Urban

I can’t believe it has taken me this long to get around to going to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center.  Well, as part of Random Museum Day, I finally did.
The jewel in this museum’s crown is a huge miniature replica of the city.  Where else can you see the Bund (left) and Pudong (right) from this angle?
Zoomed in all the way, I was even able to find the Ascott, my first apartment building here in Shanghai!  The rest of the museum was modern and engaging.  (Shanghai’s new museums are all so good.)
There was even a small 36o degree theater with CGI flythroughs of all the different developing areas in Shanghai.I’ve been dazzled by how well planned out Shanghai’s Metro system has been.  This feels like one of those rare cities where the technocrats are actually doing things well.