Click to see the map in hi-res (7.8 Mb):
Closeup of the downtown:
Many old mansions have become Cultural and Workers' Clubs:
Source: Geographicus.
A surprising art deco map of Shanghai (1955)
Click to see the map in hi-res (7.8 Mb):
Closeup of the downtown:
Many old mansions have become Cultural and Workers' Clubs:
Source: Geographicus.
Posts from This Journal “1950s” Tag
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Jiujiang Road, 1955 vs. 2019
Jiujiang Road, between Jiangxi and Henan Road, looking west. 九江路江西中路河南中路间，西望。 Jiujiang Road, between Jiangxi and…
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Shanghai architect John A. Yaron
Building Russian Shanghai now has the biography of John A. Yaron, the older son of the famous Russian architect Alexander A.…
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Lev Valentinovich Arnoldov (1894–1957), a Russian journalist
A sojourn in Berlin on the invitation of the Staatsbibliothek has opened some wonderful sources and led to exciting discoveries. One of them was the…
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