Originally Posted by
bearbrick
A gentle reminder:
The Portman shanghai was the original Peninsula , a hundred years ago...
shanghai centre opened 1990, hotel was SL until RC took over in 1998
pen/etc shanghai history looks like >
1896-1948 palace (opened 1875) (rebuilt 1908) (now swatch art peace hotel)
1915-1954 astor (opened 1846 by peter felix richards - ironic middle name) (rebuilt 1910) (now pujiang hotel)
1920-1926 kalee (opened 1903) (?)
1924-1930 majestic (torn down 1933)
switching to HK >
http://m.hshgroup.com/en/About-Hongk...1866-1900.aspx
1866 The Hongkong Hotel Company acquired the Oriental Hotel and adjoining building, Keying and Marine House in Pedder Street.
is that LMO site? what would have happened if it had been nearby MO site...
https://www.hongkongheritage.org/html/eng/index.html
very cool site
its amazing how many newspapers from that time are online
searching for above hotels and years gets a lot of results
also in pen magazine for example >
http://www.pagegangster.com/p/WyZXo/20/
think i linked more about pen magazine in lounge thread