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238 Route Delastre // 238 Taiyuan Road // 太原路238号
General contractors: A. V. Kooklin.
The apartment house representing one of Tomashevsky’s "midget apartments" was built in 1941.
“Skillful planning by Architect Tomashevsky fitted this small tenement snugly into a limited lot on Route Delastre. Four apartments are contained in the building, each spreading over the entire floor”. (Shanghai Times Industrial Supplement, Dec 1941).
The building’s footprint was, indeed, tiny, with the built area of only 108 sq. m. on the lot measuring about 120 sq. m. With the total construction area of about 400 sq. m., the building is four stories high, with a brick-concrete structure and reinforced concrete floors.
The residents listed in 1947 were Miss L. Poletika, A. D. Pigulevsky and G. B. Rosen (office).
In 2015, the Delastre Apartment was inserted into the roster of Shanghai’s Excellent Historical Buildings.
Wedge-shaped lot on Route Delastre where the apartment house was built in 1939. Virtual Shanghai
Former Delastre Apartments, on 238 Taiyuan Road. Courtesy of Jad Arsan, 2021.
Delastre Apartments in the 1940s. Courtesy of Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Isometry drawing of Delastre Apartments, November 1940. 上海城建档案馆
East elevation of Delastre Apartments. 上海城建档案馆
Plan of the lot with prospective Delastre Apartments on it. 上海城建档案馆
Delastre Apartments during the construction. Courtesy of Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Former Delastrte Apartments, 238 Taiyuan Road. Courtesy of Jad Arsan, 2021.
Entrance to the building. Jad Arsan, 2021.
Staircase. Jad Arsan, 2021.
Apartment door. Jad Arsan, 2021.
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