这是立足于上海空中“行走”，了解上海的新观察。一群建筑学背景师生，致力于为公众提供认知城市的多样视角。他们精选了上海城区18处19栋地标建筑，以及22栋具有历史意义的建筑，通过航拍摄影，向读者呈现难得一见的城市新景象。这些摄影将城市片段连接成可感知、有温度的城市记忆，并梳理其中蕴含的城市发展脉络。

This book endeavors to take readers walking over vast city sceneries throughout Shanghai. A group of teachers and students with architectural backgrounds have determined to provide the public with various and unique observational methods for recognizing and perceiving the city, 18 key aerial public spaces, 19 landmarks, and 22 significant historical buildings in urban areas of Shanghai, are selected meticulously. The showpieces of aerial photography collected in the book present readers with rare point of view over the city. Segments are connected, fractions are integrated, and thus, the city has become discernible. While sorting out the progression of urban developments, the precipitated memories of the city have been awaken and waltzed into people’s hearts.