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 / Modified feb 17, 2014 4:34 p.m.

Super Skyscrapers: The Vertical City

Watch the rise of a veritable vertical city, where tenants can work, rest and play within its walls. Wednesday at 10 p.m. on PBS 6.

sup_skyscraper_shanghai-const_spot Shanghai Tower construction.
Shanghai Tower isn’t just a skyscraper — it’s a vertical city, a collection of businesses, services and hotels all in one place, fitting a population the size of Monaco into a footprint the size of a football field. Within its walls, residents can literally work, rest, play and relax in public parks, looking up through 12 stories of clear space. Not just one, however, but eight of them, stacked on top of each other, all the way to the 121st floor. When complete, the structure will dominate Shanghai’s skyline, towering over its neighbors as a testament to China’s economic success and the ambitions of the city’s wealthy elite.

Super Skyscrapers: The Vertical City, Wednesday at 10 p.m. on PBS 6.

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