Design
Beijing's Creepy, Abandoned Theme Park Is Finally Coming Down
Once, developers dreamed of building "the largest amusement park in Asia." But no longer.
Oh, dreams deferred. In 1998, developers broke ground on an ambitious building project outside of Beijing. They promised "the largest amusement park in Asia."
Shortly after that, funds were withdrawn, thanks in a large part to land sale disagreements between developers and local farmers. The half-finished park then languished for years. As we reported, via Architizer, in 2011: