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: Katya Knyazeva (avezink) wrote,
2017-09-09 13:53:00

Katya Knyazeva
avezink
2017-09-09 13:53:00

Architectural highlights of Shanghai in 1934

Digital Collections of the University of Victoria have a wonderful Hudec Collection. Some buildings are featured in great detail, such as Hubertus Court, Avenue Apartments, Country Hospital, Dr. Woo's Residence, a residence on Lucerne Road (Lixi Lu) and several others.

The back cover of the commemorative booklet for the recently completed Park Hotel (Joint Savings Society building) has a beautiful map of Shanghai's architectural highlights. There are many Hudec buildings among them – and the Temple of Heaven, for some reason:

Tags: 1930s, archive, hudec, map, shanghai

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Architectural highlights of Shanghai in 1934

Shanghai on film (1901)

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