Taikang Lu: Shanghai Bohemian Corner
If you go on vacation to Shanghai awaits an unforgettable trip. My advice is to do a little research before and know its colonial history. In this way you will know the foreign concessions of the Japanese occupation and everything that has shaped this modern city in China.
Strolling through the colourful and busy streets can result in Taikang Lu, an artistic enclave in the industry formerly known as French Concession. The front door is a dark alley that opens after a network of narrow passages, some three feet wide, filled with shops, cafes, small bars and art galleries.
Bohemian is a super site where many artists have their workshops, where young designers seeking to have his own corner. It has become one of the tourist destinations of the city for this and it has been preserved in Chinese architecture, because it was hidden.
Seriously, Taikang Lu was a hiding because it is not visible from nearby streets and until recently had to walk about 50 meters down the alley of which I spoke of earlier. Taikang Lu was built in the ’30s as a residential area Shikumen, with porticoes and stone combined eastern and western architecture.
This was a popular guy in town and came to be almost a thousand buildings of this style housing to 60% of the people. Shikumen houses are two or three floors and is connected by passageways. Local Taikang remained well until 2006 when it wanted to demolish and locals objected. In protest, the area was rebuilt and began to appear and companies, businesses and shops.
For 2007, the journalists began to discover this area and visitors as well followed that soon became more popular. Today we are here over 20 different shops. The good news is that while it has become one of the tours of the city has not been embellished by others and has preserved a very authentic air.