Shanghai Concert Hall – Wartime Hub of Shanghai Rotary Club

Shanghai Concert Hall Wartime Hub of Shanghai Rotary Club
ENG

The Shanghai Concert Hall, originally the Nanking Theatre built in 1930 at Yan’an Road and South Tibet Road in Shanghai’s Huangpu District, was designed by architect and Shanghai Rotary Club member Robert Fan. Initially a cinema showing American films, it was renamed Beijing Cinema in 1949 and transformed into a concert hall renowned for its acoustics in 1959. The building was moved in 2007 for the Yan’an Elevated Road project and reopened in 2008 as a protected national cultural relic. During the Pacific War (1941–1945), the Nanking Theatre served as the wartime hub for the Shanghai Rotary Club, which operated under Japanese occupation, coordinated relief efforts, and maintained secretarial tasks there. Robert Fan (1893–1979), a University of Pennsylvania-trained architect and influential Shanghai Rotarian, also designed the YMCA Building in Shanghai and notable projects in Hong Kong, evolving from Beaux-Arts to modernist architecture before relocating to Hong Kong in 1949.

PTG

O Shanghai Concert Hall, originalmente o Teatro Nanking construído em 1930 na interseção da Yan’an Road com a South Tibet Road no distrito de Huangpu, Xangai, foi projetado pelo arquiteto e membro do Rotary Club de Xangai, Robert Fan. Inicialmente um cinema exibindo filmes americanos, foi renomeado Beijing Cinema em 1949 e transformado em sala de concerto, reconhecida por sua acústica, em 1959. O edifício foi realocado em 2007 para a construção da Yan’an Elevated Road e reaberto em 2008 como um relicário cultural nacional protegido. Durante a Guerra do Pacífico (1941–1945), o Teatro Nanking serviu como centro do Rotary Club de Xangai, que atuou sob a ocupação japonesa, coordenou esforços de socorro e manteve operações secretárias no local. Robert Fan (1893–1979), arquiteto formado na Universidade da Pensilvânia e importante rotariano de Xangai, projetou também o Edifício YMCA em Xangai e obras notáveis em Hong Kong, migrando do estilo Beaux-Arts para o modernismo antes de se mudar para Hong Kong em 1949.

中文

上海音乐厅，原名南京戏院，建于1930年，位于上海黄浦区延安路与西藏南路交汇处，由上海扶轮社会员兼建筑师范承勋设计。最初是一座放映美国影片的电影院，1949年更名为北京电影院，1959年改建为以音响效果著称的音乐厅。该建筑于2007年为修建延安高架路被整体搬迁，2008年重新开放并作为国家重点文物保护单位。太平洋战争期间（1941–1945），南京戏院是上海扶轮社的战时中心，扶轮社在日本占领期间继续有限活动，协调战时救助并在此维持秘书处运作。范承勋（1893–1979）毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学，是著名上海扶轮社会员，设计过上海基督教青年会大楼及香港多项工业和教育建筑，建筑风格由古典学院派转向现代主义，1949年迁居香港。

rev. 2024-06-15

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