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A nightly street scene in Shanghai's Hongkou District.
Harbin Rd. (哈尔滨路), between Hailun Rd. (海伦路) and Jiaxing Rd. (嘉兴路).
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Mid level in one of the smaller side lobbies of this shopping mall.
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The IFC twin towers and the Shanghai Tower as seen from the footbridge around the Lujiazui roundabout.
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An upwards view between the 3 supertalls in Lujiazui.
Left to right:
Jin Mao Tower 金茂大厦,
SWFC 上海环球金融中心,
Shanghai Center 上海中心大厦 (aka Shanghai Tower).
The world's only group of three supertalls.
😁 I must have a gazillion of these shots, but the view is fascinating...
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外白渡桥 - "Inside" view...
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凌空SOHO is a business centre in Shanghai's Changning District, featuring great lines.
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Not everywhere Shanghai is modern, bright and shiny...
This is a 180° panorama of Kongjia Nong (Kongjia Alley, 孔家弄), one of the many narrow alleys that make up the core of the old Shanghai.
This area around Laoximen (老西门) has it's own charm, though I recommend to visit it only if you are good at orientation without any maps, because many of these tiny alleys are not even on the Chinese maps - and it's a maze.
Unfortunately much of this will fall victim to urban redevelopment in the very near future.
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Small and cute figurines, about 5 cm (2 inches) tall. Shop display in Tianzifang.
Tianzifang (Chin: 田子坊): this is an area of small narrow alleys or "nong" (弄) which has been redeveloped and now features arts shops, restaurants and bars and also enough souvenir shops to make it a one-stop shopping location on the hunt for the "typical" Chinese souvenir. Get hungry while souvenir hunting? 10 different countries feature their respective national cuisine...
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Candles in the Zen Buddhist temple (菩提禅寺) in Anting.
Anting is a town far in the outskirts of Shanghai, nearly in neighbouring Jiangsu Province. The home town of Shanghai Volkswagen.
(Another shot from the archives 😁)
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A small side lobby in the eastern part of the Shanghai IFC Mall, a rather upscale shopping mall in the Lujiazui financial district.
The "Hongkou" location name assigned by flickr maps is pretty wrong, btw.
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On the left is the twin tower "Shanghai IFC" complex, center the Oriental Pearl Tower and on the right the Bank of China Tower.
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Green illuminated plane trees on Xinhua Rd.
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View from the Rainbow Bridge towards the Bund.
Appropriate Chinese Music:
Shanghai Tan sung by Andy Lau.
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The SWFC (left) and the Shanghai Center framed by the structures at the main entrance to the Grand Hyatt hotel in the Jin Mao Tower.
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At the Jing'an Kerry Centre (静安嘉里中心).
Here's a tighter set day shot of these fountains.
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Exterior night view of Shanghai Hesheng International Plaza (上海合生国际广场), aka "Hopson One" (合生汇), a shopping mall located on the rather futuristic designed Wujiaochang square.
Here is an inside view up the rear lobby.
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The atrium of the Daimaru Mall, a shopping mall on Nanjing Road - with "spiral" escalators on both ends of the atrium.
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Bulk carrier "Hengli 9" (恒力9, IMO 9707089) moving downstream on the Huangpu River in Shanghai. In the left background the buildings of Shiliupu (Click here for a night view of these buildings).
Taken from the Bund, looking south.
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广西路 is a food street off the famous Nanjing East Road pedestrians zone.
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Looking up along the big escalator in the main lobby of the IAPM shopping mall on Huaihai Rd.
I never understood if there's any meaning in these bulging things in the ceiling structures. Bubbles? Mammatus clouds?
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A winter sunrise behind the famous Pudong skyline.
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Shanghai's main tourist trap revisited. The Yu Yuan area is Shanghai's "China cliche" area. Beautifully illuminated real (and many fake) historic buildings. Crowded at all times....
"Tourist Trap": This area around the historic Yu Garden (豫园 Yu Yuan) and the City God Temple (城隍庙 Chenghuangmiao) is made up as a souvenir shopping district especially for tourists.
Apart from the 450 years old Yu Garden itself and the City God Temple the 3 main attractions are the Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (湖心亭), the Nine Bends Bridge (九曲桥 Jiuqu Qiao) and the Lü Bo Lang Restaurant (绿波廊, remark: you can get really excellent fried snake there...😋) - the latter also serves as venue for state dinners, e.g. during the 2001 APEC summit Bill Clinton was invited there.
The Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (left center, with the staircase towards the lake) is located in the center of a small lake and can only be reached via the Nine Bends Bridge - the name of the Teahouse means (literally translated): "Lake Heart Pavillion".
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In the Jing'an Kerry Centre Mall (静安嘉里中心).
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West lobby of the IAPM mall, upper floors.
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Yuck! An abattoir? Read on!
Well, actually the "1933" complex is the fomer Municipal Slaughterhouse from colonial times. Built in 1933 out of reinforced concrete by British architect C.H. Stableford in cooperation with others.
