Disappearing Corners » Bund http://www.disappearingcorners.com Rediscovering Shanghai's forgotten heritage through photography & tales Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:01:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Yokohama Specie Bank http://www.disappearingcorners.com/yokohama-specie-bank/ http://www.disappearingcorners.com/yokohama-specie-bank/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:38:42 +0000 admin http://www.disappearingcorners.com/?p=259 Yokohama Specie Bank

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Built in 1916 for Royal Dutch Shell’s Asiatic Petroleum division.

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]]> http://www.disappearingcorners.com/caldbeck-mcgregor-co/feed/ 0 Lester School & Technical Institute http://www.disappearingcorners.com/lester-school-technical-institute/ http://www.disappearingcorners.com/lester-school-technical-institute/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:36:33 +0000 admin http://www.disappearingcorners.com/?p=251 Text by John Meckley

Designed by the firm of Lester, Johnson, & Morris (Henry Lester, George A. Johnson & Gordon Morris) in 1934; now the Shanghai Seaman’s Hospital. The building looks like an airplane or a bird when seen from above: Click here

]]> http://www.disappearingcorners.com/lester-school-technical-institute/feed/ 0 The Customs House http://www.disappearingcorners.com/the-customs-house/ http://www.disappearingcorners.com/the-customs-house/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:52:55 +0000 admin http://www.disappearingcorners.com/?p=136 The Customs House

]]> http://www.disappearingcorners.com/the-customs-house/feed/ 0 The former British Consulate http://www.disappearingcorners.com/the-former-british-consulate/ http://www.disappearingcorners.com/the-former-british-consulate/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:52:34 +0000 admin http://www.disappearingcorners.com/?p=134 No 33 East Zhongshan Road I

(text from Ruan Yi Shan Brochure)

Shanghai was officially opened to foreigners as a commercial treaty port on November 17, 1843. The British consulate to Shanghai was built in July 1849. It was burnt to askes on December 24, 1870. The rebuilding commenced in June, 1872 nd was completed in 1873. The building displays a combination of British Renaissance and Victorian Style. Brick-wood structured, it has an H-plan with a four-slope roof.

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