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Laoximen is an area that I pass by on the way to and from work every day, but have never really given it much thought... until it was announced that this nearly 500-year-old neighborhood would soon be taken apart – most likely to be replaced by more office towers, shopping malls and luxury hotels, just like what happened in many other districts in the city.
For our cover story this month, I paid a few visits to a lane neighborhood by Fangbang Zhong Lu and Zhonghua Lu to speak to some of the remaining residents, as well as a few experts on the area's architectural and cultural heritage. Find out what they're going to miss about Laoximen on p38-47.
Elsewhere in the magazine:
Our new Food Editor Cristina Ng hits the ground running with plenty of smoking hot F&B-related coverage in her Eat & Drink section, including an interview with Chefs Bina Yu and Kim Melvin about their new French-Asian dining concept on Yuyuan Lu, Together (p48).
In Arts, Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf sits down with Erica Martin to discuss the Shanghai 'episode' of his Cities in Transition project, which is currently on display at Magda Danysz Gallery. Turn to p36 to see how Olaf portrays the city with his signature surrealist approach.
Until next month,
Dominic Ngai
Editor-in-Chief
Download the May 2018 issue of That's Shanghai here, or view it in your browser with Issuu here (VPN required). To download previous issues, click here.
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