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Paramount returns in splendour
6/8/2003 15:13


With the accomplishment of the exterior facelift, Paramount Shanghai,this former haunt of the rich and famous is destined for glory once again. Shanghai Morning Post reported today.
Construcuted in 1931, the Paramount was once the most luxurious establishment of its kind in Shanghai and was known as the number one dance hall in the Far East fell into a depression during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai.
The reconstruction of the Paramount will remain its Baroque in architectural style The former corridor, rosewood dancing pool, the Jazz band will recall the customers the heydays of Shanghai, and meanwhile, a piano stage reaches 3 merters high, a giant cocktail bar and a today antrum were intruduced, and alongside, some American pianists and Phillippine bands will make their dubut, said a faculty of Paramount.




 Gloria Hua / Shanghai Daily news