Shanghai Schools

Shanghai Community Church

By Tina Kanagaratnam | March 25th, 2023 | Architecture, Buildings, Schools in old Shanghai, Shanghai American School, Shanghai American School, Shanghai Community Church, Shanghai Schools | 0 Comment

The Community Church has been on this spot on Hengshan Road since 1925, a gathering place for song and prayer for nearly a century. It’s been closed for most of the last three (Covid) years, but now, in the midst of renovation, a door was open, the workers were looking the other way, so in we went! The Community ...

Shanghai’s Cathedral School for Girls: A Ballerina, A Sci-Fi Author, and Mao

By Tina Kanagaratnam | August 16th, 2022 | Cathedral School for Boys, Cathedral School for Girls, JG Ballard, Mao portraits on historic buildings, Shanghai Schools, Shanghai writers | 0 Comment

Well, well. They’re refurbishing the Cathedral School for Girls on Avenue Haig/Huashan Lu, and look who’s popped up over the entrance! The posh Cathedral School for Girls (sister school to the Cathedral School for Boys) was established around 1918 on Yates Road/Shimen Yi Lu and moved to the Avenue Haig premises ...