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Posts from This Journal “old town” Tag

• City walls: Lucca vs. Shanghai

  I am now staying in Lucca that has its city wall still preserved. This wall compares to the extinct wall around Shanghai in many respects: - same…

• Three jiaoquan houses in Shanghai

  This article on jiaoquan houses 绞圈房子 mentions that three such houses still survive in downtown Shanghai. The article focuses on a house in Zhoupu…

• When in doubt, flip it!

  When I tried to map one of the few existing photos of the Watchtower 警钟楼 at the Little East Gate 小南门, I could not make it feel right. Then I flipped…