
Image: Harrison Forman, 1937
This blog rarely concerns itself with current events, but in view of the bancruptcy of the historic travel firm Thomas Cook, let's look at Thomas…
1937. The sandbagged building in the center is the Overseas Chinese Banking Corp., to the left of it is a large parking lot, then goes the Ezra…
There has been a lot of vigorous renovation in the blocks near the Bund, and much of it includes complete destruction of historic architecture. This…