Photo by Frederik G. Clapp., AGSL Collections at UWM. See it on the map.
Quote from Le Corbusier (on preparing to visit Constantinople in 1911) found in Zeynep Çelik, “Le Corbusier, Orientalism, Colonialism” (1992).
French Bund in Shanghai c. 1913.
Photo by Frederik G. Clapp., AGSL Collections at UWM. See it on the map.
Quote from Le Corbusier (on preparing to visit Constantinople in 1911) found in Zeynep Çelik, “Le Corbusier, Orientalism, Colonialism” (1992).
Posts from This Journal “1910s” Tag
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Splendid architecture drawings from the 1910s
Back in the 1910s, to showcase new and future buildings, Shanghai newspapers printed architectural drawings. Here are three excellent examples, found…
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“Shanghai’s own little parcel of forlorn and destitute Siberia” (1919)
DESTITUTE RUSSIAN EXILES HERE, HUNGRY AND RAGGED Barefoot youngsters and scantily clad elders throng $7 tenements near Greek Church Shanghai…
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“Царьград” – Constantinople city guide, in Russian (1915)
Quite a beautiful illustrated book: https://archive.org/details/tsargrad_sbornik_istoricheskikh_ocherkov_posvyashchennykh_istorii_goroda/
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