It is not uncommon to bump into lone individuals surveying old longtangs that are undergoing demolition - the occasional photographer who quietly weaves in and out of shadowed lanes or curious passers-by wondering what once stood in the place of razed rubble. more ›

Shanghaiist spent Sunday as we often do -- shopping for wedding dress material. Our dressmaker told us to check out the fabric market on Dongmen Lu near Zhonghua Lu, and perhaps you had the same reaction we did: There's a fabric market on Dongmen Lu near Zhonghua Lu? We were under the impression that all the old vendors at the Dongjiadu Lu fabric market had moved into the new digs at Lujiabang Lu, which we have mentioned a couple times before. Not so. more ›

This sentence in a fibre2fashion.com story about Shanghai's Dongjiadu Lu fabric market got our attention: more ›

Today's popular Shanghai market that is on the move is the Dongjiadu Lu Fabric Market, which will relocate to a nearby indoor location starting in ... less than two weeks! So, add that to the list. All of this shuffling around would be very confusing and annoying if you were, say, a freelance writer working on a story about places to go shopping in Shanghai. Arghhhh. more ›