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Shanghai 2020 is the largest city scale model in the world
As far as scale models go, I'm not sure you'll ever find out quite as impressive as this absolutely enormous one depicting what Shanghai is supposed to look like in 2020. At over 1,000 square feet, it shows every single building in China's most populated city, or at least every single building planned.
It's on the third floor of the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum, and it is in fact the largest scale model of a city in the world. The attention to detail is absolutely astounding. And really, while it would be a shame to damage such amazing work, boy would I ever love to romp Godzilla-style through this thing. Maybe someday.
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By wildember at 3:25 PM ON 08/05/08
So if it shows EVERY building planned to be in Shanghai by 2020 does that mean there's going to be giant pillars at the four corners of the city in a decade?
Stupid question I know but I wonder how the owners of buildings where the pillars that support the upper floors are feels about being wiped out...maybe they're Shanghaian Ghettos?
By Craziest Gadgets at 5:35 PM ON 08/05/08
i think they mean over 10,000 square feet or the NYC panorama in Queens is larger at 9355 sq feet.
http://www.queensmuseum.org/panorama/about.htm
By nyc10001 at 6:59 PM ON 08/05/08
This is NOT the largest scale model. The largest is of the NY area. Over 10,000 Square feet made for the NY Worlds fair. It has been updated continually from the 60's up until 2000. It is at the Queens Museum of Art and the ride vehicles were invented by Walt Disney WED and were the precursor to the Haunted Mansion Doom Buggies.
By the qarth at 11:56 PM ON 08/05/08
There's a model of the ancient city of Jerusalem in Isreal that is pretty huge too. Here's a link to a photo.
http://robfisher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/israel_museum_model2.jpg
By Falcus at 1:09 PM ON 08/06/08
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