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Gregory Byrne Bracken

A Walking Tour Shanghai. Sketches of the city’s architectural treasures

  • Denis Sdobnovmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    Across the Bund from the Fairmont Peace Hotel stands the Statue of Marshal Chen Yi.
  • Denis Sdobnovmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    Palmer and Turner were architects who began practicing in Hong Kong and are more responsible than any other firm for the way the Bund looks – they designed nine of the thirteen buildings that were built after 1920.
  • Denis Sdobnovmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    The former McBain Building is located at Number One the Bun
  • Denis Sdobnovmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    The word ‘bund’ is a Hindi word for a waterfront or embankment. It was not unique to Shanghai, as it was used by the British throughout their empire
  • Denis Sdobnovmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    Shanghai, this electric and lurid city more exciting
    than any other in the world…’
    J.G. Ballard, Empire of the Sun
  • Denis Sdobnovmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    not to mention the most colourful gangsters, most infamous prostitutes and worst drug and gambling dens.
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