Glimpses of the disappearing Guangqi Road
It is painfully hard to reduce the fantastically rich photo documentation that emerges from our friends’ urban explorations, which help record and illustrate the vanishing landscape of Shanghai’s Old Town. Today’s featured architecture is the two mansions of the Suzhou merchant Yang Shousheng 杨寿生 in the old town’s northeast quarter. One building is a sprawling shikumen courtyard, the other an eclectic villa, very close to each other; neither appears to be intended for the heritage preservation.
Shikumen courtyard at 55 Guangqi Road 光启路55号.
Villa, No. 2 Lane 22 Huacao Lane 花草弄22弄2号.
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