CITYWALK ALONG YANGJINGBANG
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1. Gutzlaff Signal Tower
1 Zhongshan Rd E2
First built in 1883, it was one of the earliest signal towers in the Asia-Pacific region. In 1907, its aging wooden structure was replaced with a 50m reinforced-concrete cylinder topped with an anemometer. In 1927, an observatory annex was added, becomting the current integrated tower-and-building form. During the 1993 road-widening project, the tower was shifted 20 meters southeast as a whole.
2. McBain Building
1 Zhongshan Rd E1
Completed in 1916 as the McBain Building, this seven-story neoclassical reinforced-concrete tower was then Shanghai’s tallest. Purchased by Asiatic Petroleum in 1917, it gained an eighth floor in 1939. After 1949, the building was taken over by the East China Petroleum. It now houses Jiu Shi International Art Center.
3. St. Joseph’s Church, Yangjingbang
36 Sichuan Rd S.
Built in 1860 as the first church in Shanghai’s concessions and designed by Father Ludovicus Hélot, the main building features a Latin-cross plan that integrates Gothic pointed arches with Romanesque clustered columns. Its bell tower rises 33m, and the 1,146m² hall seats about 1,000. Reopening in 1986, it shares its courtyard with Sichuan South Road Primary School. It is now a Shanghai protected monument and holds two Sunday-morning Masses every week.
4. Renji Hospital West Campus
145 Shandong Rd M.
Founded in 1844 by British missionary-physician William Lockhart, Renji was China’s first comprehensive Western hospital. Building No. 2 of the West Campus, erected in the 1930s, is among the oldest surviving hospital structures in Shanghai. In 1926, British architect Henry Lester bequeathed four properties and one million silver dollars to Renji. The West Campus inpatient building opened in 1932, making Renji the largest and best-equipped hospital of its day. A restoration in 2013 recaptured the stately elegance of its British style while integrating modern medical services.
5. Gezhi High School
66 Guangxi Rd N.
Established in 1874 as Gezhi College and co-founded by pioneering chemist Xu Shou and then-British Consul Walter Henry Medhurstm, it was China’s earliest Sino-Western joint school to teach modern natural sciences. In 1904, it was renamed Gezhi Public School and added a secondary school department. In 1917, it moved into its newly built campus (the current site). In 1955, it was officially named Shanghai Gezhi High School and was among the first batch of schools designated as key municipal middle schools.
6. Great World
1 Xizang Rd S.
Built in 1917 by entrepreneur Huang Chujiu as “Far East’s No. 1 club,” it dazzled with vaudeville, acrobatics and cross-country opera, with its 12 distorting mirrors a unique draw. After 1949 it was successively renamed People’s Amusement Park and Shanghai Youth Palace. Reopening in 1981 as Great World Entertainment Center, it underwent restoration in 2008 and reopened in 2017; it now operates as the Great World Performing Art & Consumption Hub.
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