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Love Your Caretaker

Shanghai: xiaolongbao
 

Fire extinguishing equipment (photo below) at this upscale xiao long bao/soup dumpling restaurant includes the faces of two members of staff – presumably trained in its use.

How does your experience of the city change when the maintainers, caretakers, gardeners are readily associateable with the objects of their care?

Shanghai: fire extinguishing equipment