The Continental Bank was opened in 1919 in Tianjin and located at 70 Haerbin Avenue, Heping District. Now it is the office building of the Bank of Communications and it is the heritage site under city/county protection and the important protection historic architecture in Tianjin.
The Former Korean Bank, situated at 97-101 North Jiefang Road. Heping District is now the heritage site under city/county protection and the special protection historic architecture in Tianjin and is used as an office and residential building.
The Wu Da Dao area appears in every Tianjin guidebook as a historic site famous for its western style villas preserved from the early 20th century.
As one of the earliest cities in China in modern times to introduce the Western cultures, Tianjin City has created a city culture of its own with both the Chinese and Western characters, which produced many historic and stylistic constructions bearing a unique local feature. As a national famous historical and cultural city, Tianjin boasts so many historic and stylistic architectures of various styles as its distinctive symbol. Since the "Regulations on the Protection of Tianjin City's Historic and Stylistic Architecture" (hereinafter referred to as "Regulations") was put into force in 2005, a total of 746 buildings, totaling 1,140,000 sq.m., has been confirmed as historic buildings. These buildings are not only replete with events of humanity history of the city, but also condensed some important episodes of the Chinese modern history. They represent the styles and arts of architecture of a great number of foreign countries, becoming a rare treasury of architectural arts.
Historic and stylish architecture is a terminology referring to any constructions or buildings that have been built for more than 50 years.
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