Mapping the old town in 1949
With the kind help of sy-随意, I've been identifying the locations of Jack Birns' photographs in the old town. The intersection of Dajing Road and Luxiangyuan Road was a vibrant marketplace since at least 1927 - until the eviction of the community and near-total destruction of historic housing between 2008 and 2014.
Looking east along Dajing Road, toward the corner of Luxiangyuan Road:
Having gotten to the corner, continuing to look east along Daijing Road:
[Continuing to walk along Dajing Road...]
Having moved a bit further east along Dajing Road:
Looking back to where we came from:
Still further east along Daijing Road, having just passed the intersection with Jiucang Street:
The same buildings in 2010:
The route we have just taken, west to east, or left to right:
Map from Virtual Shanghai.
The corner of Luxiangyuan Road and Dajing Road, looking north, in 2012:
The sky view photo below, looking toward south, was taken in May 2013, and since then almost all of the housing has been depleted:
I wrote about Jiumudi 九亩地 neighborhood and its heart - the Kaimingli 开明里 compound - in English and in Russian.
Looking east along Dajing Road, toward the corner of Luxiangyuan Road:
Having gotten to the corner, continuing to look east along Daijing Road:
[Continuing to walk along Dajing Road...]
Having moved a bit further east along Dajing Road:
Looking back to where we came from:
Still further east along Daijing Road, having just passed the intersection with Jiucang Street:
The same buildings in 2010:
The route we have just taken, west to east, or left to right:
Map from Virtual Shanghai.
The corner of Luxiangyuan Road and Dajing Road, looking north, in 2012:
The sky view photo below, looking toward south, was taken in May 2013, and since then almost all of the housing has been depleted:
I wrote about Jiumudi 九亩地 neighborhood and its heart - the Kaimingli 开明里 compound - in English and in Russian.