Anfu Road · Yuyuan Road
Anfu Road is famous for the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, with stage plays running year-round; the select shops, bakeries, and cafés along it form a model of "street life"
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- Open all day
- Ticket
- Free
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Anfu Road is famous for the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, with stage plays running year-round; the select shops, bakeries, and cafés along it form a model of "street life." Yuyuan Road features broad clusters of garden-style and new-style lane houses (lilong); along the street you can find Qian Xuesen's former residence, Liu Changsheng's former residence (the former office site of the CPC Shanghai Bureau), and the former editorial office of the journal Bolshevik — with an extremely high density of historical figures. Both roads lie within the streetscape conservation zone of the former concession's western district: plane trees shade the way and lanes run deep, making them the first choice for an in-depth walk through Shanghai and representatives of street markets and small-shop culture.
Getting there: Metro Line 7, Changshu Road / Line 2, Jiangsu Road
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