Laoximen is an area of Shanghai that shows what Shanghai probably used to look like before the mass development that has engulfed the city and parts of China.  Walking down the streets and narrow alleyways, you can get a sense of what it was like to be in Shanghai many years ago.  As you stop out of the neighborhood, you will gaze upon skyscrapers and tall apartment blocks that are quickly sprouting around this quaint little neighborhood.  Some of the photos show how close it is to the Bund which is the popular part of Shanghai with many of the modern buildings….

Sadly, rumor has it that this neighborhood will be demolished to make way for something bigger and better.  Perhaps it is another mall or perhaps apartment buildings.  We did see signs that they were perhaps just modernizing the neighborhood a little, but it is anyone’s guess what will happen to this lovely neighborhood, as China quickly modernizes, all vestiges of its simple past will be slowly swept away with only photos to look at of what was….

Laoximen Neighborhood