Birthday Buildings in Shanghai (1923)

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Birthday Buildings is an annual column that highlights Shanghai’s centenarian buildings - that is, those that were built one hundred years ago. This post is backdated by 2023.



The construction statistics for 1923, from the SMC Report.

• The year started with a bang. On January first, Chinese Cotton Goods Exchange opened on the corner of Avenue Edward VII and Honan Road:



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• Also in January, Lyceum Theatre moved into its new home on Museum Road, designed by Lester, Johnson and Morriss.

• In May 2023, Brunner Mond Co.’s lavish new building opened on Szechuen Road:



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• Also in May, the piano store Moutrie & Co. moved into its newly built premises on Nanking Road (that building is gone now):



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• In May again, Chartered Bank of India and Australia opened on the Bund (No. 18), designed by Palmer and Turner:



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• The largest opening of the year was in June, when the new headquarters of Shanghai & Hongkong Banking Corporation (HSBC) opened on the Bund:



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• Lee Building, on Avenue Edward VII (now East Yan’an Road) was completed some time in 1923:



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• In November 1923, the Navy YMCA opened on the corner of Szechuen and Hongkong Roads:



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Other years:

Birthday Buildings in Shanghai (1920)

Birthday Buildings in Shanghai (1921)

Birthday Buildings in Shanghai (1922)

Birthday Buildings in Shanghai (1924)