Sunday, March 13, 2011

Preserving the Old



Biked about 34 km through southern Pudong yesterday and came across this Catholic church in the middle of a huge area which had been completely flattened. The building was completely empty, with only the walls still standing. I checked on Google Earth; only a year ago that area still had villages and canals.
On the map you see Shanghai's maglev track curving on the left. To the right of that and below the outer ring road (S20), everything is gone...except the church. To be confirmed, but I imagine this church was related to the Tangzhen Church, which was built in 1898.
(See http://vansteenblogen.blogspot.com/2007/01/winter-ride.html)



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