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...late Salvatore Ferragamo. Were he to have seen them, the "Shoemaker of Dreams," as he was known when he was crafting platforms and slippers for Hollywood icons like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe would doubtless have spun in his grave, fast enough to power the lights of the Bund, Shanghai's luxury strip...
...office on Shanghai's famous Bund, and I half-jokingly told him I was a little nervous about my investment. Analysts' reports these days are full of tales about China's real estate bubble. Was it possible that the skeptics might be right - that Shanghai itself is already overbuilt, and the suburbs Guo is helping create are a bridge way too far? He looked at me as if I were from another planet, then smiled politely. "There is only one Shanghai in China," he said. "People want to come here from all over the country. People need good quality housing...
...design aims to transform the Shanghai Bund into a more accessible space to “reconnect the city fabric with the waterfront,” said project director Liang Zhao...
...Bund currently boasts a promenade on a levee with a view of the Huangpu River. But the walkway is now separated from the city by a 10-lane highway, which poses an obstacle for direct human interaction with the waterfront...
...design for the waterfront incorporates a floating barge, gardens, bridges, and a viewing tower. The new Bund will span 1.8 miles with six lanes moved underground...