麦小姐的故事之11：延庆路161号和163号是瑞华公寓的1号楼和2号楼
“我们又来说瑞华公寓了，因为找到了新的历史资料，见标题。“链接点进去看看：《低奢 复古和眼泪 重构空间的梦想改造家 大平层老公寓里的历史故事》和《2003年瑞华公寓来了超豪华阵容电影摄制组 王菲和黎明《大城小事》新里洋房老公寓细细看》····
麦小姐觉得华亭路周遍最壮观的品质最佳的历史建筑当数瑞华公寓，淮海大楼没法闹中取静，每家每户窗户只能紧闭，东西和南北两条城市主干道的噪音还想方设法钻进来。而瑞华公寓呢，南面自带幽静小花园，沿常熟路的是外廊原来的工作楼梯，麦小姐说还是先来的人占了好位置好风水，你当年再叫个皇家公寓还是帝国大厦，没用的，现在的瑞华两字发不出浓烈的法国原味，Savoy，读一下，不够的话读几遍，萨伏依，很France。
上图从常熟路北看到瑞华公寓常熟路和延庆路两个侧面；下图从常熟路南看到瑞华公寓的南侧和西侧。瑞华公寓内有三面临空的房型，卫生间朝南的罕见，麦小姐指着老照片对好奇的小助理说，那个小窗户就是卫生间盥洗室，瑞华公寓再大的房型和最小的房型，统统都是一个厕所。但麦小姐又说当年建筑设计师大概也预见到现代人渴望两卫，座厕的排污管道是后排出墙设计。小助理睁大眼睛，老板怎么知道辣么多？”你现在去买个后排水的座便器，店里的懂经营业员会告诉你没有现货的，他知道你家是老房子“。麦小姐悠悠地说；现在新房子都是下排水，楼下的人家有楼上人家的排污管。
壮观的瑞华公寓南面和东面，这样全景已经拍不到了，华亭苑起了高楼，新邻居有立升拆掉了瑞华公寓的车间、佣人房和华亭路76号大洋房。瑞华公寓”都市里的村庄“消失的同时，那道本在规划内的华亭苑西大门也没有能开出来，瑞华公寓老住户的立升可能更厉害，住华东医院的档次。链接点进去看看：《作家是编故事的一把好手 常熟路五原路口瑞华公寓里作家群像一瞥》。
瑞华公寓目前的门牌号码为常熟路209弄1-4号，老地址有点不一样：
善锺路（常熟路）131-133号
格罗希路（延庆路）161-163号
延庆路161-163号对应的是如今的瑞华公寓1号楼和2号楼，常熟路131-133号对应的是瑞华公寓3号楼和4号楼。其实，瑞华公寓里是不用写楼号的，四栋楼的房间编号唯一的，底楼（即一楼）1-7室，一楼（即二楼）21-28，依次类推，你说去几号几零几，洋盘了。
1945年的《上海百业人才小史》记载：周彥，字景文，江蘇吳縣人，曾在德國佛萊堡大學学医，上海市醫師公會會員，眼科医生。格羅希路163號63室，電話 77034。麦小姐看到这条信息就知道他家房型，155平方米，大三房带长过道两大间朝南一大间朝北，北窗外就是延庆路，三个大壁橱，厨房外有服务人员卫生间和小卧室，1928年的老公寓里主仆各走个楼梯，服务人员不可以坐电梯上下。下图是1941年上海重要人名录的一条信息，163号还住着一位叫林志宽的律师，仅仅知道他是福建人，上海市律師公會會員。
再次链接点进去看看：《大摇大摆进常熟路209弄瑞华公寓 展开一次别开生面的瑞华八楼的发现之旅》。
1947年上海电话号码簿里的信息更丰富但和麦小姐在捉迷藏，那些拼音人名背后是谁啊? 还有那些外国字，少见的Surname，和缩写，很烧脑。
Savoy Apartment (as Consulting Engineers
for the Credit Foncier d'Extreme-Orient).
MINUTTI, RENE法商营造公司有一说一
麦小姐找到的1935年中国名人录，收录法商营造公司合伙人Rene Minutti 的介绍，其中的一句关于瑞华公寓的话说得很老实，没有夸大和吹嘘，有一说一。
MINUTTI, RENE:
Civil Engineer;
Partner,Minutti & Co.
