Kangding Garden
 
On the joint border of Anthearst Road and Kangnaotuo Road, sits a building of unique expressions. It is both influenced by the worldly prosperity of Anthearst Road, and at the same time sends forth the seriousness and quietness of Kangnaotuo Road. Under the collision of different cultures, this b...
 
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Zhu Douwen's Residence
 
The old-fashioned villa on Kangding Road' which is now the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Jing'an District used to be the mansion of Zhu Douwen, one of the powerful and influential families. Zhu Douwen was a grandson of Dao Tai (an official title in Qing Dynasty) Zhu Hongdu...
 
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Residence in lane 532, Yuyuan Road
 
No.55 in lane 532 of Yuyuan Road is a villa with a total building area of 805 square meters. It was originally bought by Feng Zhi'an, a Kuomintang divisional commander under the 29th Army of Song Zeyuan, in the name of his wife, Shensui. Feng Zhi'an was once under the command of the Northwestern ...
 
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Yongquanfang
 
Houses in this lane are typical lane houses in Shanghai in 1920s and 1930s, especially the Chen's house at the end of the lane. It used to be a private house of Chen Chuxiang, general manager of former Huacheng Tobacco Company. The appearances of the four side of the house looking different with ...
 
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Yugucun
 
Yugucun is often visited by tourists. The houses in this lane were built during 1920s to the middle of 1930s in a mixed Chinese and Western style. As soon as visitors entering the lane they are welcomed by the residents of the area by standing on both sides of the lane, blowing flutes or beating ...
 
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ALONG YUYUAN ROAD
 
Many foreign style garden houses and new style lane houses stand on the both sides of Yuyuan Road, from Jing An Temple in Changde Road in the east to the Zhaofeng Park (also known as Zhongshan Park) in the west. Among them luxury and big houses are not rare and even the offices of the district go...
 
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The Zhangs' Hotel
 
Lane.590, on Weihai Road is a famous old lane of "Shiku Gate". Walking in the lane, you will easily be impressed with traces of old Shanghai in the 1920s' and 30s'. Undoubtedly this is the ideal view-finding place for moviemakers and is the spiritual home of the old who often dream about the past...
 
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Ailingdeng Apartment Building (Eileen...
 
This apartment building (now known as Changde Apartment Building) was built with a reinforced concrete structure in 1936 at Hede road (present day No. 195 Changde Road) with eight stories. It occupied a land of 580 square meters with a building area of 2,663 square meters.

The building with a sh...
 
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Simingcun
 
The broadcasting of the TV play The Romance of Xu Zhimo in 2000 aroused the attention of Shanghai people to Simingcun Lane, opposite the Shanghai Exhibition Centre (former Hardoon Garden) because No. 923 shikumen building in Simingcun Lane was the residence of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman after their ...
 
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Sir Elly Kadoorie's Residence
 
The building of the Children's Palace used to be the former residence of Elly Kadoorie, a British Jew sho started his business with 500 Hong Kong dollars and then became a rich businessman famous both in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1919 his former house was burnt down by a fire and his wife died o...
 
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Synagogue on Seymour Road
 
Jewish people not only left some names of eminent rich and influential people and some grandeur buildings in Shanghai but also some synagogues, the spiritual home of Jewish refugees and some relics which provide some materials for people to learn history.

Three famous Jewish synagogues have been...
 
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the Old House of the Rong Family
 
No.186, on North Shanxi Road, is a three-story-high detached western garden house, which was the early dwelling place of them in Shanghai, and was also called the Old House of Rongs'. The plot area of this estate is 6.26 mu, architectural area, 2182 m2, and garden area, 2475m2. Considering the as...
 
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Song's Garden House
 
Song Meiling was closely connected with Shanghai. When she was in the mainland she once said:"Shanghai is my second hometown and I have a special affection for Shanghai. I love it more than Hianan Island, my ancestral home." She had several houses in Shanghai among which the house, a Westernstyle...
 
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Moller's Villa
 
Moller, a foreign adventurer dealing with horse and dog racing gambling business in Xhanghai in 1920s built this garden villa in Yaerpei Road (present day Shannxi Nanlu Road) in 1936 when succeeded in his business. The main building connectes with side buildings, showing a unique scene with high ...
 
