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The curious Longchang apartments in Shanghai

Last Updated on 2022/06/08

Longchang apartments: a former British police station turned into a residential complex.

The area has been built between the 20s and 30s of the last century and is part of Shanghai International Settlement.

The first people who came to live here were the families of security officers and workers.

Recently the site has become famous overnight after the movie “Kung Fu Hustle” directed by Stephen Chow (In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious “Axe Gang” while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf, plot from imdb.com).

Related articles: History of Shanghai Triad, Old images of Shanghai between 1947 and 1949

Images of the Longchang apartments in Shanghai

Longchang apartments in Shanghai
Longchang apartments in Shanghai
Kungfu hustle
Kungfu hustle

Photos: Chinese web, Southern Metropolis Weekly via I cuoriosi appartamenti Longchang a Shanghai

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