Wired has a kickass series of photos entitled “The ’70s photos that made us want to save Earth” and in them are a bunch of dirty coal miners and towns that would later be basically empty and some other depressing things. Cool though. Check it out.
On 03.12.10, In Got some time to kill?, By Matt Markezich
On 12.23.09, In Got some time to kill?, By Matt Markezich
China’s good at a lot of things. Polluting the planet, genetically breeding eternally pre-pubescent gymnasts, and questionably building massive shit in the name of economic growth. New South China Mall is one of those questionable things!
New South China Mall is the world’s second largest mall in the world measuring 7.1 million square feet (behind another one of those freakishly irresponsible buildings in Dubai), and has the most leasable area of any mall in the world with over 1,500 available spaces for stores. Only problem is most of those 1,500 spaces are still available. The mall is, for the most part, completely barren. It’s another of the many bastard children of an era built on frighteningly unshakable optimism towards real estate.
Click here for the ~14min PBS video. Highly recommended.