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One of the few historic buildings remaining on Fuzhou Road is the old Wang Yue Tai Teahouse 汪裕泰. The top photo is from before 1918; it was published in the American Messenger.



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The site of Mayar Silk Factory 美亚线绸厂, 22 North Shandong Road (山东北路22弄吉祥里), c. 1930 and 2020.


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1939:



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This selection or 130 "then and now" images of Shanghai is extremely low-res, but still quite enjoyable: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dF-_AFTgD2kHsDWZ-waeog

One of the ugliest modifications is this corner of Fuzhou and Shandong Roads, where the Tai Woo Dispensary 太和大药房 used to be:

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