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From Mapping Old Shanghai:

Little is known about this fancy shikumen residence on Penglai Road, in the old town. In the 1930s, it was part of a cluster of four similar houses, inhabited by the family of a certain 夏嘉孙. When Henan Road was widened in 1956, this house was the only one left intact. Confronted with the growing traffic channel on one ( Read more... )

A map of Shanghai's old town, c. 1909, grabbed from gallica, cropped and straightened:

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From the Instagram of shikumen:


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