War is a universal wrench for fixing the failing state, an opportunity to massively bury the extras, shamelessly elevate the useful and totally…
A rare view of Chaohui Guildhall 潮惠会馆 (known to the westerners as Swatow Opium Guild), founded in 1839 by the natives of Chaoyang and Huizhou…
Back in the 1910s, to showcase new and future buildings, Shanghai newspapers printed architectural drawings. Here are three excellent examples, found…
Qiaojia Road. Drawing by Lily Ng, from the Drawing Shanghai group. Reference: https://toniski.livejournal.com/ For over a year now, a…
I don't know the exact location of this gated alley photographed in 1909 by Thomas C. Chamberlin, but carved ornaments in the corners under…
In an age of demolishing public housing and replacing it with shiny new carbon-hungry developments in the name of “regeneration”,…
