This Day, That Year

Item from Feb 27, 1994, from China Daily: The East Pearl TV Tower, the tallest in Asia, soars above the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. The massive project was completed at the end of last year, three months ahead of schedule.

The East Pearl TV Tower, also known as the Oriental Pearl Tower, is now the third-tallest structure in Shanghai, at 468 meters tall.

The Shanghai Tower tops the city skyline at 632 meters. The skyscraper, designed by US architecture firm Gensler, is in the Pudong area, where two other supertall buildings stand-the 420.5-meter Jinmao Tower and the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center. All three buildings can be seen on the right of the above photo.