Chengdu 339

This guide to Chengdu 339 traces the West Pearl Tower's fourteen-year construction saga, from a 1992 funding collapse that left it half built and exposed to Sichuan humidity, to its eventual completion and 2006 public opening. It follows the broadcasting antenna that once carried television and radio signal across western China, and the restaurant that slowly rotated diners through the skyline over dinner. Look up at the antenna spire above the shopping district that still carries the tower's name.