This alley, once called 陈士安桥, is now nameless, nothing more than a gap between a new shopping mall and a parking lot:
If you find yourself at this spot in our days, your attention is immediately drawn in the opposite direction, where ginormous faux-historic facades of the Yuyuan Bazaar beckon the tourists. But back in 1948, nothing was there to spike the interest of the photographer – in spite of the favorable western light – so he pointed his camera in the southern direction, down the narrow cobblestone alley with laundry strung overhead...
Earlier posts:
Jack Birns on Dajing Road / Luxiangyuan Road.
Jack Birns in the Yu Garden.
