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In 1959 the museum moved into the Zhonghui Building at 16 South Henan Road, which housed insurance companies and bank offices. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During the metal-gathering campaign of the Great Leap Forward , the Shanghai Museum participated in rescuing bronzeware from metal that had been confiscated or donated and were sent to be melted down.
Union Building: Bank of Shanghai Puxi Branch: 261 Sichuan Middle Road: 1926: 25: A-III-047: Brunner Mond Building: Shanghai Warehousing Industry Association/Shanghai Commercial Warehousing Co., Ltd. 133 Sichuan Middle Road: 1922: 26: A-III-048: New HSBC Building: Shanghai Municipal Government Office: 220 Sichuan Middle Road: 1928: 27: A-III-029 ...
Further west, the road is today mainly lined with large contemporary skyscrapers, as well as several government office buildings. Other important historic sites along Yan'an Road East include the Shanghai Natural History Museum, the Great World entertainment centre, and the Shanghai Concert Hall.
Charles Henry Gonda (22 June 1889 – 1 April 1969), professionally known as C. H. Gonda, was a Hungarian architect famous for his ultra-modern style of building.He was active in Shanghai throughout the 1920s–1940s and began working on his first project, the Messrs, Lane, Crawford & Co's New Frontage building, in 1922 after leaving his previous firm Probst, Hanbury & Co..
The Park and Square together occupy what was once the Shanghai racecourse, and today still make up one of the largest open spaces in central Shanghai. The building was designed by architect Ling Benli of the East China Architecture Design & Research Institute (ECADI), as a harmonious balance to the Grand Theatre, another contemporary building ...
Art Deco architecture in Shanghai (10 P) B. ... General Post Office Building, Shanghai; ... Shanghai Astronomy Museum;
Shimao International Plaza (Chinese: 上海世茂国际广场) is a 333.3 m (1,094 ft) tall skyscraper of 60 stories in Shanghai's Huangpu District.It was completed in 2006 under the design of Ingenhoven, Overdiek und Partner, East China Architecture and Design Institute.
In the 1990s, major changes were made to the square. The Shanghai Municipal Government was moved here from the former HSBC Building on the Bund, also the Shanghai Museum was moved here from its previous site in a former office building. More recent additions include the Shanghai Grand Theatre and the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.