Eighteen Wrinkles
A bun shop of 1858 that followed the commercial centre south, and was sold for 106 million yuan in 2005.
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Heping District
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The River That Made the City a Port
Five tributaries, three hundred streams, three different lengths, and a name first written down in 1613.
The Cooking of a River City
Spoon-sauce, quick stir-fry, three basic skills, and the three seasonings that define the flavour.
The Shop Window of the Restaurants
A walled food quarter of 1985, built after 445 households were moved out in thirteen days.
Modelled on Stamford Bridge
A stadium of 1920 that Eric Liddell helped build, and that became a public square in 2014.
Two Thousand Garden Houses
Ground filled in with river silt from 1903, and the densest collection of mixed-nationality villas in the city.
Bricks From France
A cathedral of 1913 to 1916, North China's largest Romanesque building, with three 45-metre domes.
The Store That Named a Place
A department store of 1928 that displaced the old silk street and gave its name to a whole crossing.
The Banking Street
Victoria Road of 1870, the first road in any Tianjin concession, and the banks that followed it.