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Xintiandi

Coordinates: 31°13′21″N 121°28′12″E / 31.22260°N 121.47010°E / 31.22260; 121.47010
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View of Xintiandi
Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, Xintiandi.

Xintiandi (Chinese: 新天地; pinyin: Xīntiāndì, lit. "New Heaven and Earth"[1]) is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai, China. It is composed of an area of reconstituted traditional shikumen ("stone gate") houses on narrow alleys, some adjoining houses which now serve as book stores, cafes and restaurants, and shopping malls. Most of the cafes and restaurants feature both indoor and outdoor seating. Xintiandi has an active nightlife on weekdays as well as weekends, though romantic settings are more common than loud music and dance places. It is considered one of the first lifestyle centers in China.

Xintiandi is the location of the site of the first congress of the Communist Party of China, now preserved at the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Also nearby is the site of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea when Korea was a Japanese colony.

Renovated shikumen lane in Xintiandi

Redevelopment

The area was developed by Shui On Land during the re-development of the surrounding area. Some houses in Xintiandi were then limited (and not renovated, unlike the Chinese government and the real estate agency official version [2]), in order to implant an art gallery, cafes, and restaurants. Many tour groups both domestic and from abroad also visit Xintiandi as one of the main attractions in Shanghai.

The Xintiandi redevelopment was designed by Benjamin T. Wood and Nikken Sekkei International. The urban renewal is considered one of the first examples of the placemaking approach in China. [3])

This construction displaced 3,500 Shanghainese families.[2]

Transportation

The closest stations in the vicinity are South Huangpi Road (on Line 1), and Xintiandi (on Line 10).

See also

References

  1. ^ Warr, Anne: Shanghai Architecture, The Watermark Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-949284-76-1
  2. ^ a b Xintiandi
  3. ^ Our Man in Shanghai: Ben Wood Takes On History
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