This shopping area, Xintiandi, was once a traditional Shikumen housing area dating from the early 1900s. Instead of tearing it down, like most of the rest of the Shikumen houses, developers used some elements of the structures to make a high-end pedestrian mall with vibrant restaurants, bars, and shops. They even kept one shikumen house intact, turning it into a museum filled with typical furnishings of the time period.

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