Betty Grebenschikoff: A Shanghai Ghetto Survivor’s Lessons of the Holocaust
On Sunday February 16, 2pm, we'll visit the former Shanghai Jewish Ghetto, where we'll hear the incredible stories of 20,000 people ...
Memories of Chinese New Year in Old Shanghai
新年快乐！Xin Nian Kuai Le! As we welcome the Year of the Snake in a world of WeChat hongbaos and electronic firecrackers, we ...
The Shanghai Garden in Winter: Wintersweet
Take a whiff - it's the season for fragrant wintersweet (la mei, 蜡梅*), and somewhere in a Shanghai lane or garden, a tree is ...
László Hudec: Shanghai’s Master Builder
You know Hudec’s buildings: The I.S.S. Building/Normandie (Wukang Apartments), that red brick beauty shaped like a streamlined 1930s cruise ship, where hundreds gather daily, waves beneath the ship, to snap a precious photo. The Park Hotel, the dramatic Art Deco building that was Shanghai’s first ...
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Presents from the Past: Christmas Shopping in Old Shanghai
"Watch the crowds on Nanking Road these days. Happy faces everywhere, and nearly everyone carrying huge bundles wrapped in colored paper. Yes, Christmas is just around the corner…” –China Press, December 1936 Need a little inspiration for your Christmas shopping? Take a look at what was on ...
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The Soong House on Seymour Road: A Pictorial Tour
There are several Soong houses in Shanghai that you can visit, but the modest house on Shaanxi Bei Lu that was the family home for more than a decade is not open to the public. So, for your viewing pleasure, some photos (from our private 2020 visit)! The Soong front door Original tile, front ...
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The Garden Bridge: Misunderstanding, War, and a Century’s Worth of History
Photo: Historic Shanghai collection The 1908 Garden Bridge (Waibaidu Qiao 外白渡桥) is that rarest of Shanghai historic treasures: an original structure that is still being used for the same purpose for which it was built. And it’s got quite a story. Before bridges spanned the river, ferry ...
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