Broadway Mansions

Broadway Mansions
百老汇大厦
Broadway Mansions at night, 2009
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Hotel, apartments
Location	20 Bei Suzhou Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, China
Construction started	1930
Completed	1934
Cost	$10 million (Mexican) (approximately US$3.4 million)
Owner	Shanghai Hengshan (Group) Holdings Company (上海市人民政府直属的上海衡山集) since at least 1985.
Height
Roof	78.0 m (255.9 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	19
Floor area	24,596 square metres
Design and construction
Architect	B. Flazer, Palmer and Turner
Developer	Shanghai Land Investment Company
Structural engineer	John William Barrow, Palmer and Turner
Main contractor	Ye Guang Estate Property Company
References
http://www.broadwaymansions.com

Broadway Mansions (simplified Chinese: 百老汇大厦; traditional Chinese: 百老匯大廈; pinyin: Bǎilǎohuì Dàshà) is a nineteen-floor Art Deco five star hotel in Shanghai, China. and was for over five decades one of the primary symbols of Shanghai.

Completed in 1934, the same year as the 19 feet taller Park Hotel. Upon its completion it became the tallest apartment building in Shanghai and remained so for several decades. Located near the confluence of Suzhou Creek and the Huangpu River, as well as the northern end of The Bund, it was built by the architectural and engineering firm of Palmer and Turner, and its completion in 1935 signalled the commencement of the high-rise building era in Asia. It was Shanghai's "closest approach to a modern American skyscraper." It commands possibly the best view of the Bund and Huangpu.

Originally labelled as "The Broadway Mansions", it was renamed Shanghai Mansions by the Shanghai Municipal Council in 1951, but reverted to its original name after China opened up again to the West. The Broadway Mansions has been owned and operated by the Shanghai Hengshan (Group) Holdings Company (上海市人民政府直属的上海衡山集团) since at least 1985.

The Broadway Mansions Hotel is located at 20 Bei Suzhou Road (formerly 1 Broadway),Shanghai in the North Bund area of the Hongkou District. It is at the northern end of the Waibaidu Bridge (Garden Bridge). It is at the corner of Bei Suzhou Road, Huangpu Road, and Daming Road (formerly Broadway), and is less than thirty metres from the Suzhou Creek, close to its confluence with the Huangpu River. It is also bounded by Haining Road at the rear, and Wusong Road South on the west. It is across Daming Road from the Astor House Hotel. Before the mansions were constructed a building owned by the British firm Shanghai electric construction company stood on its site.