A new Holiday Inn along the sea coast in suburban Shanghai, near Da Shui Lake in Nan Hui (南汇) district on land fill where they're enclosing former salt marshes and wetlands for future development

Women playing cards in the entrance to Caobao Lu subway station

Gates to front gardens of housing along Xinle Lu in French Concession - the ground floors are being used for retail but they have to find ways to attract customer's attention when the setback is so large

A small street behind Yu Garden, Old Town, Shanghai

View from cafe in the grand former HSBC building on the Bund along the Huangpu River

Taikang Lu in the French Concession an "art center" area in a warren of longtang/lilong alleyways with fixed up traditional shikumen ("stone-gate houses") now home to boutiques, art galleries, and chic cafes and restaurants - French Concession

Tiny local market in a laneway off Shanxi Nan Lu near Jianguo Lu

View from 2nd floor of an antique store/cafe on Sinan Lu

Street scene in Zhūjiājiǎo (朱家角) ancient town, a picturesque canal town 30km west of central Shànghǎi

Typical view from a bridge in Zhūjiājiǎo (朱家角) ancient town, a picturesque canal town 30km west of central Shànghǎi