CHONGQING | Neo-China Top City | 242m | 54 fl | Com [Archive]

tiger

April 21st, 2006, 09:21 PM

Brand New City of China Project is located in the center of Chongqing, where the traffic network made up of monorail,elevated road,highway and urban trunk road .is very convenient; and .more than 30.. bus lines..running through the zone .(has a traffic of more than 300,000 person-times each day) reaches main .districts such as Yuzhong. CBD, Shapingba, Jiulongpo, Nanping, Jiangbei, etc; .thereby guarantees the convenient traffic for people to go out; and make .Brand .New City of China an important traffic key point in Chongqing. The .project. is located five-minute drive away from Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway, .fifteen- minute drive away from Chongqing-Guizhou Expressway, eight-minute drive away from Chongqing .Railway. Station,. fifteen-minute .drive.away from .Northern Chongqing Railway, Thirty-minute drive away from Chongqing Airport, twenty- minute drive away from Chaotianmen Wharf, thirty five minute drive away from Cuntan Deepwater Harbor. .The .cross-river tunnel .and bridge, which are now under. construction, are.directly. connected to the. International. Airport. Therefore, perfect water-land-air .transportation. system surrounding .the project already comes into being.

Mosaic

April 22nd, 2006, 10:34 AM

OMG!!! They are very massive and spectacular.

tiger

May 2nd, 2006, 04:30 PM

update

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/01CAC7DA_sQndor3zYXr4.jpg

Skyscrapercitizen

May 2nd, 2006, 04:49 PM

I like it!

macpolo

May 4th, 2006, 09:53 PM

UPDATE
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/macpolo/20065212502829834.jpg

macpolo

May 4th, 2006, 09:56 PM

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/macpolo/20065212542735641.jpg

tiger

July 3rd, 2006, 09:53 AM

Update :)
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/DSC_0425s_Q5mXkYWmT2dC.jpg

ming0318

July 3rd, 2006, 10:42 AM

nice update! :)

tiger

July 3rd, 2006, 11:53 AM

nice update! :)

Thanks :)

kenny_in_blue

July 3rd, 2006, 02:00 PM

why is everything built elsewhere then where i live?

macpolo

July 3rd, 2006, 03:21 PM

AMAZING~

M.Schwerdtner

July 3rd, 2006, 06:32 PM

cant wait to see it finished ...

Jose Luis

July 3rd, 2006, 07:01 PM

sweet project!

crossbowman

July 3rd, 2006, 07:26 PM

i don't get it...
How many buildings are being built?

macpolo

July 3rd, 2006, 07:32 PM

10 maybe more at the same time

its a huge project

crossbowman

July 3rd, 2006, 07:38 PM

thanx macpolo :)
Estimated occupants?

macpolo

July 3rd, 2006, 07:48 PM

sorry i have no idea

maybe this information can tell u something
http://www.cqbnc.com/english/e-image/e-szzh.jpg

crossbowman

July 3rd, 2006, 07:57 PM

yeah ...i've read it but don't quite understand it!
Anyway it's a huge project so my guess would be LOTS of hundreds! :scouserd:

macpolo

July 3rd, 2006, 07:58 PM

this is a uc pic from 4 months ago
u can see how huge it is
there r 14 cranes
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/macpolo/200652914262283912.jpg

macpolo

July 3rd, 2006, 08:19 PM

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/macpolo/02_G9qHbBPPnYYS.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/macpolo/20065141294356698.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/macpolo/200641415352453612.jpg

