Photos from Shanghai, China
Read my trip recap, if you haven’t yet.
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In our last episode, we were still waiting on the building permit. That permit was issued without any further delays or lectures, so the builders got moving with pouring the footers. As of yesterday, the forms have been removed and they are prepping to set the foundation walls. Many have commented that they don’t quite…
In today’s Business First: The University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank are jointly promoting the program, which is a personal finance curriculum, that already is in use at a number of public and parochial schools in Erie and Niagara counties. … Mandell said nationwide surveys he began in 1997 to determine how…
I saw this bit of ridiculousness in the Buffalo News today: The eastbound entrance ramp to the Thurway at Exit 49 (Depew-Lockport-Route 78) will be temporarily closed from 8 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Thursday, due to a maintenance project, the state Thruway Authority announced. A signed detour route will be in place for motorists…
I almost spit out my WPOP when I saw Jim Cramer break out the term BANANA on Mad Money last night. So I grabbed my camera, snaped some shots (I’m not geeky enough to have hacked my Tivo… yet) and sent the photos to BuffaloGeek because I consider him responsible for popularizing the term BANANA…
From Business First… The McKinley Mall’s redevelopment effort has landed one of the biggest names in electronic retailing. Best Buy has signed a long-term lease to occupy 30,000-square-feet in the town of Hamburg shopping center. The store is slated to open by June 2007. “Best Buy is an important part of the redevelopment at McKinley,”…
From all those photographs, the one that struck me (and probably not many others) the most is the one with the bicycles all lined up. The juxtaposition of very modern with the very communist-egalitarian is a hoot. I have a similar photograph from my trip to Shanghai – hundreds upon hundreds of bicycles, all virtually identical, Schwinn-looking, rust-covered, circa 1950s. I never did find out if they were community property or individually owned, but I couldn’t imagine knowing how to tell mine from the others, had I owned one.
I guess you had to be there.
BBD
Hooters in China….. I like them more and more all the time.
Have seen many of your photos, but I don’t really remember alot of them not to say that they aren’t good but there are a few here that have really caught my eye — the black and white tree lined pathway is amazing. I also really enjoyed the sunset skyline shot and night lites shot. Very good shots Derek from what looks like an amazing place to visit.