real estate - Shanghai fights destruction



Inhabitants of these nice American houses in Shanghai are fighting their destruction. The 25 houses, built about 80 years ago in the Hongkou district should be replaced by a few more skycrapers, writes the state-owned Shanghai Daily, who also made the picture. The 36 families in the street, called after US president Abraham Lincoln, have signed a petition and got support from local media - a rather remarkable change with the past.
"We are willing to move out, but we expect the houses to remain," said Dai Lixiang in the article.