Disappearing Corners

Address: Longchang Road

Now known as Long Chang Apartments and featured in the a Steven Chow film "Kung Fu Hustle", this was once a police office built by the British.

It is cleaner than I expected, probably because it’s a winter day, but I was not able to take a good shot of the building.

A 5-storey structure (or 6?), it’s been occupied by hundreds of families after liberation, the long corridors are the place neighbours do household chores like clothes washing and drying, cooking, and chit-chat. There is no private bathrooms, and in fact, the tenants are mostly old people now, who used to work for state own enterprises. We met a couple of them and had a good chat with them; although our conversation was a bit ridiculous; they wondered what I was saying and me trying to figure out what they say.

More information here: www.chinasmack.com/pictures/shanghai-pig-cage-stronghold-…

Tags: Yangpu District