When did arcade houses began to appear on Rue du Consulat (today's East Jinling Road / 金陵东路)? Why were so many houses on this particular street built in this fashion? Modern sources lean toward the version that Chinese immigrant merchants wished their commercial buildings to be in a "house-on-stilts" style, popular in the rainy south. But documents ( Read more... )

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I don't know the blocks along Jingling Lu (Rue de Consulat in the old French Concession) very well, and looks like I'll never get to know them. The whole south side of Jingling Lu is getting demolished. What a shame. This street has the most unique street face in all of Shanghai, with those houses "on stilts." Although, the collonnades, or their ( Read more... )

Arcade houses rescued from wrecking ball - Shanghai Daily

By Yang Jian | May 20, 2015, Wednesday |
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