Wang Boqun’s residence is located at No. 31, Lane 1136, Yuyuan Road. It now serves as the Changning District Youth Palace. The building was constructed in the early 1930s. This structure is an Italian Gothic-style castle, covering an area of 6,500 square meters, with the main building area being 2,158.8 square meters. It has a four-story reinforced concrete structure and includes…
Also known as Xinhua Villas, Foreign Lane consists of dozens of garden-style residences in architectural styles from around the world. These houses were designed and planned by the Hungarian master architect László Hudec in the 1930s. Back then, the lane was home to many foreign expatriates. Over time, although the buildings have been preserved, the foreign residents…
Meiquan Villa Lane was built in 1993, not far from the Foreigners' Lane. It features 20 two-story brick-and-wood garden villas. All the houses are constructed with brick and wood. The garden has a square pool measuring two meters on each side, with a fountain in the center. Plum blossoms are planted around the pool, symbolizing "Mei Quan" (Plum Spring), which is also the origin of the villa's name. In modern Chinese history, there was…
The Shanghai Textile and Apparel Museum (Donghua University Textile and Apparel Museum) is located on the scenic Yan’an Road Campus of Donghua University and officially opened to the public in January 2009. It has since been designated as a “Shanghai Science Popularization Tourism Demonstration Base,” “Shanghai Science Popularization Education Base,” “National Science Popularization Education Base…”
Shengwu Middle School was a revolutionary base school established and led by the underground Communist Party organization in Shanghai in 1945. It is a Shanghai Youth Education Base and a Changning District Patriotic Education Base. The renowned educator Chen Heqin once served as the principal and formulated the school motto "Serve and Create." Inside the school, there is a large relief sculpture titled "The Light of Shengwu," inscribed by Comrade Qian Qichen...
Yuyuan Road, nestled in the bustling city yet enjoying its own tranquility, is lined with low-rise garden villas and Shikumen residences that exude understated charm and steadiness. In the 1920s, this was a secluded stretch near Zhonghua Park in western Shanghai. Due to its suitability for concealment, the editorial office of The Bolshevik, the official publication of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee during the Second Revolutionary Civil War period, was…
On May 25, 2018, “UPWEI·XINSONG” at No. 1262 Yan’an West Road will officially open to the public. Located in Shanghai’s Xinhua Road Historical Conservation Area, UPWEI·XINSONG is an urban renewal project by Vanke. It is set to officially open on May 25, 2018, allowing more people to explore the beauty of the city through its architecture...
Wang Boxiong’s Residence is located at No. 31, Lane 1136, Yuyuan Road. It is a building in the British Victorian Gothic style. The former residence has a total of 32 rooms of various sizes. The corridors inside the building are winding and interconnected across floors. Both the living rooms and guest halls are decorated with traditional Oriental art, featuring colorful murals on the walls, and even the door and window handles are all custom-made from bronze...
A “Hui-style courtyard” in the western suburbs of Changning, Zhongxinjing Park boasts the timeless charm of Huizhou architecture and embraces the spirit of surrounding landscapes, offering visitors a dreamy vision of white walls, black tiles, and intricate carvings. Residents in the Beixinjing area now have an additional space for leisure, fitness, entertainment, and strolling ahead of the Spring Festival. Covering an area of 26,000 square meters, Zhongxinjing Park is located on Hami Road...
Strolling along Wuyi Road, you’ll pass by the former residence of Bao Yugang, the Belgian Consulate, Renyi New Village, the relief wall… Each step is steeped in a century of old Shanghai memories. Address: Wuyi Road, Changning District, Shanghai. Transportation: Yan’an West Road Station on Metro Line 4…
Founded in 1879 by the American Episcopal Church, St. John's University was the first mission-run university in China to experiment with Chinese classical revival-style architecture. Its modern structural engineering blended perfectly with traditional Chinese exteriors, making it one of the finest universities in Shanghai and even all of China at the time. It was also among the first institutions to adopt English as the language of instruction, …
Residential buildings at Lane 115, Taian RoadThe garden residences at No. 1–8, Lane 115, Taian Road face Weileyuan across Taian Road. Originally part of Chenjiaxiang Village, these British classical and Spanish-style semi-detached houses were built between 1912 and 1936 by German expatriates. Designed by Huang Maishi, the complex consists of three rows and nine buildings in total. The lane was originally home to senior staff of the Texaco Oil Company...
Former Site of McTyeire School No. 155 Jiangsu Road. Shanghai No. 3 Girls’ High School is a renowned century-old institution with over 130 years of history. It has accumulated rich cultural heritage and was once the paradise of old Shanghai’s elite ladies and is now a cradle for talented young women. The Soong sisters all studied here. The school originated from St. Mary’s Hall, founded in 1881 by the American Episcopal Church, and McTyeire School, established in 1892 by the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church...
Zion Chapel is located at 1 Kole Road, within the Western Cemetery Chapel, to the north of Shanghai Zoo and west of the intersection of Hami Road and Jianhe Road. Built in 1925, it features a modern design with a Byzantine-style dome and Gothic windows and doors, reflecting the personal design preferences and regional sentiments of architect Ladislav Hudec. The floor plan is a Greek cross. …
The Yao Family Residence on Huaiyin Road is located at what was originally No. 200 Huaiyin Road. After the liberation, it was incorporated into the Western Suburbs Guesthouse at No. 1921 Hongqiao Road, also known as the Purple Bamboo Building. This residence was designed in 1936 and completed in 1946, taking a full ten years from design to completion. It was originally the home of Yao...
The residential building at No. 2310 Hongqiao Road is known as "Robinson Garden," a classic British country house with a two-story brick-and-wood hybrid structure. It was purchased in 1930 by Sassoon & Co. under the name of Dazhong Industrial Company and completed in 1932. Its builder, Sir Victor Sassoon, was a British Jewish national and one of the earliest foreign adventurers to arrive in Shanghai. In the 1930s, he was known as the "King of Real Estate" in Shanghai. Robinson Garden was once his private villa, with a construction area of 930 square meters, and is a British country-style pointed-roof garden villa.
Sassoon Villa is located at No. 2409 Hongqiao Road. This British classical-style country villa was built in 1932. Together with the property at No. 2310 Hongqiao Road (Robinson Garden, also known as Sassoon Villa), it forms a pair of sister garden villas. Originally Building 1 of the Longbai Hotel, it was also referred to as “Eden” or “Evans” at the time. …
The Xingguo Road Residence is located at No. 72 Xingguo Road. Built in 1934, it covers a construction area of 1,647 square meters, has two floors, faces south, and features a brick-concrete structure. The architectural style is British Palladian, remotely designed by Scottish architect Clough Williams-Ellis from the UK. In the 15th century Italian…
The Former Site of the Shanghai Bureau of the CPC Central Committee is located at No. 21, Lane 389, Jiangsu Road (formerly No. 21, Yongle Village). In late 1946, the Kuomintang-Communist negotiations broke down and the full-scale civil war began. The following year, the Shanghai Bureau of the CPC Central Committee was established, with Liu Xiao as its secretary, overseeing the Party's organizations and work in Shanghai, the Yangtze River basin, southwestern provinces, as well as the Beiping-Tianjin area...
The former site of the Cold-Rolled Strip Mill Workshop of the 10th Shanghai Steel Plant is located at No. 570 West Huaihai Road and was built in 1956 as part of the original plant complex. The Shanghai Urban Sculpture Art Center within the Red Town Art Community is a successful example of transforming abandoned industrial buildings into public art centers in urban development, drawing on international practices. The area...