So the opportunity came up to take a short trip to China - who could refuse, reno or not? After all, it was a chance to pick up tips from some of the greatest building projects ever attempted. Below, disappearing into the mists of 21st century pollution is the Badang section of the Great Wall which was, despite the crowds and haze, a very impressive sight.
The Forbidden City in Beijing got the better of us - the eternal courtyard - and we never got to the end!
We were also lucky to take a stroll along the Bund in Shanghai and soak up some of the turn of the century architecture. The neo-classicist Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation building was completed in 1923:
Our hotel in Shanghai was a 1934 building that used to belong to a tycoon, now known as the Dong Hu Hotel. It once spent time as the American News Agency building and briefly as the American Consulate:
The Forbidden City in Beijing got the better of us - the eternal courtyard - and we never got to the end!
We were also lucky to take a stroll along the Bund in Shanghai and soak up some of the turn of the century architecture. The neo-classicist Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation building was completed in 1923:
Our hotel in Shanghai was a 1934 building that used to belong to a tycoon, now known as the Dong Hu Hotel. It once spent time as the American News Agency building and briefly as the American Consulate:
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Wow. Impressive indeed!
And who knew a hotel could have so many incarnations?
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