Some guys hanging around in what seems to be a storage locker along Fanyu Lu south of Huaihai Xi Lu - the chalk on the left says something like "Firecracker wholesale station", and the sign on the right says "Guarantee Social Security"… whatever that means…. just a nice place to read the newspaper maybe

One of the last remaining strips of older buildings near the end of Huaihai Xi Lu

Interior of Shanghai Sculpture Space, a former industrial building adaptively reused for gallery space, sculpture display and offices for creative industries, at Red Town, a "creative park"/centre/zone near the end of Huaihai Xi Lu and Hongqiao Lu

Traditional French Concession street buildings along Xinle Lu - street level has been opened up as retail space (in this case fashion boutiques) with residences and other existing uses remaining above

A little taste of England in Shanghai: Thames Town, Songjiang District, Shanghai - a small suburban "new town" designed to resemble an English town - this is the town centre which has the most authentic feeling - on the commercial and retail side it is not a great success and almost entirely caters to wedding photography and is full of empty stores; here they were filming something and are just cleaning up

An unfortunate person asking for "donations" along Fuxing Lu - in front of him is a long personal story written in chalk on the sidewalk to elicit sympathy

Personal story written in chalk on the sidewalk to elicit "donations" for an unfortunate person… on Huaihai Lu near Donghu Lu

Cyclists, mopeds and scooters waiting for the traffic lights to change at Nanjing Xi Lu and Changde Lu near Jing'an Temple

Inside one of the arms of the Grand Gateway Mall at Xujiahui - hmm I guess it could almost be anywhere!

Grabbing a quick lunch along Yanqing Lu - this scene is quite common, but I've no idea why the chairs have to be so small! Are the regulars children?

Sometimes Shanghai is really weird... from the steps of the Grand Gateway Mall at Xujiahui, which has a subway station along Line 1 and is a major sub-centre, especially for shopping, with malls all around the intersection - the glass ball doesn't really serve any purpose, but I guess makes the Metro City mall stand out... not exactly tasteful though