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October 10, 2006
So rofty, and roftiry arone
Scrolling around downtown Pyongyang on Google Maps, I came across this skin-crawling piece of satellite imagery. It is justifiably referred to by this guy as "the single most unsettling structure ever erected by the hand of man." It is the unfinished, altogether insane Ryugyong Hotel. Can you imagine being inside that thing, like on the 98th floor? This could be a new tourism venture, surely.
Posted by Chris Selley at October 10, 2006 11:20 PM
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www.pyongyang-metro.com has some fascinating descriptions of another part of the regime's "infratructure."
Posted by: Adrian at October 11, 2006 09:27 AM
Yeah, I'm always just amazed they don't finish it or dynamite it, it must be embarrassing to have just sitting there.
Oh wait - nothing's embarrassing when you got nukes!
Posted by: Jason Bo Green at October 11, 2006 10:35 AM
I don't know how many six or eight lane arterials I counted that had exactly zero vehicles on them.
Posted by: Jay Jardine at October 11, 2006 01:11 PM
Congratulations to Pyongyang urban planners for coming up with a hotel blueprint made exclusively from rejected Quake 4 game maps.
Healthpacks, anyone?
Posted by: Bryan at October 13, 2006 01:39 PM