Let me just post some photos I took on the Wujiang Road 吴江路 when ICS was busy shooting me with a camera.
Where is Wujiang Road
Wujiang Road is just at the exit of Metro Line #2, Nanjing West Road Station (formerly Shimen Yi Road Station). It is famous for its cheap and nice eatery. Recently, it is renovated to another Xintiandi (which I don't like at all).
If you want to be there, just take Metro and exit at Exit 3 of Nanjing West Road Station of Metro #2.
Photos
I hope these photos can give you a sense of what downtown Shanghai typically look like during a normal Saturday afternoon.
Below: Building at 171 Taixing Road. It is built in 1925 - the 10 years of golden time for Shanghai.
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
The detail of the decor on the building.
Below: This stainless steel pole is a typical sign to tell all vehicles that it is a pedestrian only street.
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
Here are more of it:
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
Bike at the plate of a statue.
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
This is the statue:
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
I love this one: Bread Papa. Randy brought me the first one and I started to love it ever since.
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
Here is the Metro Exit. Now people do have more time, money and needs to turn the stair into a piece of art.
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
As in any newly built street, the dust bin are classified:
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
Old Wujiang Road
In this image, if you see it carefully, on the other side of the road, there are some lower houses with red roof. That is also Wujiang Road, the older section.
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
The bad news for me (or good news for others) is, they are going to turn that unique lovely place into the unified, internationalized street like this:
Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang
My Two Cents
If you have a chance, go visit the remaining part of the Wujiang Road and the newly built Wujiang Road. Do the comparison and tell us what do you like.
If you ask me, my short answer is, they are turning a Xiang Yang Market into a Parkson Shopping Center.
by Jian Shuo Wang on September 1, 2008 under Attractions
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