Comments | avezink: Wing-On Department Store drawings (1916)

avezink

Wing-On Department Store drawings (1916)

Feb 08, 2022 10:07

“Shanghai is growing faster than St. Louis, Missouri!” - marveled the journalist in the September 1916 issue of The Far Eastern Review. This detailed bird’s-eye rendering of the prospective Wing-On Department Store, signed “Palmer and Turner, Architects”, was one of the examples of the fantastic growth of the city. The building’s flat top, visible ( Read more... )

department store, commerce, wing-on, 1910s, 1916, palmer & turner, pastvu, mapping, architecture, shanghai, drawing, nanjing road

Comments 2

anonymous February 8 2022, 17:49:13 UTC

Only just discovered your blog and it is incredible! Please do keep it up, truly fascinating

avezink February 9 2022, 08:33:55 UTC

I'm very glad; thank you for paying attention!