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Pike Road (now the Yellow River Road), I set the upright of the International Hotel, in the last century, 80 years ago half a century, has been a landmark building in Shanghai, attracting visitors from all over the stop watch Liulianwangfan. International Hotel is a four banks in 1931 by a joint venture to build, and it is the Hungarian designer Hudec in Shanghai, became famous for the for China before 1968, the highest high-rise buildings. International Hotel shape modeled on U.S. skyscrapers, the external facade of linear, low-level to the 3-layer Xiangtie black granite, four or more layers Xiangtie Taishan brown brick, in the second and third layers and 14 layers with large rounded glass inlay paste, showing a strong three-dimensional sense. International Hotel after the opening of Chinese and foreign military and political officials, celebrities are often hosted here, has become one of the upper class venues. Held here in 1935 the Sino-US opening ceremony of the international long-distance telephone, mother of the country and the Soong Ching Ling attend a speech.

In 1934, Hudec designed by the International Hotel became the tallest building in the Far East, this record has been broken into the 60’s was only Japan, but know that 80 years International Hotel in Shanghai is still the highest point.

From 1918 to 1938, Hudec has left dozens of pieces of architectural works, many for a long period of time became the symbol of Shanghai, such as international hotels, large bright cinemas, Paramount, United States Association, Savings will be four lines of the building, Mu-Yan Tang, Guang-xue Building, City 3 Girls 54 buildings, Tat-wah … … There are some hospitals, hotels, schools, churches, apartments, villas, etc., for several decades have been included in the excellent Building protection unit.

Must have a certain high-spirited original Hudec, as he finished the design, “the Far East first luxurious” green house (333 Tongren Road) is the pronouncements: “I can guarantee that even after 50 years, the house of the modern is still ahead, even if in another 100 years, I believe she still can not Out! that she should be able to belong to the classics. “But perhaps he never thought that he left behind these buildings will create a new architect.

International Hotel in Shanghai, one of the oldest of several hotels. In 1950, surveying and mapping departments of Shanghai International Hotel rooftop flagpole Center as Shanghai’s “zero” position number, International Hotels, which centered on the status of the earth from Shanghai to establish.

This is only frequented by celebrities Xiu Yuan Hotel, there had been a sensation in Shanghai tragedy: One day, movie stars egret hurried into the elevator, the door is not closed in time, she lost one go off on this red Consumers incense.