with a total of 21 towers climbing over 700 feet. The current tallest is the Shanghai World Financial Center, at 1,614 feet, but it'll be surpassed by the Shanghai Tower, which is expected to be completed in 2014 and reach heights of 2,000 feet. It was beat out by Dubai, Hong Kong and, at number one, New York City.

Mix Hindi hip hop, Chinese visuals and Bollywood-style dancing and the result is this music video from the soundtrack of the new made-in-China Bollywood film Chandni Chowk to China. For a new trailer of the movie, see below the fold. Shanghai scenes appear between 1:50 and 2:06

    

Last Friday, the Xuhui District PSB was reported to have received a "threatening message" claiming there was a bomb in the Ikea store located on the corner of Caoxi Lu and Sanhui Lu. Acting on the news, a team of about 50 policemen was dispatched to the store to evacuate everyone. Patrons were only told there was a "mechanical problem" and within half an hour, the store was empty. Police then combed through the store with the help of the special service unit of the fire department and ascertained that there was no bomb in the store. The case remains under investigation.

For those of you that still haven't gotten around to your own illegal hike up the World Financial Center, you'll be glad to know you can soon get a bird's eye view of the city from the top of that building without risking arrest. Yes, the building that's been through many trials and tribulations will finally be open this Saturday. Apparently, the gallery located on the 100th floor of the skyscraper at a height of 474 metres (1,555 feet) above the ground is the world's highest sightseeing hall. From AFP:

Sightseers who want a bird's eye view of the city will have to pay 150 yuan (22 dollars) each for the experience, it said.

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It's finally coming! The "big one" eagerly predicted by Shanghaiist in 2006 — China's tallest building will begin construction this year in Shanghai. At 580m, the Shanghai Center will top a triangle of impressive towers with the 420-meter-high Jin Mao Tower and the 492-meter-high Shanghai World Financial Center in the Lujiazui district of Pudong. The building will be designed by Gensler, a U.S. firm, in conjunction with the Shanghai-based Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University. It will be designed to look like a coiled dragon, the architects said. At its completion, the building will be 118 stories high and 79m taller than China's former tallest building, the Taipei 101, currently the world's tallest building.

Once in a while, we feel trapped in a sea of ordinary looking restaurants lodged in the bowels of malls. Nizang promised nothing of that. The restaurant is located in the back of a housing estate along Dongchang Lu in Lujiazui. A short stroll past apartments and small shops will land you in front of Nizang’s blazing neon signboard.

By Sue Anne Tay

By Sue Ann Tay

Some of you have been asking on our Facebook page (remember to sign up as a Fan!) if there will be an update of the Shanghaiist logo once the WFC — you know, the building that had to be redesigned because it reminded people too much of the Japanese flag, took forever to be built because of a property glut, was almost burnt down, and recently suffered a security breach — is up and running.

You heard that right, ladies and gentlemen... Our city's foresighted urban planners, God bless their hearts, have looked into their glassball and decided that Shanghai needs another Lujiazui — and really, soon — in three years to be exact. Well if they were able to build Lujiazui I in ten years, we have every confidence they can build Lujiazui II in three. Never ever ever doubt the ambitions of Shanghai city planners. Just build first,...