View from the stairway of my language school in an old compound in the French Concession at Xinle Lu and Shanxi Nan Lu, near South Shanxi Rd Station

View from the stairway of my language school in an old compound in the French Concession at Xinle Lu and Shanxi Nan Lu, near South Shanxi Rd Station

Checking out housing ads in front of an apartment agent

Luwan district stadium/community sports centre off Central Jianguo Rd

Watching a construction site, south of Taikang Lu on a pedestrian overpass over Zhaojiabang Lu

Taipingqiao Park - a recent park next to (and directly related to) the Xintiandi development, French Concession

Get your clothes mended or altered on a proper old sewing machine, on the sidewalk right in from of a supermarket on Caodong Lu

Moving home by bicycle, or maybe he just robbed some place? The policeman doesn't seem to mind. Xiangyang Lu at Huaihai Lu, French Concession

Covered bicycle/moped/scooter parking between two buildings on Caoxi Lu near Caobao Lu

Tricycle rickshaw ride through the tight lanes of old Suzhou

Sinopec gas station on Fuxing Lu, directly adjacent to apartments on 3 sides