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Broadway Mansions Shanghai
Shanghai, China · Independent · Near Luxury
Broadway Mansions opened in 1934 at the north end of Waibaidu Bridge, where Suzhou Creek meets the Huangpu, an Art Deco tower by Clement Palmer and Arthur Turner that was among Shanghai's tallest buildings. The Bund promenade is a seven-minute walk south. The house kept operating through Japanese occupation and after 1949. The 1934 tower stands at 20 Beisuzhou Road in Hongkou, a ten-minute walk from Tiantong Road subway.
- 252 rooms
- Opened 1934
- Neighborhood: Hongkou / Waibaidu Bridge
- Rooms from 323 sq ft (30 m²)
- Architect: Clement Palmer and Arthur Turner (Palmer & Turner firm); B. Fletcher (lead designer, also given as Bright Fraser)
About Broadway Mansions Shanghai
- The 1934 tower stands at 20 Beisuzhou Road in Hongkou, at the steel span that once divided the International Settlement from Hongkou.
- Clement Palmer and Arthur Turner designed the Art Deco hotel, Historic Hotels Worldwide lists it, and it still has 252 rooms.
- River-view upgrades look at the Huangpu; the house is a 10-minute walk from Tiantong Road subway.
- Entry-level rooms start at 323 sq ft (30 m²).
History
Broadway Mansions rises at the northern end of the Bund, overlooking Suzhou Creek in Hongkou District, as one of Shanghai’s signature Art Deco landmarks. Completed in 1934, the building was designed by the Shanghai practice of Clement Palmer and Arthur Turner, two architects whose work helped define the city’s interwar skyline. A widely repeated measure of its ambition is that, at the time of completion, it was among the tallest buildings in Shanghai, a status that reflected the city’s boom years in the 1930s.
The building’s location placed it at the heart of treaty-port Shanghai, where international commerce, foreign residents, and river traffic shaped the city’s built environment. Broadway Mansions quickly became part of the visual identity of the Bund, a district known for its mix of neoclassical and Art Deco architecture. During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s, the building remained standing through the upheaval that transformed the city, and it later continued in use as a hotel after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
In the decades since, Broadway Mansions has remained one of the best-known historic hotels in Shanghai, valued as much for its architectural pedigree as for its riverfront setting. Its significance lies less in a single renovation campaign or awards tally than in its survival as a rare prewar hotel building on the Bund, where it still anchors the city’s architectural memory.
The setting
Broadway Mansions Shanghai commands 20 Beisuzhou Road in Hongkou — a 1934 Art Deco tower at the north end of the Waibaidu Bridge, the steel span that once marked the boundary between the International Settlement and Hongkou district. This vantage where Suzhou Creek meets the Huangpu River offers sweeping views of the Bund skyline and Pudong beyond, and the celebrated Bund promenade is a seven-minute walk south. The hotel's riverfront position stands at one of Shanghai's most historically charged crossroads, where colonial-era heritage and the modern Pudong skyline converge in a single panoramic frame.
Restaurants and bars
- Belle Vue Western Restaurant — Restaurant · Western
- Ichibanya — Restaurant · Japanese
- Huang Pu Xuan Restaurant — Restaurant · Chinese
- British Lounge — Bar
Experiences
- Landscape Terrace on 18F — Terrace on the 18th floor long offering some of the best views over the Shanghai skyline.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Fitness center
Awards
- Historic Hotels Worldwide member
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