CitiGrow
Read the City.
Discover the Shanghai beyond the guidebooks.
3 years · 500 hours on foot
Meet Lao Yan
A local's memories. A designer's eye. A deeper Shanghai.
Born and raised in Shanghai, Lao Yan combines professional urban design experience in China and the UK with years of independent exploration of his hometown. Through Walking Shanghai: 100 Places, he uncovers the architecture, history and everyday details that reveal how the city has lived and changed.
Discover his story →Start with a street
Discover six selected walks, or explore all fifteen in the Shanghai Archive.
The Bund
Art Deco & Finance
Open The Bund →
Tilanqiao
A Sanctuary and a Wall, a Few Hundred Meters Apart
Open Tilanqiao →
Tianzifang
A Neighborhood That Wasn't Supposed to Survive
Open Tianzifang →
Yu Garden
A Garden Built From "Borrowed" Stones
Open Yu Garden →
Suzhou Creek
One River, Six Bridges
Open Suzhou Creek →
Zhujiajiao
Beyond the Bridges
Open Zhujiajiao →
Four Ways Into the City
Free to explore.
Through architecture, history, water and gardens.