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Shi Liangcai's residence
 
There on Tongren Road is a graceful villa. It is residence no. 257 which has a 2494 square meters' area and a garden area of 2276 square meters. It once belonged to Shi Liangcai, a magnate of Shanghai newspaper circles, who was the chief editor of Shen Newspaper.

Residence of Shi Liangcai is a g...
 
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Wu Tongwen's Residence
 
A four-storey green building at the cross section of Beijing Xilu Road and Tongren Road was surrounded by the wall built with green bricks and in a shape of arch, looking like a passenger liner, known as "green house" by people of old Shanghai.

L.E. Hudec (see biographical sketch of Hudec), a ma...
 
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Catholic Church of St.Teresa of The C...
 
The building at No. 370, Datian Road is a towering Gothic church. It seems that time is at a standstill here. Two high bell towers give out golden light in the sunshine and give people many reveries, which seem true and at the same time, distant. This is the Catholic Church of St. Teresa of The C...
 
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Jewish Club(Ye Yiquan's House)
 
At No.722, West Nanjing Road sits a stately and elegant building with a feel of primitive simplicity. It was once the location of the Shanghai Jewish Club, and is now the headquarters of the Chunlan Group.

The Jewish Club mansion, with an architectural area of 5,126m2, is representative of the P...
 
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Guos' Residence
 
The buildings, two French style three-storey buildings at No. 1400 Nanjing Xi Road, were originally dwelling house of Guo Le, boss of former Shanghai Wing On (Yong An) Company, and his younger bother, Guo Shun. It now serves as the Foreign Affairs Office of People's Government of Shanghai Municip...
 
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Former Medical College of Tongji Univ...
 
The lane where Shanghai Opera House is, looks common. When you walk to the end of the lane, you'll suddenly see the light. A garden covered with trees and flowers, which is about 600m2, shows its former graces. The grass, old and rare trees, and chairs and desks for people to rest upon suddenly b...
 
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Cai Yuanpei's Former Residence
 
In October 1937, Cai Yuanpei, a renowned educationist, moved from his old residence at Yuyuanlu to Haigelu (present-day Huanshanlu). On November 2 of the same year, he took the lead to send a telegraph to the Nine Power Treaty Conference together with Li Zhaohuan, Weng Zhilong, He Bingsong and Zh...
 
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Xiong Foxi Building
 
There on the quiet and attractive Huashan Road sits a wellknown art institute of the country, Shanghai Theatre Academy. A tiny area occupying 35.53 hectares as it is, it displays itself as a special scene on Huashan Road for its grace and elegance. It is especially true when it comes to the old-s...
 
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Zhenliu Mansion
 
The 1930s Shanghai saw a popular rise of apartment buildings and the Zhenliu Mansion was considered the top class. The building is shaped like a try square, with main entrance facing north and the hall way connected with both south and north entrances. There is a lift, mailbox and service desk in...
 
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Brief Biography of L.E.Hudec
 
L.E. Hudec was born in a family of architects. He graduated from Budapest Royal College at 21, and became a member of the Budapest Royal Society of Architects at 23 with his accomplishment at sculpture and the art of language. In 1918 when he was sent under escort as a Hungarian officer from a Si...
 
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Liu Jisheng's Former Residence
 
Located at 675-681 Julu Road, this is the former home of Liu Jisheng, brother of China's industrialist Liu Hongsheng. The Liu brothers were the "coal magnate," one of the four biggest industrial and commercial magnates before 1949 (the other three were the Rong Brothers, the Jians' Nanyang Tobacc...
 
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Zhou Xinfang's Former Residence
 
The detached house at 788 Changle Road in Shanghai's Jing An District is the former home of Zhou Xinfang, a great artist and master of Beijing opera. Entering through its glass entrance, you can see that rooms are furnished with a fine taste. A corridor next to the living room turns right to the ...
 
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Wu Yunzhai's Former Residence
 
Located at 668 Changle Road,the Western-style private garden was originally the residence of Wu Yunzhai,general manager of the Jincheng Bank-the biggest of the four banks in northern China.In 1936 when Japan adopted the "Satu Diplomacy," the minister of finance Kodama Kenji visited China to appea...
 
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