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Some shots from Tian An plaza just across the street from Marriott.
The large green park is the People's Park. It's the largest China
first subway interchange underneath it. I try to avoid it for this
obvious claim. Far away in the background of the park is the Pudong
side where all those famous Shanghainese landmarks are located.
Pudong means "River's East side". Pu is River, Dong is East. We live
in Puxi means River's west side. Xi is West. The Pu refers to
HuangPu river.

In another picture, the old building with a tower is the old Shanghai
Race Track building. Believe it or not, in front for this building
used to be a horse race track. Just north to the right of this old
building is the performance art centre. And to the left that tall
block building is the Tax Revenue building.

For some strange reasons, since the Expo has started the air is
cleaner, the sky is bluer and the traffic is thinner. I don't think
it has anything to do with: factory shutdowns during the Expo period
and the new security rule in place for out of town vehicles are
subject to searches individually at the highway entrance to Shanghai.