Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Fancy new mall in China has 7-story spiral escalators

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China still builds malls, and they are beautiful


New photos released on Monday reveal a step up in mall transportation. A massive new shopping complex in Shanghai features two sets of six-story spiral escalators.



Spiral Escalator In Shanghai



Image: hinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress



Instead of running straight and side-by-side an opposite running escalator, these curve out into the mall atrium, one level at a time. You would have to walk across the mall in order to access the escalator that runs in the opposite direction. So it looks pretty cool, but they don't seem very practical, much like a mall in general Read more...


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