Hidden Histories: The Shanghai Shanty

By Tina Kanagaratnam | August 27th, 2021 | Architecture, Buildings, Concession Era, Lilong, Mao Period, Old Town, Shanghai Shanty, Shanty | 0 Comment

It’s not often that a shanty stops you in your tracks--in a good way!--but this one did. This little house, clinging to a lane wall in the old Chinese city, defies the usual definition of a shanty: that is, a haphazard illegal structure on the edge of a city. You enter via an Art Deco gateway in the heart of ...