Skyscrapers, Hong Kong

Favorite thing: HK Island has one of the very most beautiful skyline in the world! The futuristic skyscrapers among many old establishment - strangely, everything blends well here.

Fondest memory: HK island is full of progress & vibrant energy. People are dynamic & very cosmopolitan. It feels very different from Tokyo or Shanghai for that matter. To me, Tokyo & Shanghai are more homogeneous society while Hong Kong is a melting pot of the world!

Favorite thing: Just to clear the unclear, beasts are those two metal giants in the background! :-)

Fondest memory: One of the first things you'll be amazed by when walking down the streets of Hong Kong are its scyscrapers, so tall and yet, so thin and elegant! There are many arround, like you can see on this and above pic and on mostly all panoramic pics of Hong Kong you can see otherwise. The best view is from above of course, if the weather is nice but its quite impressive to look from below too! Also, architectors of Hong Kong have been trying to preserve the natural sanctuaries among this conqrete and metal world, as it is in this case, of the parks in the very business Central area, a palm tree and a lake just below the super modern building!

Fondest memory: After the older run down buildings come the newer huge sky scrapers like the Bank of China, shown on the left and another great building with crazy architecture which is downtown as well.

Fondest memory: The architecture... I love the big old apartment buildings with peeling paint and clothes hanging from the balconies, the spray of dripping air conditioners as you pass under them... such character!

Favorite thing: Visit the HSBC tower... HSBC is one of the prime players of the Hongkong economy and one special thing abt this building is that its made with help of just nuts and bolts, so that its atleast theoritically detachable and brought up in a completely different place.... :-)

Favorite thing: Go and take the tram to the top of the 'PEAK' and have a 360 degree view of the surrounding area. This is a must see.

Fondest memory: Watching over one in four people walk around with that funny looking thing attached to their ear. I think it was called a cell phone. The other thing that is hard to forget was the highrises that are being built with BAMBOO scaffolding

Favorite thing: photograph the many skyscrapers here.... beginning with the impressive Bank of China and Citibank buildings.

The one thing that may catch your attention is the extreme closeness of these buildings to one another. If you're claustrophobic, you may find coming to Central (financial district) a bit overwhelming. I guess this is due to the extreme shortage of land here in Hongkong causing the architects to maximize whatever space they can find/ get.

Favorite thing: Bank of China Building, Central (Hong Kong Island). Designed by renowned Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei, the Bank of China Building is one of the world's ten tallest structures today. An architectural masterpiece, this soaring skyscraper is located in the heart of the financial district.