The Most Open City最开放的城市(附英文)-4

Old Shanghai's cosmopolitan openness was best reflected in the buildings along the Bund. There were 28buildings of ten or more stories, representing 17 classical architecturalstyles of Europe, including English, Russian, German and Austrian, hence itsmoniker as a “World Architectural Fair.” For example, Sassoon House at No. 20 Bund (today's northernbuilding of the Peace Hotel) is a 13-story building, its rooms extravagantly furnishedin the style of different countries, including China, Britain, France, Germany,India, Japan, Italy, and Spain. It was therefore acclaimed as the“No. 1 Housein the Far East."