'Help make a better Shanghai' – YMCA archives

A real trove of hi-res archival images, photos, maps and textual records, mostly related to the activities of the YMCA in China: the Online Archives of the University of Minnesota.

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#103 Shanghai Architecture Series: Grand Hotel

A recent article by Michelle Qiao was the primary source of information and illustrations for this piece. Read about the Grand Hotel (aka the…
City walls: Lucca vs. Shanghai

I am now staying in Lucca that has its city wall still preserved. This wall compares to the extinct wall around Shanghai in many respects: - same…
Coffins everywhere

Here is Marquis de Beauvoir describing the future French Concession in 1867, traveling between the walled city and Xujiahui in winter: Today…