Urban Construction

When Subway Line 9 was aligned close to this area, trying to link but at a short walking distance with Line 2, the older neighborhood in its surrounding especially those residential quarters were immediately put into re-location process. They are now emptied out. These buildings used to be occupied several years ago until the construction team moved in for high speed mass transit alignment. With its residential occupants gone, there are still families littering in these buildings. Clothe lines still hang out daily. Presumably, they are those construction workers who temporarily move in as well as housing their immediate family who tag along wherever these workers are on site. If examined closer, however, many fenestrations are bricked up, rendering inaccessibility into each of the subdivision on every level. The bricked-up divisions are presumed to keep unwanted elements from entering. These structures are also not bull-dozed, presuming they will be renovated and reused in future.

Jeremy
Shanghai upon the Sea
Sept. 6th 2008