Cercle Sportif Français

Title : Cercle Sportif Français

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Year : 1929

Location : Shanghai: French Concession

Date (start) : 1929

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : Cercle sportif français, rue Cardinal Mercier (1929) Façade Sud.

Information data : It was built in 1925. In the French Concession there were two clubs, but The "Cercle Sportif Français" was more famouse of "Cercle Français". The word "sportif" in the title is perhaps misleading; although it did have a popular indoor swimming pool and a number of tennis courts, its focus was thoroughly social. It was also more egalitarian than its British and American counterparts. It did admit women, even if only forty at a time and with hundreds wait-listed. Alhough late, it was also the first club to admit Chinese to its membership. Nowadays it is the Garden Hotel (Huayuan fandian).

Private Repository : Des Courtils family album

Keywords : Club;sport;building;French;leisure

Keywords (fr) : Club;sport;bâtiment;français;loisir

Street name : Cardinal Mercier