重庆 / chongqing rising ..., originally uploaded by shanghaisoundbites.
Almost toylike playfulness with which the beams of the scaffolding draw their grid structure in the air hovering above the facades that as if made out of gingerbread with a caramel glazing give the perspective shattering thrust of the high-rises in the background an aura of felicitous unreality that an architectural vision reaching beyond appearances into the carrying forces of what constitutes urban space bring an urban unconscious about just as other cities, such as Chicago, that based on engineering, planning and transportation made themselves a name seemingly overnight must have carried a remainder of their bygone, miracle-like appearance on the map in the far corners of collective consciousness.
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