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: Katya Knyazeva (avezink) wrote,
2019-10-20 12:42:00

Katya Knyazeva
avezink
2019-10-20 12:42:00

Then and Now: Estrella Apartments and Kavkaz restaurant, 67 years apart

1948 vs 2015:

Images: Jack Birns and Baidu

Below is the interior of the Kavkaz restaurant (that building no longer exists):

Tags: 1940s, 1948, avenue joffre, estrella apartments, restaurants, russians, shanghai, then and now, 淮海中路

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