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Sixth Tone on Laoximen (article)
A good article on Laoximen in Sixth Tone, accompanied by this beautiful personalized map illustrating generational ties to this neighborhood:
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Why isn't Shanghai's old town a heritage site?
Historic Pok Fu Lam village in Hong Kong is on the World Heritage List, along with Venice. The settlement is about 150 years old and has only one recognized historic complex, the rest being shanties made from metal sheets. It is undeniable though, that in its entirety Pok Fu Lam is a unique environment worth every effort to preserve ( Read more... ) -
#106 Shanghai Architecture Series: Grace Church at Laoximen
Hurray for the 19th-century Protestant missionaries and their perceptive eye turned on Shanghai! It took me years to grasp the full range of foreign missions in the walled city and find their (ever-shifting) locations. This intriguing church 天恩堂 was rewarding to research - simply because it still stands in its place, having been first built as an ( Read more... ) -
A Baptist chapel in the old town (1886)
'Yesterday in the Chinese City near the west gate, there took a place an interesting Christian ceremony which it may be pleasing to many of your readers to hear of.'
This slightly convoluted sentence begins an article in the NCDN, in September 1886, that describes the dedication of a new Baptist chapel in the old town (probably, the Seventh Day ( Read more... )
