To see someplace literally change before your eyes, go to Shanghai . If the air had been clearer, I'm sure at least 30 more could have been counted. The amount of construction is simply staggering. At night, the sky is filled with the flashes of welding.
Sparks topple down onto the streets.
Bamboo scaffolding is everywhere. Amid this change, many of the alley houses constructed in the early 20th century still stand throughout the city. But what exists today may not be present tomorrow.