After time out in the “fresh” air
with my camera, we arrived back in my neighborhood. My camera was coughing,
trying to clear its lungs from that stuff that was mixed in with the fresh air.
A few weeks ago that was a two story
KFC that was always busy, but someone had more money and decisions were made to
convert it into a fancy men’s store. If they can’t make a profit someone will
tear off the new face and put on another. Change is the way it goes here. Build
things to last at most three years because by then it will probably be
something different.
Four years ago there was a nice park
here, but the trees weren’t making a big enough profit so they were cut down, a
big hole was dug in the ground and filled with this nice building. That
building is on the corner of the street where I live. I live in the next
building up the street.
Up the street, the building next to
where I live was open to business one week ago. Today only the front exists.
The building I live in is between
the new building and the one just torn down. We have been given notice that in
two years ours may be torn down, so start looking for a place to live.
From the seventh floor where I live
I can look out on the old buildings around us. Within five years they will all
be gone along with this one.
As I move the camera over just a
little you can see what is coming. The city for over a mile beyond was leveled
and replaced by those taller buildings. This is a prime area because the river
is on the left and a new subway is on the right.
In America construction is done by
the Mexicans. Here in China it is the migrant workers who have come in from the
country looking to make more money leaving their family behind.
No comments:
Post a Comment