Shanghai Sightseeing III: Streets, Markets, Gardens

And here’s a collection of other areas we visited in Shanghai.

Streets

br_041023_333: One of the many often-mentioned Art Deco buildings scattered between Old Town and Hungpu districts. And one of the nicer ones. I must admit that this cold grey kind of implementing Art Deco did not touch my soul. Days later I was explained and shown that Art Deco could also materialize itself in modern glass buildings and does have the capability to look nice. Continue reading Sightseeing III: Streets, Markets, Gardens →

This page is dedicated to the areas of Shanghai, which belong to the series “See them before they cease to exist.” These tiny, dirty, smelly streets of Shanghai’s Old Town are in danger of having to give way to future construction projects with most likely modern glass palasts rising higher and higher in the smoggy air. Continue reading Sightseeing II: …before they cease to exist →