American Club
László Hudec: Shanghai’s Master Builder
In celebration of László Hudec’s 131st birthday on January 8, we’re doing a two-part tour of his buildings, the icons and the hidden gems, January 7 and 28. For more information, click here. It’s likely that you know Hudec’s buildings: The I.S.S. Building/Normandie (Wukang Apartments), that red brick beauty ...
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Inside Old Shanghai’s American Club
Even with decades of unwashed grime and a chipped façade, the Georgian edifice on Fuzhou Road always maintained its grace, unbowed even by the unsavory photographs of crime busts displayed on its stately brick walls in the days when it served as a court. So it’s especially nice to see the onetime American Club getting a ...
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