Park hotel and Racecourse by night

Title : Park hotel and Racecourse by night

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1934

Estimated dates : 1934-1939

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : The Park Hotel (Guoji fandian), designed by Ladislaus Hudec in Art-Deco style, was built in 1932-1933 and completed in 1934. The hotel (83,8m) was the highest building in Shanghai in 1930s, with 22 floors and over 200 rooms and suites. The top floor featured a night club with a retracting roof where one could dance under the stars.To the keft of the Park Hotal, the Grand Theater. On the left hand side of the picture, the grand stand of the race course.

Private Repository : Raymond Vibien Family Album

Keywords : settlement;building;hotel;leisure;Park Hotel;racecourse;Guoji fandian

Keywords (fr) : concession;bâtiment;hôtel;loisir;Park Hôtel;champ de course;Guoji fandian

Street name : Bubbling Well