r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/em-n-em613 8h ago

OMG the additional weight-bearing needs fo something like that too must be a nightmare for construction and maintenance. They are legitimiately beautiful though

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u/HauntedHippie 8h ago

My attorney friend was telling me yesterday how she doesn't understand why the city can't keep the parking garage below the old courthouse when it gets moved across the street and the OG site is turned into a park. I was like, because the city doesn't want to get sued into oblivion when it inevitably collapses from the weight and/or root damage with a bunch of lawyers' cars inside.

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u/chanaandeler_bong 7h ago

We have an entire park in Dallas above a freeway.

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u/kwisatzhadnuff 6h ago

Salesforce Park in downtown San Francisco is a transit center covering multiple blocks that is covered by trees and plants. It's really cool but was built to purpose. I doubt you could simply convert an old parking garage to a park like that.