This will be one of several posts of photos from Shanghai capturing a bit of the
diversity that can be found there. The following scenes are presented in the order I encountered them during a winding walk last week in
Xuhui district (
map). The walk from Tianyaoqiao Road to southeast of Shanghai Stadium covered just a small part of Xuhui and does not include a number of regions such as a portion of the
former French Concession or the contrasting residential areas near the Shanghai South Railway Station. It began near a popular shopping district with several malls and department stores, but I will share more "ordinary" street scenes instead.
And my choice of this region is not random. The first few scenes are just minutes away by foot from where I previously lived for several years.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IkYDgRbssZI/T_AzVLXf4jI/AAAAAAAAC_I/3c7BplMcMOw/s640/shanghai-tianyaoqiao-wall-street.jpg) |
A new outlet for the Wall Street English school |
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xJSVSkHlMu0/T_AzV-Y0svI/AAAAAAAAC_U/ijT2DAj-uz8/s640/shanghai-spanish-restaurant.jpg) |
There certainly was not a Spanish Restaurant around when I first moved to this area. |
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_CjgMJHgHBU/T_AzU6RthCI/AAAAAAAAC_E/oZgahe0ScfQ/s640/shanghai-spicy-soup.jpg) |
Years ago I would sometimes come here for a spicy soup. |
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B8eTK_ASo-8/T_Azh40YruI/AAAAAAAAC_k/yhMCbtFC6LE/s640/shanghai-taiwanese-taro.jpg) |
A new Taiwanese dessert restaurant |
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SNQC0Jo2XJw/T_AzXZUXDhI/AAAAAAAAC_c/jMPbBARa1p8/s640/shanghai-lingling-road.jpg) |
Just a few more blocks from my old home |
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-so_iusq0nPQ/T_AzTLSEGyI/AAAAAAAAC-4/uGh3TUmYpfk/s640/shanghai-xujiahui-1.jpg) |
Farther away south of Lingling Road |
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kw84sbVKpPY/T_AzPTX8g_I/AAAAAAAAC-g/fBsfaTV_luc/s640/shanghai-xujiahui-demolition.jpg) |
I had suspected that the fascinating local market once here would not exist much longer. |
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