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Xuhui’s renovated buildings ‘best bar nun’
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A FORMER nuns’ dormitory has been named as yet another of the highlights of a long-running renovation and refurbishment program launched by the Xuhui District government, a senior official said yesterday.
Until recently, the once-holy building on Fuxing Road provided office accommodation for the employees of a sub-district government department, said Wang Hongzhou, the deputy governor of Xuhui.
“But later this year, they will move out and the building will open to the public,” he said.
Another building on Caoxi Road N., which was built in 1928 and used to be a Catholic monastery, will also open to the public tomorrow, he said.
The renovation of a former Masonic building, and the erstwhile homes of playwright Xia Yan and translator Cao Ying will start soon, he said.
Also, the Blackstone Apartments building on Fuxing Road, which is currently occupied by government officials, will reopen as a venue for orchestral performances.
Wang said also that the city’s first recording studio will open to the public as a record museum later this year.
The three-story building at 811 Hengshan Road opened in 1921 as the offices for Electric and Musical Industries Ltd.
Many of China’s most popular contemporary singers recorded records there, Wang said.
In 1982 it became a recording studio for China Record Corp, the country’s oldest record label, and sometime after that it was converted into a restaurant.
The ground floor of the building was used for recording while the second floor housed the editing rooms, Wang said.
Composer Xian Xinghai, popular singer the “Golden Voice” Zhou Xuan, Shanghai film star Hu Die and Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang once worked in the building, he said.
Nie Er, the composer of China’s national anthem, was once music editor for the EMI company and created some popular songs in the building.
Many contemporary pop singers and film stars, including Taiwan singer Lo Tayu and actress Gong Li, also recorded songs in the building after the China Record Corp took over.
The building was converted into a restaurant in 2002, but the eatery was ordered to close in March last year, Wang said.
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