After an intermediate career as medicine factory, and much disrepair and decay, now the building is restored as an arts and restaurant center. And here you can see the roof of this building.
Located in Hongkou, No. 10 Shajing Road (上海1933老场坊，虹口区沙泾路10号)
It's a complex structure featuring an outer building in an about square footprint and an inner round core building, multiple levels, all interconnected by an amazing maze of spiral and straight staircases, ramps and walkways.
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Shanghai Auto Show 2015 - a near forgotten shot from the archives.
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Semi-outdoor bar at the Shanghai Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel (上海波特曼丽思卡尔顿酒店 Shànghǎi bō tè màn lì sī kǎ'ěr dùn jiǔdiàn). Maison Camus was named and operated by a French Cognac brand.
The Maison Camus does not exist anymore... - the Shanghai Centre (上海商城), of which the Portman is the main tenant, is/was undergoing renovation.
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Reflections of buildings in the lake of Xujiahui Park, looking west.
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Metro City (美罗城) on the left with its iconic glass ball facade and Taipingyang Digital Plaza (Phase II, 太平洋数码二期) are / were two iconic buildings in the Xujiahui shopping area.
And why "were" above?
Answer: The right building, Taipingyang Digital Plaza Phase II, has been demolished in 2016 and is gone now. Therefore this shot has some historical value 😇.
Also: this was taken from the grand staircase of the Grand Gateway Mall - in the meanwhile that staircase was also removed and is replaced by a massive lobby structure.
Several long exposures combined into one image, due to the time the shot was taken traffic was not that busy...
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Shanghai - Exhibition Center. Built after the revolution with Russian help (one can see this from the architectural style). Located on Yan'An Road. Used for art exhibitions. Trade fairs are held at the new Pudong Exhibition Center (aka EXPO center, though it has nothing to do with the EXPO 2010).
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The K11 tower, formerly known as "Hong Kong New World Plaza" (香港新世界广场).
An office tower with shopping mall located on Central Huaihai Road No. 300 in Shanghai. Also known as "Hong Kong New World Towers". Roof height 242 m, twin double spires reach up to 278 m.
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Shanghai Xupu Bridge (徐浦大桥) the southernmost of Shanghai's huge bridges. A mini-panorama stitched from 2 shots, taken from the balcony of the apartment I was living at that time. The distance to the bridge is roughly 6,000 metres.
This shot would be impossible to do nowadays (2024), as more highrise apartment towers have been built in the line of sight during the past 19 years - these buildings block the view of the entire bridge, just the tops of the pylons could be seen.
Quite obviously another reactivated old shot, added some PP before republishing.
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Shanghai. 28 09 2019
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Fabrizio Massetti.
An over 360° panoramic view from the Lujiazui elevated walkway.
Featuring the Shanghai IFC, Pearl Tower, Bank of China and the three supertalls.
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As seen from the hotel bar of the Park Hyatt hotel, with the Jin Mao Tower in front - but the Pearl of the Orient Tower is already nearly gone in the thick air...
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The rear of an Acura NSX as seen on the Shanghai Auto Show 2015.
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Another "reactivated" archive shot.
Fangbang Road (方浜路) is a narrow road in Huangpu District. Parts of the street in the vicinity of Yu Yuan are developed for tourism as "Shanghai Old Street" (上海老街). These parts start behind this gate (east), at the intersection of Central Fangbang Road and Henan South Road (河南南路).
The picture was taken in 2005 and the abundance of bicycles in the picture seems to fulfill a China-stereotype. Actually the road was crowded with cars - check the parallel shot in the albums. You have to wait some time to shoot the "expected" image...
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The crowd at the corner of Beijing Road and Sichuan Road - all coming back from the Bund. That tank truck is plain stuck between all the pedestrians.
In the backgound the Pearl of the Orient TV tower.
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The largest sphere of the Pearl of the Orient Tower.
The tower features in total 11 spheres in various sizes. The biggest sphere is 50 meters in diameter with an open air observation deck 90 meters above ground level.
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Car ferry 兴信 (Xing Xin) crossing the Yangzi River towards Chongming Island. These Ferries are quite slow, about 20 km/h (11 knots) only.
Click here to see a high speed ferry on the same route.
Taken while doing a dead cheap 2-hour Yangzi River cruise using one of these slow ferries (total cost, ferry only: 24 CNY, about 3 EUR or 3.50 USD) with the purpose to take some ship photos on the way.
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Aka the "Russian House". The Shanghai Exhibition Center (上海展览中心) was built after the revolution with Russian help (one can see this from the architectural style).
Located on Yan'an Road. Used for art exhibitions.
Trade fairs are held at the new Pudong Exhibition Center (aka EXPO center, though it has nothing to do with the EXPO 2010) or the new National Exhibition Center near Hongqiao Airport.
Photo taken from a car while driving on Yan'an Elevated Road.
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Taken on the Bund promenade, with Customs House and the former Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation headquarters building in the background.
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