South Bund Fabric Market & eco Design Fair (4/14/2012)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Near Jiaotong University, Catalpa ovata blossoms:

Thursday, April 12, 2012 

On Nanjing Xi Road, some very colorful Ranunculus: 

(They were taken out the next week!)
Acer palmatum atropurpureum/Red Japanese Maple:

Lorapetulum:

Over on Wulumuqi Road, there are dragons walls, so here is a dragon hedge:

Chinese bakery:

The Avocado Lady's produce shop:

The Consulate General of Iran:

Next door to the Consulate General of the USA:

Both across from a triangle park:

With a sculpture:

Saturday, April 14, 2012
At Grand Gateway, this guy is taking away the dirty linens:

The bundles are a wide as they are long!
Does this lady know what her cap says?

Down near the South Bund, a Lorapetulum tree, and there are white lorapetulum shrubs as well:

On Lujiabang Road, the South Bund Fabric Market:

Or specifically the South Bund Soft-Spinning Material Market!

All types of fabrics are available to make just about anything. Fabrics like velour:

Furs:

Shop #368:

With nearly 100 shops on each of three floors, there are a lot of tailors in this place!
Kent gets measured for custom-tailored shirts:

Here are some snazzy shirt styles:

Need a prom dress?

I was wondering where the jewelry was, then outside the back door:

I bought three pairs of earrings for 50 RMB (~$8).
We all know James Tailor!

Over on the banks of the Huangpu River, Wharf 1846:

Now an entertainment complex.
Some exterior lighting:

Restaurant greeters:

View towards China's tallest buildings, including one presently being built:

Motorcycle with sidecar:

The Cool Docks, another entertainment complex, includes "Sunshine Beach:"

Just a couple giant sandboxes.
Went to the eco Design Fair at The Cool Docks. The directory was impressive.
The fair itself, well...
The eco Values Art Exhibit:

Urban Farming Exhibit:

These look like dumpling steamers: 

But they are compost bins:

The eco Stage:

The Cool Docks signage:

The Waterhouse, a boutique hotel:

Looks like a rusted out dump.

Jason Atherton's Table No. 1 Restaurant:

Atherton was Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay's London restaurant, Maze.

At the Waterhouse, the eco Marketplace with a bamboo trike:

On Wai Ma Road, a pimped Bentley:

Can you see the pattern in the black?

Enplish?

On Wangjiamatou Road, four guys are needed to wind the roto-rooter through the sewer line:

Deconstruction:

As they knock down buildings, they have people going through the rubble, collecting all the wood, or all the bricks, etc.

Families still live here:

We ran into the local fabric market:

A shop selling paper houses for your ancestors:

And a snack shop.

Spread a sheet, lay out your wares, and you are in business:

A key shop: