urbanism – landscape – ideas – theory – whimsy

PaD Shanghai: 123

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One of entrances/exits to Hengshan Lu subway station on Line 1 (Red Line) with an almost matching entrance to a tea house next to it, French Concession

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PaD Shanghai: 122

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Someone's acccusation against the symphony orchestra destroying historical buildings - painted on a wall along the edge of a largely empty piece of land along Fuxing Lu (presumably after demolition) - for some reason half the land is covered in tennis courts, a bit strange in ultra-dense Shanghai - not sure of any specifics about this dispute though

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PaD Shanghai: 121

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A lilong lane off Baoqing Lu near the start of Hengshan Lu - a very good (and very popular) small Cantonese restaurant is down this lane, as well as a couple of stores - otherwise it's all a residential district

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PaD Shanghai: 120

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On a bridge over a canal intersecting Tianlin Lu, the repetition of huge identical apartment buildings is always a little bit spooky

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PaD Shanghai: 119

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Some sort of big meeting with speeches in the entry courtyard below my language school - sounded like a bunch of bullshit with lots of fake clapping

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PaD Shanghai: 118

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A curious little corner of a large renovation/home improvement market off Tianlin Lu, the large vacant lots seem to be used for parking, and yes, the speed limit sign for the corner seems to read 5kph!

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PaD Shanghai: 117

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Putting his feet up, inside "Cité Bourgogne", a lilong of Shikumen housing built in 1930, along Jianguo Zhong Lu

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PaD Shanghai: 116

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A less polished and touristy lane in Qibao old town, in suburbs of Shanghai, it's an old village swallowed up by the city and is a short walk from a subway station on Line 9

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PaD Shanghai: 115

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A building entrance inside a lilong district

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PaD Shanghai: 114

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The spire of the former Palace of Sino-Soviet Friendship (now Shanghai Exhibition Centre) poking up behind some local buildings along Tongren Road near West Nanjing Road

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