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Over 4,200 historic images of Shanghai mapped on PastVu
Highlights of this project appear on the Facebook page Mapping Old Shanghai. Here is a selection of images from the latest hundred:
Flood on the corner of Avenue Foch and Seymour Road, during a summer rain in 1940:
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Two locations of St. Tichon’s Orphanage
It was quite exciting to find that the villa that housed St. Tichon's Orphanage for the Russian children in the 1940s is still standing, on the south side of former Rue Victor Emmanuel, at today's 21 Shaoxing Road 绍兴路21号. The garden with the lawn and the playground has been built up, but the porch in the modern photo is still recognizable.
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Video from the Sun Court on Weihai Road
While researching the Sun Court (太阳公寓) for the next Magazeta article, I came across this short video where an old-time resident, Xiong Luxia 熊鲁霞, recalls her childhood in the building. Great style throughout!
Source: 新民晚报.
The video source online: https://video.xinmin.cn/uploads/videos/51/201909/DSGH614642.mp4
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#118 Shanghai Architecture Series: Mother Ariadna's Convent and St. Olga's Orphanage
WRITTEN FOR MAGAZETA. Click here to read the article in Russian.
Russian Orthodox Women’s Convent and St. Olga Orphanage
350 Avenue du Roi Albert (now South Shaanxi Road)
陕西南路350弄
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