Elizabeth Apartments

The beginning

Why was it built here?

Elizabeth Apartments at No. 1327 is also listed as Fuzhong Apartments by the housing bureau. Immediately east of Blackstone, it is a separate building in the street’s apartment sequence.[1] [2]

David Thompson’s 2013 photographic account dates it to 1930 and singles out its triangular windows. The reviewed evidence does not establish the original design firm.[1] [2]

Look up, then look closer

Details worth a closer look

One building, changing roles

Read the building through time

Captions distinguish photographic dates from publication dates; periods without reliable images are covered in the text.

1. c. 1930

   Apartment building established

   The 2013 photographic account gives 1930; without a reviewed original completion record, the date remains approximate.[1] [2]

2. 2005

   Fourth heritage list

   The fourth historic-building list recognises the property under the Elizabeth and Fuzhong names.[1] [2]

3. 2013

   Façade photographed

   Photographs from that year preserve the rounded volumes, brick verticals and triangular window details.[1] [2]

Shanghai and the world

Read history across the neighbourhood

Neighbouring apartments, houses and public spaces have different construction and use histories. Addresses, photograph directions and records together reveal how the neighbourhood developed.[1] [2]