A New Architectural Feature for Shanghai's River Front: 150 Feet Building with Luxurious Acades: An Outstanding Scheme We show herewith an elevation of what will undoubtedly prove to be 4 notable addition to the already out standing architectural features the Bund. The old buildings at the comer where the Bund meets Nan-King: Road—just opposite the Palace Hotel—have recently been in pro-ens of evacuation by their tenants, fend as has been the ease with all these landmarks of the past, they must disappear. While in one res-Poet, because old associations ae Valued, their disappearance will regretted, it cannot be denied that the improvements which are effected by replacing them are all in favour of the Bund. The new building wil be one of the most interesting here, for it will embody features which will add to the variety and amenity of the place. There are few more prominent sites in Shanghai, for the Block will extend from Nanking Road along the Bund as far as Jinkee Road. The plans of the building for this aren have now been completed, and the general—idea, which is given below, and suppl rented by the elevation, kindly supplied to us by the architects, Messrs, Palmer & Turner, will give a. good idea of what may be expected Arcades to be Constructed The front portion of the site will be occupied by banks, but the most interesting feature of the development is the creation of a new shopping centre, planned in the form of arcades, which is something novel in Shanghai, but exists in other great cities of the world. More than half the site will be occupied by shops. 'Two arcades will connect Nanking Road with Jinkee Road, another Joining with. these two,' will run At the intersection jes there will be a ida, 46 feet in diameter, 'a metal and glass roof. The enclosures to the shops will' consist entirely of big plate glass windows, which will give the maximum possible area of show cases. It is possible to anticipat that once a lady sets her foot in thee arcades, only with the greatest. difficulty will she be able to tear herself away, for she will be able to visit the whole of the 20 shops under cover, and, judging from the applications for space already received, it would appear Vikely that every kind of shop dear te a woman's heart, or to mere men's also for the matter of 1 will be found within these precinets. A Bort Street and Burlington Arcade under one roof, what more can Shanghai hope for!
Not only is the planning of these aFeades and shops both novel and attractive in every way but the shop fronts themselves will show the latest ideas in these lines.
They will be of marble, bronze, plate glass, and electro-glazing. The arcades' will be lighted from and the metal and glass the arcades rotunda will be of mosaic, nothing that could be thought of for the comfort and pleasure of she yrs has been omitted when design? Ing. these shape-deduce. Accese from the arcades to the staircases has been arranged, and from the very nature of the building it is expected that high-class. dressmakers, milliners, ladies' \hairdressers and beauty specialists will take suites of rooms in the stories above the shops. These who run short of money can visit the banks building. to draw more without leaving the
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