Coming Down Alert – Wayside and Wetmore

A bit of demolition down in Yangpu (Yangtszepoo) district – nothing new there as nothing whatsoever is even under the mock preservation orders that exist in other districts. This time a not particularly outstanding corner but a part of the architectural catalogue of the city all the same. Interesting that even if this corner was far from one of the best in the former International Settlement and had been allowed to rot for some time it still looks a hundred times better than the utterly fucking disgusting Motel 168 pile next door!!! That’s one hotel chain that’ll never win any prizes for design. Anyway, this corner is on the south west side of the junction of Huoshan Road (formerly Wayside Road) and Huaide Road (Wetmore Road). The people who run the small noodle stall on the corner told me that the rather nice, and perfectly preservable, house opposite on Huaide Road is also soon for the bulldozer which will be a real shame (second picture below)