Sunday, February 26, 2012

Shanghai - Cloudy Day in February

 An artist at a park near downtown
Right off the most fashionable street in town is a neighborhood that hasn't been torn down -- yet.  I love these quaint neighborhoods that are being demolished at an alarming rate.
More of the same neighborhood in the French Concession quarter of Shanghai.
More of the quaint neighborhood, with new modern architecture hovering above it.
It's February...no leaves on the trees.
A gaggle of girls in fashionable black walk through the Xin Tian Di area of Shanghai.
The painter has acquired an audience. The fountain in the park makes the gloomy day seem a little brighter (to me anyway).
A restored building in Xin Tian Di area of Shanghai. Xin Tian Di is pronounced SHEEN-tee-en-DEE and means "new heaven and earth," a common place name in the Middle Kingdom.
Another view of the park.
Another view of the area.

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