Juggernaut
Top Veteran
- Location
- Shanghai, China
- Name
- Larry
Once it'd occurred to me that this could be the rare opportunity of videography/photography documenting "ghost-town-like" metropolitan city of Shanghai, and soon know I am not an exception out of more than 26 million people who are confined in hundreds residential compounds and have nowhere to go. I've watched a couple of video clips through social media though, obviously someone managed to fly drones, filming the city in fragmental way. The videos show scenes are pretty shock: weeds have shot out from the expansion joint of pavement tiles; stray dogs and cats wander around in front of closed gates of subway station; algae turns rivers and ponds into lush "green" due to lack of maintenance; streets are almost covered with fallen branches and and leaves...@Juggernaut
You’re doing a really fine job of documenting your city during the pandemic. Do you expect to put this collection together into a large display or some sort of book?
Once it'd occurred to me that this could be the rare opportunity of videography/photography documenting "ghost-town-like" metropolitan city of Shanghai, and soon know I am not an exception out of more than 26 million people who are confined in hundreds residential compounds and have nowhere to go. I've watched a couple of video clips through social media though, obviously someone managed to fly drones, filming the city in fragmental way. The videos show scenes are pretty shock: weeds have shot out from the expansion joint of pavement tiles; stray dogs and cats wander around in front of closed gates of subway station; algae turns rivers and ponds into lush "green" due to lack of maintenance; streets are almost covered with fallen branches and and leaves...
It's taken almost 40 years and blood and sweat efforts of billion of Chinese to have turned the shabby-looking rudimentary country into a decent one in the world, however it wouldn't need to take four months to throw it back to 4 decades ago, in case this was to remain unchanged.
I can’t help but be curious about the timbers on each corner of the building. They have holes so I guess you can raise or lower the roof as needed? Or do they assist with rethatching the roof?
Both it and the Falls Road are tourist destination these days! When I was taking some shots of the peace line on Cupar Way I had to wait about 20 minutes for a gap in the tour groups.Oh dear, Shankill Road. That's a name that rings loud in my memory from the time of The Troubles in the 70s