Huaihai Road · Hengshan Road
Huaihai East Road, formerly known as Avenue Joffre, runs about 6 km and has been the fashion center of the 'Paris of the East' since the early 20th century; today malls such as iapm and K11 line the street, with tree-lined boulevards and shop-window culture sustaining its elegant commercial character
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Huaihai East Road, formerly known as Avenue Joffre, runs about 6 km and has been the fashion center of the 'Paris of the East' since the early 20th century; today malls such as iapm and K11 line the street, with tree-lined boulevards and shop-window culture sustaining its elegant commercial character. Hengshan Road was the leisure street of the former French Concession, densely shaded by plane trees on both sides, with bar streets and garden-villa hotels alternating, near Hengshan Fang and the old-villa quarter of Dongping Road. The 'plane-tree district' aesthetic of coffee aromas, bakeries and old garden villas is a byword for Shanghai's urban lifestyle, and the Huaihai Road–Hengshan Road area is precisely its heart.
Getting there: Metro Line 1, South Huangpi Road Station / Line 1, Hengshan Road Station
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