Out with the old, in with the new
Shanghai, China
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Xintiandi, which means New Heaven and Earth in Chinese, is among the most expensive pieces of real estate in China's financial capital.
Until the 1990s, the area consisted of traditional low-rise houses in narrow alleys, but as China’s economy boomed the neighbourhood transformed into an affluent playground of trendy restaurants, bars and boutiques.
A woman walks along an alley of houses under demolition in Xintiandi.
A Chinese flag flies at another house.
Children play in an alley.
A man walks near a scene of demolition.
Local residents sit in an alley. Many occupants of demolished houses are offered compensation and relocated.
A man walks along at night.
Demolished houses are overlooked by newer buildings.
