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Victor Sassoon, one of the earliest foreign explorers of ShanghaiIn 1932, British real estate tycoon Victor Sassoon, one of the earliest foreign explorers of Shanghai, built an “Eden Garden” on today’s Hongqiao Road. This red-brick villa with semi-exposed wooden framework and a spire has an obvious rural British flavor. The lush grove nearby became its natural...
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Xujiahui Observatory,one of the earliest meteorological institutions in the worldHave you ever watched a widely known TV series Romance in the Rain(情深深雨蒙蒙)? In it, the mansion of the Lu family was shoot here. Scripted by Taiwan's famous writer Qiongyao(琼瑶), this serial has made this three-story Renaissance-style building quite instagramable, attracting youngsters...
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The Moller Villa, a Swedish shipping magnate's masterpieceThe Moller Villa, was built by Eric Moller, a Swedish shipping magnate, in 1936.The distinctive design includes brown-tiled Gothic and Tudor gables, spires, and steeples. In 2001, the Hengshan Group began to renovate to the villa, preserving its original architectural style.Moller Villa was reported...
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Jiangtou Bookstore, with a killer view of the Bund and Lujiazui’s skylineA bookstore with a killer view of the Bund and Lujiazui’s skyline. Built in 2016 by China Jianyin Investment, a big state-owned construction and investment firm, JIC Books won the Most Popular Bookstore Award at the China Bookstore Week that year. Its main hall is magnificent, like a train station...
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The Moore Memorial ChurchThe Moore Memorial Church, also known as Mu'en Church, is located on Xizang Zhong Lu, in the middle of department stores right across from People's Square. Built by the only Shanghai-based architect anyone knows, Laszlo Hudec, to house an estimated 1,000 worshippers, the Church was completed...
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The Big World in ShanghaiThe Big World is an amusement arcade and entertainment complex located in Shanghai, China. Built in 1917 on the corner of Avenue Edward VII (now Yan'an Road) and Yu Ya Ching Road (now Middle Xizang Road), it was the first and for a long time the most influential indoor amusement arcade in Shangh...
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