This bronze kiosk from exactly 90 years ago...

...tells you something about the "authenticity" of the present-day decor in the Sassoon House:

I am borrowing this photo from Historic Shanghai's Tina Kanagaratnam to illustrate. The pigeon is not the point, obviously.

Tags: 1920s, 1929, 2019, bund, cathay hotel, shanghai, soy chong, then and now

Fashionable interiors in Shanghai, 5 years apart (1929 vs. 1934)

1929. Trying to look modern, but not ready to lose all the curves: Advertisement for radiators in Shanghai Sunday Times, December 1929. "The…
Sea Merchants' Guildhall 商船会馆 after "restoration"

In anticipation of the Heritage Saturday, here are some recent images of the Sea Merchants' Guildhall 商船会馆 in Dongjiadu, which will be open for…
Confucian Temple 文庙 and Kuixing Pagoda 魁星阁 through the years

1910s: C. 1935: Modern view; click the image to be taken to the streetview: So we can see that the temple buildings, the stone gate and…