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THE WORST BUILDING IN ON
EARTH?
The
105 story Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang North Korea is considered the worst
building on the planet. Dominating the skyline, it has been
described as a hideous structure, a twisted version of Cinderella's
Castle. The building is so ugly, that government propaganda does not
even mention the eyesore and it is frequently airbrushed out of shots of
the city.
This 3000 room hotel has set unfinished since 1987 when the first shovels
broke ground. Ryugyong Hotel is ugly, badly designed, and considered
by many to be the worst-built building in the world. It's also said
that North Korea spent almost 2 percent of its GNP to build this empty
hotel.
Construction of the behemoth
stopped in 1992 and there is no hope that it will ever resume mostly due
to the fact that North Korea ran out of money for the building and that
the tourist industry in Pyongyang is virtually non-existent.
Today and as far as anyone can
tell, the Ryugyong will continue to dominate the skyline of the city of
Pyongyang. Unfinished, unneeded, and unwanted.
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