BORN March 8, 1887, in Geneva, Switzerland;
member of Shanghai Club and Cercle Sportif Francais; graduated from the Polytechnic School of Zurich, Switzerland, at the age of 22, in 1909. A resident of Shanghai since 1920, Mr. Minutti during that period has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city. He began his career as an Engineer on the design of steel bridges for a large firm in Germany, 1909-10; was Reinforced Concrete Engineer for Messrs. Kastli & Wyss, in Berne, Switzerland, 1909-12; Civil Engineer for Messrs. Dirks & Dakes, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1912-13; Manager of the Structural Steel Works of Prunieres & Co., in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1913-14; Civil Engineer and later Branch Manager for Messrs. Brossard Mopin & Co., at Saigon and Singapore, 1915-20.
说了一堆，人家作为土木工程师在欧洲混得不错，造桥盖厂房，1920年，Mr. Minutti 33岁不远万里来到上海，是什么吸引他来上海的呢？人家给了他一个合伙人的名头，干的还是土木工程师的活，干出名堂来了，哈哈，成总承包商，接触过建筑行业人的都懂的，厉害的角色。10年以后，洋行从Ledreux, Minutti & Co.,变成了Minutti & Co.,绝对上海滩励志故事。
Coming to Shanghai in 1920, Mr. Minutti was a partner in the firm of Ledreux, Minutti & Co., Civil Engineers and General Contractors, until 1930, and since the latter year has headed the firm, known as Minutti & Co., Civil Engineers and Architects. During his years in Shanghai Mr. Minutti has been responsible for the design and/or building of many important structures. Among these are the Chapoo Road Bridge (foundations), reinforced concrete bridge in Nanking (Houe Ming Bridge), reinforced concrete bridge in Ningpo (Lao Kang Bridge), the Canidrome (Architects, Civil Engineers and General Contractors), Auditorium (in collaboration with Spence, Robinson & Partners), water tower in Route Sieyes (35,000 cubic feet, 100 feet high), new factory for the Chinese Aluminium Rolling Mills covering an area of 10 mow: office building and godown for the Foncière et Immobilière de Chine in Szechuen Road, eight-storey reinforced concrete godown for the Shanghai Land Investment Co. in Avenue Edward VII, Savoy Apartment (as Consulting Engineers for the Credit Foncier d'Extreme-Orient).
造桥还是他信手拈来老本行，在上海他主要造水塔和修水库，这些城市基础设施对一个现代化城市来说比高楼大厦更重要，上面那一行红色字大概可以纠正一下瑞华公寓设计师错误写法，Rene Minutti 仅仅参与了一下，为义品放贷行做了工程咨询，老外还是很诚实的不乱说。义品放贷行的故事就多了，思南公馆以前叫义品邨，TA家开发的。法商营造公司和马海洋行合作设计了Auditorium 回力球场（拆除变成了淮海中路巴黎春天百货公司）。
写这个简历的时间是1935年，当时Rene Minutti 正在为万国储蓄会建造14层高楼”Picardie“如今的衡山宾馆，造价200万美元。哈哈，现在仅能买个衡山路41号三房两厅两卫。
Since 1920, Messrs. Minutti & Co. have been acting as Consulting Engineers and very often as General Contractors for the French Water Works and are responsible for practically all the new works which have been built during the last 12 years, including the pumping station in the Whangpoo, through which all the water used in the French Concession is flowing: sedimentation tanks, rapid filters, clear water tanks, Diesel power station, general store, transformer houses and several water reservoirs in the French Concession, including one under the Koukaza Garden which covers an area of about ten mow, and which contains a reserve of more than 1,000,000 cubic feet of clear water. Amongst other works, Messrs. Minutti & Co. now have under construction the 14-storey structure on Avenue Petain known as the "Picardie" Apartments, which will be one of the largest buildings in Shanghai, erected at a cost of $2,000,000 for the International Savings Society.
麦小姐说瑞华公寓是她小时候最仰望的地方，从麦阳路（华亭路）看过去，大楼屋檐下整条的立体花纹精致有型，像剪纸刻花一样的美，后来她知道那叫现代装饰主义风格，从法国舶来的时髦ArtDeco。关于瑞华公寓还有一说，麦小姐说此公寓的开发商是林鹤寿家族，台湾板桥林家了解一下。
如今的延庆路还有165号的门牌号码，一家整理得干干净净的生活方式店，很佛系。
当无人机慢慢升腾起来俯瞰到瑞华公寓干净有序。而在70多年前的老照片里，瑞华公寓和淮海大楼以及更远方的盖斯康公寓和高纳大楼突出在外滩以西地区的天际线上，麦小姐再青灯俯首研究老地图，1940年的租界还在，1947年的租界已不存，2019年的谷歌卫星图，那些个故纸堆的人名还在，建筑还在，时代变了。