Vintage photographs of Shanghai in black and white and colour have been
matched with the same viewpoint today to reveal the history of this
vibrant and rapidly expanding city.
Shanghai Then and Now brings together rare archival images of this
thrilling cosmopolitan city and matches them with specially commissioned
photos of the same sites as they appear today. Vaughan Grylls
(author/photographer of four other titles in the Then and Now series:
Oxford, Cambridge, Hong Kong and Singapore) has rounded up all of the
key sites that make up this fascinating and diverse city, from Jesuit
cathedrals, Jewish synagogues and Buddhist temples to neoclassical
banks, art deco hotels, and the super-tall skyscrapers of the Pudong
district. The breathtaking contrast between past and present make this a
fascinating addition to the long-running Then and Now series.
Sites include: The Bund, Yu Garden, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, East
Nanjing Road, Jing'an Temple, Jade Buddha Temple, People's Square,
Shanghai Tower, Longhua Temple and Pagoda, Shanghai Museum, St. Ignatius
Cathedral, Dongping National Forest Park, Lu Xun Park, Nanpu Bridge,
Shanghai Club Building, HSBC Building, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Tower,
Natural History Museum, Shanghai World Financial Center, Zhang Garden,
Shanghai Exhibition Center, Moller House, Custom House.