The Cathay Theatre, a historic Art Deco cinema still operating at Huaihai Zhong Lu and Shaanxi Nan Lu - opened in 1932, with 1,080 seats on one main floor, in 2003 it was divided into a 3 screen theatre with no original internal decor remaining visible despite municipal preservation status

A man reading the posted newspapers inside "Cité Bourgogne", a lilong of Shikumen housing built in 1930, along Jianguo Zhong Lu

Traffic underneath East Yan'an Elevated Rd at Central Xizang Rd, right next to People's Square

New and old in Shanghai, along Guangdong Lu in the old International Settlement, a few blocks away from the Bund

Flowering tree and parked bicylces along Huating Lu near Changshu Lu Station

A characterful small lane in one of the few relatively intact older districts of Hangzhou

A group of early 20th century buildings at Siweili Lane, these have been recognized by the city as historically important and there's a plaque - these are called a transitional style between more traditional forms and modern forms

Hangzhou's new "CBD" (Central Business District).... for some reason, the Chinese are still building CBD's a good 20 years after they were thoroughly discredited in North America

The main waiting hall of Shanghai's South Railway Station (上海南站) with an incredible circular roof with almost no supporting columns - it's more impressive than an airport terminal!

Back in behind a large renovation/home improvement market off Tianlin Lu - I guess all these canopies are just to keep cars out of the sun?