Back in the early 1990s, when I visited the former GDR, there seemed to be a primary strategy for coping with the ubiquitous Communist-era housing blocks: Paint them. However, on a few occasions there’d be a secondary addition, this being a new roof added on top.
The newly unified East Germans also did away with the big oversized propaganda banners — hint, hint.
Meanwhile, wouldn’t a shanty town atop the flat roof be far more indicative of Truck Through City?
CBS News checks out controversial villa on top of Beijing building
There’s no obvious explanation why a wealthy, well-connected Chinese man spent six years building this rooftop villa and “mountain-scape” — all without proper permits.
