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War is a universal wrench for fixing the failing state, an opportunity to massively bury the extras, shamelessly elevate the useful and totally…
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A rare view of Chaohui Guildhall 潮惠会馆 (known to the westerners as Swatow Opium Guild), founded in 1839 by the natives of Chaoyang and Huizhou…
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Back in the 1910s, to showcase new and future buildings, Shanghai newspapers printed architectural drawings. Here are three excellent examples, found…
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Qiaojia Road. Drawing by Lily Ng, from the Drawing Shanghai group. Reference: https://toniski.livejournal.com/ For over a year now, a…
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I don't know the exact location of this gated alley photographed in 1909 by Thomas C. Chamberlin, but carved ornaments in the corners under…
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In an age of demolishing public housing and replacing it with shiny new carbon-hungry developments in the name of “regeneration”,…