Weekend Expo Notes I: Future v. Past on Opposite Riverbanks
For the weekend, the first of a couple of random notes on Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) that I’ve had scribbled on an envelope next to my keyboard. First, Future v. Past … Expo 2010 has grounds on both...
View ArticleDeep inside of Oz’s awesome Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) pavilion – A Shanghai...
The other morning I received an out-of-the-blue email from Pete Ford, Creative Director for the Australian Pavilion at Expo 2010 (World’s Fair). He was going to be in town, he told me, and he wondered...
View ArticleTonight at the Latvian Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) pavilion: the flying Prime...
This evening I had the distinct honor of attending the opening of the Latvian Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) pavilion. It was a notable event for two reasons, in particular. First, the Latvian pavilion is...
View ArticleLife-cycle of a Shanghai French Concession neighborhood in one simple photo.
Sunday afternoon I visited a friend’s new apartment off Wulumqi Road in the heart of Shanghai’s rapidly disappearing French Concession. It’s been that way over the last few years: the old neighborhoods...
View ArticleDisappearing Shanghai: The Roots of an Urban Tragedy, Pt. I
In 2004, Amy L. Sommers, an American lawyer with the Shanghai office of Squier Sanders and Dempsey, decided to buy a pre-War residence in Shanghai. The search included both lane houses and Art Deco...
View ArticleDisappearing Shanghai: The Roots of an Urban Tragedy, Pt. II
Today, part II of my emailed interview with Amy L. Sommers (part I, here). Ms. Sommers is an American lawyer with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, and the co-author – along with Kara L. Philips of the...
View ArticleThose Expo 2010 Lines? Blame the Foreigners.
I realize that Expo 2010 (Shanghai World’s Fair) is getting a bit long in the tooth, but … I’d like to share with my Expo readers an interesting note that I received from someone involved in the design...
View ArticleChina Pavilion Architect Celebrates in his Underpants
He Jingtang, architect of the China pavilion at Expo 2010 (Shanghai World’s Fair), on how he celebrated the crowds that turned out to view his building on October 1: “I especially chose underwear with...
View ArticleBuild, Demolish, Rinse, Repeat: A Shanghai Scrap Carmelite Update
Way back in January 2009 the staff of Shanghai Scrap told you about the demolition of Shanghai’s (then) 135-year-old Carmelite Convent on the edge of the expensive, rapidly re-developing Xujiahui...
View ArticleThe Diligent Young Men Cleaning Up Shanghai
Here’s a form of gainful employment that never occurred to me before Friday afternoon: cleaner of the world’s largest urban scale model. I came across him – them – during a visit to the...
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