Shanghai: the Art Deco pearl of Asia
Recently I was asked by the ever so chic Vyna St. Phard of High End Weekly to write something for her publication and as I have a romantic fascination with Art Deco and she has a fascination with Asia, I decided to write a short feature on a hotel I know first hand … Shanghai’s Peace Hotel (known in the 1920s as The Cathay Hotel). To read the brief introduction to the hotel, please click here.
image credit: The Fairmont Hotel Group
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