For those of us who think visually and geographically better than textually, here is a great map of the French Concession, created ten years ago by Juha Loukola and uploaded to flickr. The map is a handy reference to old and new street names:

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This is an outlet of the chain "Old Auspicious Phoenix" (Lao Feng Xiang). It occupies a cheap and ugly modern building from 1994, that replaced the old Jeweler's Guild/Pearl and Jade Market at No. 28, Houjia Rd:


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I came across some photos of "Luwan district 20 years ago." They show many of Huaihai Road storefronts that were redeveloped in the 1990s and 2000s.


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I was looking for something else, but as it always happens, I came across these interesting images of what Xujiahui was like before my time.


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I was browsing the UWM website, as I often do, and found this photo. The sign for the "C. L. Dance Hall" intrigued me and I tried to identify the location of the shot.


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Been fliping through R. Barz "Sketches of present-day Shanghai" (1935).


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