european

July 3rd, 2006, 08:20 PM

Amazing project

macpolo

July 7th, 2006, 12:13 PM

UPDATE

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/2006761416536447.jpg

gaoanyu

July 7th, 2006, 11:11 PM

macpolo

July 7th, 2006, 11:31 PM

I don't like the renderings, it has too much English in it. Chongqing is a Chinese city, so I expect more Chinese than English on the buildings. The project is eye-catching though, the tallest building is really nice.
重庆中华新城位于渝中区、高新区、九龙坡区交汇的“黄金三角”地带，紧邻具备国际一流水准的奥林匹克体育中心。周边配套齐全，可乘坐轻轨由解放碑方便快捷地直达，地利之优越和地段商业价值在重庆市可谓首屈一指。整个项目通过高起点的规划、“多元化、开放性、国际化、激情式”的设计指导理念，倾力打造城市的全新地标，宛如一颗璀璨的明珠，镶嵌在这块黄金宝地之上。
重庆中华新城由高尚公寓、超高层甲级写字楼及五星级酒店、超高层酒店式公寓和大型购物中心组成。其中住宅约占18万平方米，超高层甲级写字楼及五星级酒店约占9万平方米，超高层酒店式公寓约占4万平方米，大型购物中心约占18万平方米。在规划中还将建造一座欧洲童话公园，约占2万平方米。另外，国际知名管理公司的加盟将提供更专业、更细致的服务。
重庆中华新城通过统一规划、统一招商、统一经营来提高综合开发品质和水平，旨在创造一个高档的、有序的、集中的商业形态，使其与原有的重庆市商圈相比具有差异性和互补性，提升人们在聚集场所所获体验的品质，缔造位于重要位置、富有竞争力和吸引力、高水准的高档购物中心。
中华新城位于重庆市的黄金区位，而重庆作为西部地区唯一的直辖市以及西南地区政治、经济、文化的中心，随着本部大开发战略的历史性机遇，重庆的产业结构不断的调整，国民经济持续健康稳定的发展，各项经济指标逐年增长，城市化进程加速，其商业投资价值是勿庸置疑的，而且投资回报率也是相对稳定的。所以在项目未作任何失言的时候，就有国际知名的商团前来接洽谈判，伴随不久后国际知名管理公司的加盟，这里必将成为又一个主城区的财富中心。

Jiangwho

July 8th, 2006, 01:01 AM

WOW Huge project.....

macpolo

July 8th, 2006, 01:15 AM

THE DESIGN WAS CHANGED
http://www.cscec5b3.com/newcs/webfile/20060214155547.gif

ZZ-II

July 8th, 2006, 11:23 PM

Nice Tower

Skyscrapercitizen

July 9th, 2006, 12:57 AM

Nice project, typical chinese, following the good Hong Kong example of building towers on a podium.

FM 2258

July 9th, 2006, 03:38 AM

Looks nice.

macpolo

August 5th, 2006, 03:54 PM

update
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/200685148281121.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/2006851429323570.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/2006851494983286.jpg

macpolo

August 5th, 2006, 03:55 PM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/20068514122641027.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/20068514151994658.jpg

macpolo

August 5th, 2006, 04:00 PM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/20068514304043100.jpg

european

August 5th, 2006, 04:18 PM

^^nice updates

tiger

August 6th, 2006, 01:33 AM

Great updates.

runbabyrun

August 7th, 2006, 08:06 AM

aha, my home is nearby. China New Town is located just beside Chongqing Olympic Sports Center. This area is going to be a new multifuctional center of the city.

macpolo

August 20th, 2006, 03:37 PM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/200682020212979716.jpg

european

August 20th, 2006, 04:21 PM

Amazing update.

tiger

August 21st, 2006, 02:21 PM

Very nice.

macpolo

September 22nd, 2006, 03:33 PM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/200692219593996045.jpg

macpolo

September 22nd, 2006, 03:51 PM

there is some big changes about it
the clading,the name~~

and they move the spire
there will be no spire at all
the the height is 220.5m now~

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/200691417571234497.jpg

tiger

October 19th, 2006, 11:31 PM

It has a new name>>>Neo-China Top City,cause the developer has changed..Neo China is a very famous property company

