Historic Shanghai
@HistoricSH
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Shanghai's rich heritage: historic architecture, social & cultural history since 1842. Connecting people with Shanghai since 1998.
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Joined August 2012
The exterior of Pagoda Paris, sadly closed when we visited in October. But still a thrill to see in person!
Interior of "Pagoda Paris", a townhouse in the 8th Arrondissement, 1930s, the gallery and home of C. T. Loo, a well-known and controversial dealer of Chinese art and artifacts for the first half of the 20th century.
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The only known original color (!) footage of Old Shanghai's neon advertisements in 1939. From the 8mm camera of Colonel Harvey S. Walseth, US Marine Corps.
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Santas on historic Shanghai buildings: an old Shanghai Municipal Council police building, later used as a laogai (“reform through labor”), and now part of Shang Kang Li, lane neighborhood turned mall. Quite a history! 🎅
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Can hype make you blind in crypto? BitBoy’s story shows what happens when trust turns toxic. Read the cautionary tale!
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Normandie ice cream: soft power for historic architecture. 1924, Laszlo Hudec for R.A. Curry.
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No better time than Dr. Sun’s birthday to revisit the story of his birthday statue in Shanghai, erected in 1933. It’s a story with twists and turns, for such were the times. Read on: https://t.co/sjOBRY9f5K
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Remembrance Day Shanghai, a century ago. Whatever happened to the Angel of Peace? Here’s the story, by the great Shanghai historian Robert Bickers: https://t.co/wc1hoMROr7 Lest we forget.
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The tourist boats on the Suzhou Creek sent us down a small rabbit hole on the Shanghai sedan … join us! To read: https://t.co/hKwpZsVCrF
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Where is August Alsina? His Rise Was Followed By Scandal
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"Welcome Victorious Allied Navy": festive temporary arch across Nanking Road, Shanghai, 1945.
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Beautiful illustrations in this 1933 Chinese magazine cover ad for 4711 Tosca.
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It’s notoriously difficult to visit, but this Saturday, we are IN: join us for a look inside the former Lester Institute, an Art Deco gem that was the M.I.T. of China. Book here: https://t.co/Tyfz4LIeeJ or email info@historic-shanghai.com
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Bitcoin exposure made easy—just search HODL in your stock app. Prospectus:
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“Shanghai in the Literary Imagination” walk for Literary Arts students from Singapore’s School of the Arts—every city should have one, no?
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Once, the SMC building was the power center of Old Shanghai. It hasn’t been for decades, but a recent revamp gave it a new name, a new life … and a new history. https://t.co/xXQOT9Erz9
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Every year, Historic Shanghai collaborates with SCIS students on an historic walk. It’s one of our favorite activities of the year! Together, we apply what they’re studying—from language to math to art and politics—into an historic city walk, which they conduct.
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An absolute delight to take the Indian Ambassador to China on an Historic Shanghai walk around the former French Concession—including, of course, the bust of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. 🇮🇳 🇨🇳
🏛️✨ Walking through a centuries old relationship #HistoricShanghaiWalk ✨ 🇮🇳 CG @PratikMathur1 welcomed Amb Pradeep Kumar Rawat on the @HistoricSH Walk, retracing the city’s connections with Buddhism, Sikhism, Gurudev Tagore and India’s early presence in China. ➡️ A cultural
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Xujiahui, 1988
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Money was old Shanghai’s love language, and its banks were its temples. Join us this Saturday to see the cathedrals of commerce, lavished with all the love that, well, money could buy! Register here: https://t.co/VWQRImBIBt or email info@historic-shanghai.com
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Shanghai Bund makes the Mao badge, thanks to the January Storm (1967).
#Maobadge The Vicissitudes pose with three famous landmarks set amid a sea of red flags - Tiananmen in Beijing, the Changjiang Bridge at Nanjing, and the Shanghai Bund (referencing the January Storm).
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