Running parallel to Jianguo road, you’ll find the little sister: Yongjia road. It has a smaller feel to it, with lots of old three storey buildings and some smaller lane housing.

There are a few small roads tracing from Huaihai road to Hengshan road, and ultimately Xujiahui. One of them is Tianping road. It’s quite an up and coming place, where recently several coffeeshops opened, and it is surrounded by architectural heritage and history.

Today, let’s start from our previous walk and venture further east down Jianguo road — it will allow us to experience the eclecticism of traditional Shanghai culture, markets and ramshackle houses, and recently built high-rises. Two traditional…

Walking on Yongfu road — a typical old lane in Shanghai — I bumped into an actual Shikumen style house hidden behind some newly built structures. It seems to be the only one surviving in this neighorhood…