After sitting there for 15 years and a good part of it having been built by the commies, you wonder how safe it is. This thing will never be close to full, but for the commies, it's a front, something they'll show off and brag about.
The story says it has 5 (count ‘em...five) revolving restaurants. Given the food shortages rampant in North Korea, what are they gonna serve...grass soup?
Expect it to pancake in the near future.
This is what it looked like for most of the 15 years:
That's more concrete than steel.
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Rotsa Ruck.
I wonder if they remembered to run electricity to the place.
On a related note I watched the Vice Guide show on North Korea, where they took a trip through NK - it was quite amazing to see how it all "functioned". It's on Netflix, and highly recommended!
>>> After sitting there for 15 years and a good part of it having been built by the commies, you wonder how safe it is.
Yes, between third world materials and worksmanship I’d be fearful of a collapse or Towering Inferno fire. This won’t be a long lasting structure.
But I have to say I like what they tried to do. It’s a Blade Runner building. Architects who try to get away from the upended soda-cracker box skyscraper are at least making an effort.
Check out the underground videos from North Korea, the faked tourism is crazy, everything is a Potemkin village
God only knows what the Egyptians were promised in return to bankroll part of this coldwar trainwreck.
North Korea - the tourist capitol of the underworld.
I believe the only reason it was finished is because it was started to be noticed and passed around on the internet, and it because an embarrassment to North Norea. It is probably a deathtrap, but they can say it is used, and it will no longer be a blight on the skyline.
I would be afraid of being accused of being a spy and arrested.
Hotel of Doom
The Worst Building in the History of Mankind
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