Hong Kong’s skyscrapers (Photo Essay)
Dubbed the “City of Life” by Hong Kong’s marketers, it truly lives up to its name. Hong Kong is one of the most incredible cities on this planet, and taken everything into account, it has just a few rivals. While the construction of skyscrapers has moved to China where they are sprouting into the upper atmosphere like mushrooms on steroids, Hong Kong is taking new construction a little more cautious. It is the city in the world with the most beautiful skyline. Its only rival, New York, got demoted in 2001.
Fireworks over Hong Kong Island during the China handover on July 1, 1997
Fireworks over Hong Kong Island during the China handover on July 1, 1997
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Hong Kong Island viewed from the Kowloon side
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Hong Kong Island viewed from the Kowloon side
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Hong Kong Island viewed from the Kowloon side
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Jardine house (52 floors, completion in 1972) in Central, Hong Kong Island
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Bank of China (72 floors, completion in 1990), Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
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Two International Finance Centre (88 floors, completion in 2003), Central, Hong Kong Island
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Cheung Kong Centre (63 floors, completion in 1999), Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
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Cheung Kong Centre (63 floors, completion in 1999), Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
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Cheung Kong Centre (63 floors, completion in 1999), Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
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Two International Finance Centre (88 floors, completion in 2003), Central, Hong Kong Island
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Millennium Square, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island
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Bank of China (72 floors, completion in 1990), Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
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HSBC in the middle (44 floors, completion in 1985), Central, Hong Kong Island
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Bank of China Top left), Cheung Kong Centre (top right), and Citibank Plaza (bottom), Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
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Citibank Plaza in Admiralty, Hong Kong Island
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Tiu Keng Leng apartments in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
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