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Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building

2 bookofjoe 2 7/27/2025, 8:38:50 PM nytimes.com ↗

Comments (2)

PaulHoule · 33s ago

Two thoughts:

(1) Reminds me of the Watts Towers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Towers

(2) I've been reading Chinese legends and it is frequently part of the story that if somebody comes across some wealth (say by dealings with Fox spirits) they build a big house.

bookofjoe · 28m ago

unpaywalled link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/world/asia/china-demoliti...