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April 11th, 2020, 09:40 pm

#148 Shanghai Architecture Series (in Russian): Central Mansions and the Wheel casino

https://magazeta.com/arc-central-mansions/

The link to the Russian text will sit here until I translate it. Stay tuned!

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1920s, 1926, 1929, bubbling well road, casino, crime, gambling, lafuente, magazeta, russians, shanghai, yaron

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procurator0
16 Sep 2020, 05:52
Residences on Avenue Petain
loving that cute balcony
toniski
14 Sep 2020, 07:57
Old town maps from the government survey
thank you for doing the composing job and sharing with us! although it is faulty, it is still better than nothing in the vast info vacuum.
avezink
13 Sep 2020, 08:47
Old town maps from the government survey
There are a number of Ming residences all around Jiujianlou (green arrow), often in a better and more complete condition (blue arrows) – which makes it all even worse.

I'm all for making a fetish…
avezink
13 Sep 2020, 08:28
Old town maps from the government survey
Yes! There is some significant downgrading here and there – which I didn't understand at first, when I followed these color indications to find these buildings in the old town.
chestnut Ridge
12 Sep 2020, 23:53
Old town maps from the government survey
Another surprise is that 九间楼，probably the only survived residence building from Ming era in the old town, is not considered a " top-level heritage site". I guess that by doing this the whole block…

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