This cache is the reincarnation of 永泰东约 - Yongtai Xi Yue, a maze of interlocking buildings 50m or so to the northwest. (The scene below, epitomising baroque, is 500m or so away to the west where Taojin meets Huaqiao Xincun.)
Strictly speaking, "Baroque" urbanism refers to a style of city planning that emerged in the 17th century, characterized by grand axial boulevards, radial street layouts, dramatic vistas, monumental architecture, and spatial hierarchy.
However, in contemporary usage 'baroque' is sometimes used to describe complex, richly layered, and unpredictable urban environments - especially in contrast to modernist minimalism. In this broader sense baroque can suggest ornament, intricacy, and theatricality, which may well describe the atmosphere of the narrow, winding, multi-tiered, and often-unexpected twists and turns of Taojin and Huaqiao Xincun.
The best urban environments accrue meaning and intricacy over time. A once-straightforward plan or block of danwei houses becomes overlaid with additions, deviations, informal uses, makeshift repairs, shop signage, neon lights, awnings, ornamental gateways, balconies, winding stairways, murals, unexpected passages. The baroquification of Taojin - to the endless consternation of certain planning agencies obsessed with rigid order and control - has ebbed and flowed but continues inexorably forward and has plenty of scope for further progress.