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Officially this is the Xuhui District, but things don't seem to have changed much since it was part of the French Concession…
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From this stretch of Wuyuan Road you don't see showy skyscrapers or shopping malls…
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…only walled lanes and leafy trees and those vaguely Mediterranean villas that look like they belong in Beverly Hills.
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There are a lot of foreign consulates around here, and a lot of businesses that cater to them.
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All Saturday afternoon you see the young European and American men heading down Lane 288 for the three-story house with the Corinthian columns and the wrought-iron balconies.
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Dave the Tailor stays open seven days a week, but it's the weekends when the new customers come, the expat enterprisers and entrepreneurs who are too busy empire building on Monday through Friday.
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On Dave's ground floor they walk into a wood-paneled room decorated with a selection of the thick silk ties standard for Shanghai business attire, Dave's display of the eight kinds of shirt collar, Dave's labeled examples of the 12 types of shirt cuff, and shelves of swatch books from Hield, Scabal, Loro Piana, and Holland & Sherry.
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The Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing, is a stylish and modern luxury hotel situated in the Chaoyang district, the city's diplomatic, commercial and financial center.
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The city's popular historical sites, such as the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, are also just a short distance away, making it ideal for both business and leisure travelers alike.
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Dave's first store in China is conveniently located on the ground floor in room 104. |
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