At Nanjing Tech University Traces of the 1910 Nanyang Industrial Expo Remain

Posted: August 30th, 2022 | No Comments »

How things comes around….ten years ago I posted on the floor plan for the 1910 Nanyang Industrial Exposition – here. 2010 was the year of the Shanghai Expo, which got some excited but was a heritage and preservation disaster for the city as cadres took advantage of the hype and central government support to bulldoze vast swathes of the city, especially Yangpu (including much of the city’s neglected industrial architectural heritage), Tilanqiao (including a lot of the former Jewish ghetto) and Hongkou, (particularly key unique parts of the former Japanese Concession).

Anyway, a big thanks to a teacher from Nanjing Tech University who read the post and sent me some pictures of some remaining animal head sculptures that remain on the grounds of the Uni and probably (though someone out there may know better) orignally came from the USA.

Apparently they were marked as a Chinese mythical creatures. There also remains a cement parasol- covered rest/seating area (below too)…

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