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Friday, December 18, 2015

Twenty Shanghai Scenes Not Featuring Luxury Malls or Skyscrapers

Despite all of the attention Shanghai receives from the outside world, many aspects of the city's life and environment remain relatively underexposed. As in earlier posts covering areas of Shanghai such as Dachang Town, Xuhui district, and Hongkou, I will share a set of photos to offer a bit more balance. The ones below were taken where my activities brought me in central areas of Shanghai west of the Huangpu River during the past couple of weeks. Like photos of Shanghai's luxury malls and modern skyscrapers, they all capture a part of the city's story.

girl sitting on the basket of a bicycle sculpture
Small park next to Qinghai Road

Shaanxi North Road
Shaanxi North Road

Changping Road
Changping Road

View from an entrance to the underground Hong Kong Shopping Centr
Facing away from an entrance to the underground Hong Kong Shopping Centre

men at Fengian Road in Shanghai
Fengxian Road

person pulling wheeled luggage at a lane south of Nanjing West Road
Lane south of Nanjing West Road

Lane north of Tianshan Road
Lane north of Tianshan Road

man wearing hat selling sweet potatoes from a tricycle cart at intersection of Shaanxi North Road and Xinhui Road
Sweet potatoes for sale at intersection of Shaanxi North Road and Xinhui Road

little girl wearing a bear-themed coat
A small bear

Construction site next to Puji Road and Guangfu Road in Shanghai
Construction site next to Puji Road and Guangfu Road

vehicles passing the Hongxin Fashion Plaza in Shanghai
Hongxin Fashion Plaza

elderly woman with white dog sitting next to a statue of a woman riding a bicycle at the Wujiang Road Pedestrian Street
Wujiang Road Pedestrian Street

Qipu Lu in front of the Xingwang International Finery City (上海兴旺国际服饰城)
Qipu Road next to the Shanghai Xingwang International Finery City

baby in stroller in front of a shop at the Xingwang International Finery City
In front of a shop at the Xingwang International Finery City

two young men walking front of the Shanghai Railway Station
Shanghai Railway Station

Young woman wearing a "YANKEE LOVES SUGAR" coat with Old Navy in the background in Shanghai
Crossing Huashan Road

Looking out a window at a restaurant on Jiaozhou Road
Window at a wine bar & bistro on Jiaozhou Road

restaurants on Shaanxi North Road just south of Xinhui Road in Shanghai
Restaurants on Shaanxi North Road just south of Xinhui Road

In front of the Tianshan Commercial Building
In front of the Tianshan Commercial Building

man sitting next to road reading a book with a bicycle tire pump nearby
Julu Road

1 comment:

  1. Oh now you made me very nostalgic for my time in China..

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