Indoors | Oriental Pearl Tower
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The Oriental Pearl Radio & Television Tower is a TV tower in Shanghai. Its location at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area by the side of Huangpu River, opposite The Bund, makes it a distinct landmark in the area. Its principal designers were Jiang Huan Chen, Lin Benlin, and Zhang Xiulin. Construction began in 1991, and the tower was completed in 1994. At 1,535 feet high, it was the tallest structure in China from 1994–2007, when it was surpassed by the Shanghai World Financial Center. The tower is brightly lit in different LED sequences at night. The tower features 11 spheres, big and small. The two largest spheres, along the length of the tower, have diameters of 164 ft for the lower and 148 ft for the upper. They are linked by three columns, each 30 ft in diameter. The highest sphere is 46 ft in diameter. The tower has fifteen observatory levels. The highest (known as the Space Module) is at 1148 ft. The lower levels are at 863 ft (Sightseeing Floor) and at 295 ft (Space City). There is a revolving restaurant at the 876 ft level. The project also contains exhibition facilities and a small shopping center. There is also a 20-room hotel called the Space Hotel between the two large spheres. The upper observation platform has an outside area with a 1.5 inch glass floor.
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Fees: None
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Links: en.wikipedia.org
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By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, BYU Study Abroad Group,
We really enjoyed our visit up the Oriental Pearl Tower. We stopped at the lower observation and got a kick out of the revolving restaurant. Then we went up to the upper observation level and looked down through glass floor at the City down below.
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