There was a post about the architect Hans J. Hajek in this blog exactly two years ago. Recently, I was excited to learn that a textbook by Hajek surfaced at a flea market in the 1990s and was picked up by a curious young architect.

Here are a few pages from Hans J. Hajek, Lectures on Architecture: Houses for Moderate Means. A Collection of Plans, ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

A curious photo found on ebay, with a message in Russian on the back.


( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Great find by colleagues at Historic Shanghai: http://www.historic-shanghai.com/shanghais-forgotten-courtyard/


( Read more... )

Although the Shanghai Old Town book is finished, there is always room for new discoveries in the old town. Historic Shanghai's Patrick Cranley took this photo of two drumstones marking the entrance of the Bell Nunnery (Duo'an; 铎庵), once considered one of three most important Buddhist nunneries in the walled city. The other two were One Grain ( Read more... )

I don't know how you stumble on a Flickr album like this - none of the photos have captions or descriptions - but the formidable 随意-sy found it and posted on Weibo.

The Garden Bridge and the Soviet Consulate:

( Read more... )

Distant Worlds: Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 1930'sThis is exciting news for lovers of old photographs of Shanghai! A whole new collection of images, and a new name behind them, were discovered: the photographs of Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 1930s, taken by Henry (Harry) Curtis, a Londoner. Curtis was a radiographer for British hospitals, so he ( Read more... )

I just came across this surprising collection of two dozen photographs. It would be great to identify someone. Click any image to expand or browse the whole set at the gallery website.


( Read more... )

I was browsing the UWM website, as I often do, and found this photo. The sign for the "C. L. Dance Hall" intrigued me and I tried to identify the location of the shot.


( Read more... )