Yangtze watch tower takes shape
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The structure of a landmark sightseeing tower at the mouth of the Yangtze River was completed yesterday to lead the redevelopment of the city鈥檚 former cargo port in suburban Baoshan District.
The 180-meter tower will offer a panoramic view of the river, the Wusongkou cruise liner port and Changxing and Chongming islands.
Dubbed the 鈥済olden cudgel,鈥 a legendary artifact in China鈥檚 Ming Dynasty novel 鈥淢onkey King,鈥 the tower features a slim and twisted structure which will be covered by irregular glass curtains.
It will include a sightseeing platform, vertical greenery, a rock climbing facility, restaurants and wedding halls to serve residents and tourists in the surrounding Shanghai Long Beach, or Changtan, area, said Yang Zhiyong, vice president of Shanghai International Port Group, owner of the site.
Once a bustling center for maritime trade, the Long Beach area is being developed for housing and leisure like many other container ports around the world.
The riverside area, which stretches for 1.8 kilometers along the Yangtze, is expected to be on par with London鈥檚 Canary Wharf and Germany鈥檚 Hamburger Hafen.
The 770,000-square-meter project, twice the size of Canary Wharf, will have 4,200 apartments, parks, shopping malls, restaurants and coffee shops, hotels and kindergartens.
The site, formerly known as the 14th section of the SIPG port, was once dubbed the 鈥淧earl of Baoshan鈥 due to its bustling container transport and storage business. At its peak in 2009, the port handled 1,927 transport trucks every day.
The district government and SIPG launched the redevelopment campaign in 2012. With a total investment of 15 billion yuan (US$2.24 billion), the project is expected to create around 14,000 jobs, according to the Baoshan government.
The northern district, renowned for its container ports and iron and steel industries, has long lacked cultural venues, especially large theaters, Yang revealed.
One of the world鈥檚 biggest IMAX cinemas and a major concert hall are planned as part of the urban redevelopment project, he added.
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