The “Mothballing” of Shanghai’s Rue Buissonnet

I posted last month (here and here) on the mothballing of a number of longtang in Shanghai – emptied out, boarded up and awaiting…. well, what? the wrecking ball or refurbishment? Across the city this is the case – presumably a halt called as so many property companies in Shanghai have gone bust. Sometimes economic woes are a preservationist’s best friend.

And here another example – a traditional shikumen stone gateway – 里康餘: Li Kang Yu; 29弄: Lane 29 on Shouning Lu (Rue Buissonnet) just east of Xizang Nan Lu (Boulevard de Montigny). Constructed 1935. Cleared and boarded up some years ago and now just seemingly forgotten…. Such “mothballed” shikumen proliferate across Shanghai awaiting their fate…