http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:18:56Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/China http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/19/0537/1880 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/22421/2009_10_19_HC___CheongFatt.jpg" class="top"><p>Originally built as a 38-room feng shui masterpiece for 19th century merchant Cheong Fatt Tze, the <a href="http://www.cheongfatttzemansion.com/"><b>Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion</b></a> fell on hard times as its Malaysian Georgeton neighborhood became a mid-20th century slum. Nonetheless it never lost the fame of its singular design, a unique mix of Eastern and Western influences that somehow blends cast-iron staircases and pillars, Gothic windows, Chinese porcelain, and Art Nouveau stained glass. <p>Some time after its original construction the mansion was coated with its now-famous blue exterior, a mix of lime and Indigo plant die, and became the Blue Mansion. Eventually restorers took over and began transforming it into a modern <a href="http://www.cheongfatttzemansion.com/">half-hotel half-museum conservation project,</a> part of a more general Omri 2009-10-20T13:58:40-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/