The Continental Hotel today
The Continental Palace and its famous Terrace during the 1950s
The Municipal Theatre, opened in 1900
When it opened in 1958-1959, the Caravelle Hotel was the epitome of modern glamour
The
Grand Hotel was built in 1933 as the Saigon Palace Hotel, which Graham
Greene used as the model for his “room over the rue Catinat” in The
Quiet American
The Majestic Hotel as it was built in 1925
Detail on the facade of French architect Alfred Foulhoux’s Hôtel des douanes of 1887
A late 19th century view of the Messageries maritimes building and international port
Gustav Eiffel’s Pont des Messageries maritimes, built in 1882
The original Banque de l’Indochine building, opened in 1875
The second Banque de l’Indochine building of 1928, now the State Bank
The
second Chambre de commerce de Saïgon headquarters of 1928 became the
Senate House of the South Vietnamese National Assembly in 1955
The first US Embassy building at 39 Hàm Nghi street
The Société financière française et coloniale (SFFC) building pictured soon after its construction in the 1920s
The Trésor général, built in 1925
The Sun Wah Tower stands on the site of Saigon’s original wooden cathedral, l’Église Sainte-Marie-Immaculée, inaugurated in 1865
The “Bùng Binh Sài Gòn” traffic circle originally marked the junction of two canals
The Établissements Bainier motor car showroom (1927), forerunner of the Rex Hotel
The People’s Committee building was inaugurated in 1909 as the Hôtel de ville de Saïgon
A 1963 image of the South Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence buildings on the Pasteur/Lý Tự Trọng junction
Foulhoux’s Lieutenant Governor’s Palace of 1890, now the Hồ Chí Minh City Museum
The Hồ Chí Minh City General Sciences Library stands on the site of the former Maison centrale or central prison
Foulhoux’s first major civic building, the Palais de justice of 1885
Georges l’Hermitte’s original Norodom Palace of 1873
The South Gate is all that now remains of the original Norodom Palace
The replacement Unification Palace nearing completion in 1966
The
former Cercle des Officiers or Officers’ mess building of 1876, later
the South Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and now the the headquarters of
the District 1 People’s Committee
The Cathédrale de Saïgon before spires were added in 1897
Foulhoux’s last work and great masterpiece of 1891, the Hôtel des postes de Saïgon
The notorious Bót Catinat, which served as the South Vietnamese Interior Ministry after 1955
The Catinat building of 1927, which once counted the US Consulate among its tenants.
People attempting to board a helicopter on the roof of 22 Gia Long (now Lý Tự Trọng) on 29 April 1975 (photo by Hubert van Es)
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