Resembling an art-deco take on a pagoda or the joints of a length of bamboo, the crystalline Jinmao Tower [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] is a beauty. It’s essentially an office block (owned by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation) with the high-altitude Grand Hyatt renting space from the 53rd to 87th floors. If you want to see what Shànghǎi looks like from a mountain-top perspective, travel in the elevators to the 88th-floor observation deck , accessed from the separate podium building to the side of the main tower. Time your visit at dusk for both day and night views. Alternatively, sample the same view [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] through the carbonated fizz of a gin and tonic at Cloud 9 on the 87th floor of the Grand Hyatt (accessed on the south side of the building), and photograph the hotel’s astonishing barrel-vaulted atrium.
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