New render

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/pbypUqZXZHNmcw==_6pZo5fydf9Sb.jpg

staff

October 20th, 2006, 02:10 AM

So the official name is Neo China Top City? Still pretty wacky in my opinion. :)
I really like the design though.

macpolo

October 26th, 2006, 06:16 PM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/CQCBD/2006102622362728842.jpg

macpolo

November 9th, 2006, 09:22 AM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/20061182074830553.jpg

macpolo

November 9th, 2006, 09:22 AM

new renders
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/20061182095563875.jpg

macpolo

November 9th, 2006, 09:23 AM

new renders
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/200611820103134692.jpg

macpolo

November 9th, 2006, 09:24 AM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/200611820112873361.jpg

macpolo

November 9th, 2006, 09:24 AM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/200611820112873361.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/200611820152818769.jpg

macpolo

November 9th, 2006, 09:25 AM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/200611820112873361.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/200611820152818769.jpg

LS木糖醇

November 9th, 2006, 10:02 AM

wow
skyscraper

z0rg

November 9th, 2006, 10:32 AM

Nice complex.

z0rg

November 9th, 2006, 10:40 AM

Double

Muse

November 9th, 2006, 11:07 AM

:okay:

Muse

November 9th, 2006, 11:09 AM

Double post too :huh:

Muse

November 9th, 2006, 11:10 AM

wow
skyscraper^^ lol That is theee cutest post I have ever seen on the site! Along with the avatar and signature!

Oh yeah...nice project also. :lol:

Kenwen

November 10th, 2006, 05:06 AM

wow, that mall will be bigger than any mall on earth

macpolo

November 17th, 2006, 05:46 AM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/2006111615325989590.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/2006111616151727952.jpg

xiaoluis

November 17th, 2006, 02:42 PM

it looks so masive!! great .:banana: :banana: :banana:

macpolo

November 17th, 2006, 10:43 PM

in those 2 pix,the tallest is not the main tower,its only 165m total,the main tower is next to it,about 18f now,total 220.5m,no spire at all

macpolo

December 30th, 2006, 08:08 PM

http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/neochina.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/macpolo/neochinacity.jpg

macpolo

January 14th, 2007, 03:49 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/IMG_0566_x18PQK3EVloI.jpg

macpolo

January 14th, 2007, 03:50 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/IMG_0401_XBQ12HIuAl4c.jpg

macpolo

January 14th, 2007, 03:51 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/IMG_0365_zCSe10AZgTfn.jpg

macpolo

January 14th, 2007, 03:53 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/np%20073s_8yceil9lhjy0.jpg

macpolo

January 14th, 2007, 03:54 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/np%20076_XMiPJ7KHdsXK.jpg

macpolo

January 14th, 2007, 04:06 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/np%20065s_cLfUKqDwyeKR.jpg

macpolo

February 22nd, 2007, 10:56 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/np%20068_fVcSJPhlZ9wY.jpg

macpolo

February 22nd, 2007, 10:56 PM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/np%20073s_8yceil9lhjy0.jpg

z0rg

March 31st, 2007, 04:01 AM

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/215.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/5845.jpg

macpolo

June 10th, 2007, 12:43 AM

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070607_c9aa4473e4ecb25c65ddX5Lb1XxasbzQ.jpg

Kailyas

January 28th, 2008, 01:11 PM

nice design

davee08

February 4th, 2008, 08:15 AM

great design and renders are incredible anyone got new updates?

