Shanghaiist: Photo of the Day: Art deco building on Fujian Lu

guest

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:48:27 +0800

I dunnow: the little square holes with the crosses in them, the slight arch to the window sills, the whimsical tower, the probable era of construction. I'd call it art deco-ish. It's definitely not modernist, or run-of-the-mill Chinese concrete-box construction.

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:26:11 +0800

not to be rude but that is not art deco. at all. and i will register just to point out this fact if my post gets deleted.

Dan Washburn

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:07:32 +0800

Neil, the head techie, would like you to email him with your problem, No. 9. He can be reached at neil at gothamist.com.

Dan Washburn

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:00:17 +0800

Yeah, I have been experiencing some commenting errors today, too. The techies in NYC are looking into it. Can you tell me what the error message you got was? Thanks!

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:45:41 +0800

I honestly tried to log in but couldn't get it to work. I kept getting rerouted to the main Gothamist site and that kept getting some weird error message. I also can't seem to get my password. I click the link in my Email which leads me nowhere. Que paso?

Dan Washburn

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:55:49 +0800

No. 7, No. I didn't say that. The "policy" is only that you have to sign in to post a comment. We won't be censoring or filtering comments. What I meant in my above comment was that if logging in was necessary to comment now, No. 5 would have at least known who No. 4 was (or at least they would have been able to see previous comments that user made, which would help determine whether they would take that comment seriously). [And yes, I am looking forward to the day when we don't have to refer to commenters by their number.] It is my hope that by requiring people to log in to comment, the people commenting will be the people who really have something to add to the story (whether in agreement or disagreement), and that those people who like to stoke the flames under a continuous cloak of anonymity may be less inclined to do so. You can still be "anonymous" under the new system — you never have to tell us or anyone else your real name — but your username will have a profile page that shows your previous comments. So, people who troll will be easy to recognize. I suppose someone could keep registering with new usernames, but that is a little more labor intensive than just clicking "Sign in as Guest." Dan

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:37:53 +0800

Telling people "love your attitude" will be disallowed under the new Gothamist policy? That's crazy, what exactly will be allowed?

Dan Washburn

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:52:37 +0800

Hi #5, If you are leaving Shanghaiist due to the site's content, that is one thing, and I would be sorry to see you go. But it seems here you are upset by something an anonymous commenter said, and that commenter likely has nothing to do with the site. Anonymous commenting is something we will soon get rid of to avoid such confusion — it's a Gothamist-wide policy change — and hopefully once the change is made you will see an improvement in the quality of conversations in the comments sections. If you have any other suggestions on how we can make the site better, please feel free to email us at info at shanghaiist.com. We'd love to hear from you. Until then, maybe we'll see you at Shanghaiist poker night? Thanks, Dan

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:08:18 +0800

I don't know how you infer that, but thanks for the attitude adjustment. I won't be back anymore, so don't worry. At least Shangzilla doesn't have a pine tree up its collective rear.

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:42:36 +0800

i am pretty sure meckleychina was wondering what the building was used for originally. love your attitude, though, no. 3. keep up the good work.

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:50:57 +0800

Judging by the laundry hanging out to dry, I'd say it's a bank. Do I violate the comment policy if I say this is 100% idiotic?

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:12:50 +0800

Doesn't look that art deco to me.

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:49:44 +0800

i think this is just a building of apartments