The Shanghai General Post Office Building is situated at the north end of the Sichuan Road Bridge, Shanghai, on the banks of the Suzhou Creek.
It was built from 1922 to 1924 and designed by Stewardson & Spence. It is presently used as the Shanghai postal services headquarters and is protected as a National Artefact Preservation Unit. Read more about history of the Shanghai General Post Office Building on Wikipedia and the Chinese Philatelic Society of London website.
[…] gorgeous foreign-built landmarks on the Huangpu River — and crossed Suzhou Creek, stopping at the General Post Office. This huge pile with baroque clock tower, more mittel-Europa than East Asia, was designed in the […]
[…] gorgeous foreign-built landmarks on the Huangpu River — and crossed Suzhou Creek, stopping at the General Post Office. This huge pile with baroque clock tower, more mittel-Europa than East Asia, was designed in the […]