Foglio1986

February 28th, 2008, 11:05 AM

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg133/foglio1986/2007910155137559.jpg

Newest progress:
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg133/foglio1986/20082289191886956.jpg

Foglio1986

February 28th, 2008, 11:08 AM

Newest progress:
http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-2/20082518283419585.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-2/2008251833958934.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-2/20082518333199056.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-2/20082518344941529.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-2/20082518294974691.jpg

Foglio1986

March 2nd, 2008, 02:52 PM

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-3/20083217153455629.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-3/20083217153441414.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-3/20083217153476983.jpg

ZZ-II

March 3rd, 2008, 11:54 PM

another fantastic project for Chongqing!

davee08

March 4th, 2008, 07:46 AM

unbelievable developments in chongqing can't even take a break and yet again releases a world class design of towers typical of a skyscrapercity

LeMoN-SK

March 4th, 2008, 11:59 AM

Quite good looking complex, I would appreciate more shots from bigger distance. :)

macpolo

March 4th, 2008, 01:50 PM

its called neo china top city

BarbaricManchurian

March 4th, 2008, 05:08 PM

Yeah the thread already exists here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341401

(but it's dead so maybe a mod should just move all these posts there instead of just locking it)

z0rg

March 6th, 2008, 02:34 PM

^^ Done!

tiger

March 17th, 2008, 08:32 PM

From Skyscrapers.cn

http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/90807541de3f/x9m8bb2y.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/38156541de3e/hmhuz8hx.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/40992541de3f/6zgsqjij.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/90452541de40/pgr6fkuq.jpg

z0rg

March 18th, 2008, 07:16 PM

^^ I can't believe they have almost completed the cladding of the second tower in less than 3 weeks. Amazing speed!

ZZ-II

March 20th, 2008, 06:12 PM

how tall is the 2nd tower?

z0rg

March 20th, 2008, 10:52 PM

^^ No idea, around 175m I guess.

Mar 21. Pics by tetery.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/20083212194870202.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/20083212231142623.jpg

davee08

March 22nd, 2008, 07:47 AM

absolutely fast developments since i last checked i love this urban skyscraper jungle called chongqing incredible amount of cranes are around so called dubai having 20% of cranes funniest thing i've heard

z0rg

March 27th, 2008, 12:18 AM

Mar 26
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200832618225230615.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200832618233312696.jpg

tiger

April 19th, 2008, 05:16 PM

Updates

http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/9603356cf8d6/pdweczz4.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/8832256cf8d5/5fiiu8xm.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/6996756cf8d5/ok3bij0b.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/1511456cf8d6/q39vgg8k.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/5123656cf8d6/dygkvvsr.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/1948556cf8d5/d6em4tbr.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/8555156cf8d6/bytpu776.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/5262056cf8d5/itulotf0.jpg
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/7271756cf8d5/6hrkqean.jpg

z0rg

May 2nd, 2008, 02:11 AM

May 1
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20085117565886605.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20085117564175174.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20085117553246791.jpg

DarkTennouHito82

May 2nd, 2008, 02:23 AM

Wow amazing buildings. Nice and simple design.

And they work really fast, unbelieveable.

z0rg

May 5th, 2008, 07:54 PM

The cladding of the main tower is coming at last.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/2008552002659252.jpg

z0rg

May 19th, 2008, 07:37 PM

May 18.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/63rgbbcs.jpg

z0rg

May 19th, 2008, 07:52 PM

Posted by 雾都崽儿 today. Neo China Top City, the cladding is so serious. Looks far better than the greenish glass we saw in previous models.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/lcy5691a.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/413sksvh.jpg

Foglio1986

May 25th, 2008, 09:40 AM

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/foglio2009/891471.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/foglio2009/5175.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/foglio2009/489020.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/foglio2009/29957.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/foglio2009/184647.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/foglio2009/642207.jpg

z0rg

June 2nd, 2008, 12:38 AM

May 30 by weilin86
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200853017574097927.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20085301835562718.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200853017594281240.jpg

Ekumenopolis

June 2nd, 2008, 12:57 AM

Massive! They looks higher than actually are, great twins.

