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Below is a selection of aerial views of the old town. Historic photographs of individual buildings and streets can be explored on PastVu.
Historic
Historic
View of the northeastern quarter of the old town, the Bund and Huangpu River (1930s), shot by Wulf-Diether Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen. Spaarnestad.
Aerial bombing of Nanshi in 1937. Shanghai Municipal Archive.
View toward the river in 1937, with Minkuo Road 民国路 (now Renmin Road) seen at the bottom. The old town territory is everything on the right. Harrison Forman. AGSL Collections, UWM.
View southeast from the Racecourse toward the old town (1937). Spaarnestad.
Annotated view southeast from the Racecourse toward the old town (1937). Spaarnestad.
View toward the Bund over the northern half of the old town; Fangbang Road is seen at the bottom edge of the shot (1946). Google Cultural Institute.
View toward the Bund over the northern half of the old town (1940s). The damage from the aerial bombing, artillery fire and subsequent conflagrations is seen in the lower right corner, corresponding to today's Guangqi Road, Henan Road, Sipailou Road, Xueyuan Road. Artron.
Contemporary
Contemporary
View northeast toward East Fuxing Road 复兴东路 (2011).
Southeast quarter of the old town (left) and redeveloped extramural area (right) (2013).
Southeast quarter of the old town, view north, Guangqi Road 光启路 (2013).
Southeast quarter of the old town, Guangqi Road 光启路 and Ninghe Road 凝和路 (2013).
Northwest quarter of the old town, view toward south, Luxiangyuan Road 露香园路 and vicinity (2013).
Southeast quarter, view toward northwest, Meijia Street 梅家街 and Yaoju Lane 药局弄 (2015).
Northwest quarter of the old town; view toward southwest, Jinjiafang 金家坊 and vicinity (2016).
Intersection of Jinjiafang 金家坊 and Honglangan Street 红栏杆街 (2016).
Northeast quarter, Wangyima Lanes 王医马弄 (foreground) and Yuyuan 豫园 bazaar (2016).
Northeast quarter, East Fangbang Road 方浜东路 and Wangyima Lanes 王医马弄 (2016).
Southeast quarter, view toward northeast (2016).
Southwest quarter, view toward northwest (2016).
View east from a high-rise close to Meixi Lane 梅溪弄 (2017).
Ninghe Road 凝和路 market at night (2017).
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