Lujiazui (Lu Jia Zui)

Across the Huangpu River, Lujiazui thrusts brazenly up to the heavens.

30 years ago, this district was nothing more than marshes and rice paddies. Today, it's home to one of Asia's most audacious skylines. Here you'll find three of the city's most distinctive structures: The 468 meter-high spire of spheres and cylinders known as Oriental Pearl Tower, the 88-floor pagoda-themed Jinmao Tower, the bottle opener-shaped Shanghai World Financial Center, and the latest Shanghai Tower that is the second in height only to Dubai's Burj Khalifa.