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| Broadway Mansions | |
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百老汇大厦 | |
 Broadway Mansions, 2013 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel, apartments |
| Location | 20 Bei Suzhou Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, China |
| Construction started | 1930 |
| Completed | 1934 |
| Cost | $10 million (Mexican) (approximately US$3.4 million) |
| Owner | Shanghai Hengshan (Group) Holdings Company (上海市人民政府直属的上海衡山集)[1] since at least 1985.[2][3] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 78.0 m (255.9 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 19 |
| Floor area | 24,596 square meters (264,750 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | B. Flazer, Palmer and Turner |
| Developer | Shanghai Land Investment Company |
| Structural engineer | John William Barrow, Palmer and Turner |
| Main contractor | Ye Guang Estate Property Company |
| References | |
| broadwaymansions | |
The Broadway Mansions (simplified Chinese: 百老汇大厦; traditional Chinese: 百老匯大廈; pinyin: Bǎilǎohuì Dàshà, Shanghainese: Pahlowe Dusa) is a nineteen-floor Art Deco five-star hotel in Shanghai, China.[4][5][6] and was for over five decades one of the primary symbols of Shanghai.[7][8]
Completed in 1934, the same year as the 19 feet taller Park Hotel. Upon its completion it became the tallest apartment building in Shanghai and remained so for several decades.[9] Located near the confluence of Suzhou Creek and the Huangpu River, as well as the northern end of The Bund, it was built by the architectural and engineering firm of Palmer and Turner, and its completion in 1935 heralded the commencement of the high-rise building era in Asia.[10] It was Shanghai's "closest approach to a modern American skyscraper".[11] It commands possibly the best view of the Bund and Huangpu.[12]
Originally called "The Broadway Mansions", it was renamed "Shanghai Mansions" by the Shanghai Municipal Council in 1951, but reverted to its original name after China opened up again to the West. The Broadway Mansions has been owned and operated by the Shanghai Hengshan (Group) Holdings Company (上海市人民政府直属的上海衡山集团) since at least 1985.[2]
- ^ "Hengshan Member Hotels". Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ a b "上海大厦 位于 上海 - 网上预订豪华酒店客房 外滩". Broadwaymansions.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ http://www.langhamhotels.com/pdf/pr_20071026.pdf. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)[dead link] - ^ It is described in 1993 as "Shanghai's best known building"; see "Shanghai", The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th ed., Vol. 27 (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1993):274;
- ^ Dmitri Kessel, On Assignment: Dmitri Kessel, Life photographer (Abrams, 1985):149.
- ^ Noël Barber, The Fall of Shanghai: The Communist Take-over in 1949 (Macmillan, 1979):96.
- ^ "The history in Broadway Mansions Hotel". Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
- ^ Sidney Shapiro, An American in China: Thirty Years in the People's Republic (New World Press, 1979):55.
- ^ "China: The Weary Wait". Time. 23 May 1949. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ Georges Binder, Tall Buildings of Asia & Australia (Images Publishing, 2001):ifc.
- ^ Bruce Douglass and Ross Terrill, China and Ourselves: Explorations and Revisions by a New Generation (Beacon Press, 1971):90.
- ^ "Bright lights, old city". smh.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2009.