Three Towers of Shanghai

 

 

There are so many tourist attractions in Shanghai, such as the Bund, the Yu Garden, the Nanjing Street, and so on. For the modern buildings, the three towers are extremely famous, which are the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Jinmao Tower, and the Shanghai World Finance Center.

The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district along the Huangpu River, opposite Shanghai's Bund. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the symbol of Shanghai. Essentially a communications tower, the tower was designed with a dual usage which also includes viewing platforms. The tower has several viewing areas. The top sphere called The Space Module is situated 350 meters above the ground and offers the best views of Shanghai, but closer sites like the Bund are not as visible from that height. The second sphere is located at 259 to 267 meters above the ground has three levels. The top one is a revolving restaurant. The lower two levels are viewing platforms with little shops and bathrooms inside. The lower level has no windows and is not as crowded as the air conditioned middle level. The lower sphere is located 90 meters above the ground. It features a sightseeing platform and roller coaster inside of it.

Shanghai's Jinmao Tower is an 88 storey high rise which is one of Shanghai's landmarks. It is located in the Lujiazui area of Shanghai's Pudong District. It houses the Shanghai Grand Hyatt, the highest hotel from the ground in the world. The spectacular hotel lobby can be looked down into from the Jinmao Tower's observation deck. The building is very modern looking with its glass and steel exterior. The spiky pinnacle on the top of the building really adds to the appeal of its overall appearance. The Jinmao Tower is a very high tech looking building which offers fantastic views of the Huangpu, Pudong, and Huangpu Districts. It also offers a great view of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. The interior is quite clean and has a lot of stainless steel, and marble details. The observation deck is large and very bright due to the huge windows that encircle it. It allows for a large number of people to all see the surrounding area at the same time.

The Shanghai World Finance Center (SWFC) is located in the Pudong District of Shanghai. It is the largest building in the world from ground to rooftop. The building houses offices, a hotel, and observation floors. The building has three observation floors: the 94th floor Sky Arena, the 97th floor Skywalk, and the 100th floor Skywalk. Visitors enter the area and go directly to the basement to get their tickets and enter the elevators. Visitors are allowed to enter a room with a spinning model of the building covered in flashing lights before heading to the elevators. The elevators rush them to the 94th floor viewing area. The viewing area is surrounded by huge windows allowing great views of Shanghai, the Huangpu River, and The Bund. There are shops on this floor. Visitors can then take an escalator to the 97th floor which is located at the bottom of the building's huge opening. The viewing area has glass walls and a glass ceiling so visitors can see the buildings huge opening. Visitors can then take an elevator to the 100th floor which is located in the bridge which is the top of the building's huge opening. The walls and floor are made of glass. Visitors can see through the floor at the 97th floor viewing area and the ground located almost 500 meters below. All of the visitors' areas are very futuristic in design and well lit.

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Shanghai the bund    Nanjing road     Shanghai Acrobatics Show    Shanghai Urban Exhibition Planning Hall