Posted Nov 1, 2019, 5:47 AM
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Originally Posted by giallo
Yeah. I didn't want to wade in to this conversation due to not having any concrete numbers, but Shanghai was an absolute boom town of over 3 million people in the 1920s/30s, and A LOT of art deco was built. The French Concession, a massive area in central Shanghai that I live in for seven years, is littered with art deco everywhere. I was constantly discovering new gems in alleys or down side streets.
To write off Shanghai as a major art deco center just because it wasn't in the US is foolish.
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The Shanghai pic posted by Muppet are incredible!
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