Foglio1986

June 6th, 2008, 08:06 AM

June 6 / From classic023.com
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/8742/cqhz7.jpg

z0rg

June 19th, 2008, 03:22 AM

June 18 by weilin86
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200861819215873573.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200861819215866116.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200861819211921919.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200861819173485980.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200861819173466157.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200861819173451242.jpg

Foglio1986

June 29th, 2008, 08:58 PM

June 29 - By 做你的男人
http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/4/6/29/foglio/f_1m_6d2d1b7.jpg

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/4/6/29/foglio/f_2m_05d1a3d.jpg

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/6/29/foglio/f_3m_a5567b0.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-6/200862922114582359.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-6/20086292214521056.jpg

http://bbs.classic023.com/UploadFile/2008-6/200862922203115363.jpg

bonivison

June 30th, 2008, 02:53 PM

How many skyscrapers will Chongqing build
Just amazing!

z0rg

July 10th, 2008, 06:35 PM

More of Neo China Top City
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/2008770174521179.jpg

by 海盗猫
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20087918322857223.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20087913432826060.jpg

Sentient Seas

July 10th, 2008, 07:48 PM

This project is brilliantly concieved. The way it feeds into the mass transit is ingenious. Perhaps more cities will look into centralizing a hub like this. And such progress has occured since I last looked into this, I look forward to seeing more...

Foglio1986

July 11th, 2008, 08:30 AM

July 11 - From classic023.com
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2607/200871112104754079ms6.jpg

Foglio1986

July 14th, 2008, 07:19 AM

July 14 - By winster
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/foglio23/2-2.jpg

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/foglio23/3-3.jpg

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/foglio23/4-2.jpg

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/foglio23/5-2.jpg

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/foglio23/6-1.jpg

ZZ-II

July 14th, 2008, 11:08 PM

completed soon, another tower for ROT :)

z0rg

July 26th, 2008, 03:39 PM

By 雾都崽儿
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/5416v9ea.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/0b0v5tb2.jpg

Foglio1986

September 5th, 2008, 08:06 PM

From classic023.com
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/foglio23/ltwpycsa.jpg

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/foglio23/22y1ltg2.jpg

z0rg

September 28th, 2008, 12:03 PM

September 28
http://pic.yupoo.com/snailboy/624626428cf7/fawl5tgn.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/20080928_b0b73f366dd5651e57eaJKzvv4.jpg

SilentStrike

September 28th, 2008, 02:11 PM

YAY! very nice tower!!

Is it all for Sheraton or are there offices below?

SilentStrike

September 28th, 2008, 02:12 PM

YAY! very nice tower!!

Is it all for Sheraton or are there offices below?

z0rg

October 26th, 2008, 07:48 PM

September 26th by 了年
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081026_19809ec12be99b99e20f0AOcqy.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081026_f6ef7d406b4bd5c9c764T20lSY.jpg

foxmulder_ms

October 27th, 2008, 06:55 AM

Thanks for the update. Wish to see more pictures of it. Very nice buildings.

velut arbor aevo

October 27th, 2008, 07:00 AM

I wish this tower is built in my city

z0rg

November 13th, 2008, 07:27 PM

Posted by fmy
http://www.gaoloumi.com/attachments/forumid_29/20081112_515a5e4f4b2407b131bcGWnS4KbttWBP.jpg

z0rg

December 7th, 2008, 12:26 AM

By 达历山德罗
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081205_c521bff474af0373cdfeelOX9e.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081205_c6b3fd6a72a333b2f9deudZ91h.jpg

SilentStrike

December 7th, 2008, 12:42 PM

beautiful!

isnt there another sheraton u/c already in CQ though? the twin with gold cladding?

stewartrama

December 8th, 2008, 02:06 AM

ug-ly. Look at everything around it. It is so out of proportion

zergcerebrates

December 8th, 2008, 03:42 AM

^ So a building that is taller than anything around it makes it ugly? So I suppose Taipei 101, Burj Dubai are considered ugly since all their surroundings are incredibly shorter? To judge a building if its beautiful or not one has to look at its design and not its surroudning. If you put surrounding into the equation then its the skyline that comes into question. I think this building fits just fine, besides its going to be topped by other buildings around less than 10yrs, Chongqing just keeps booming.