Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street

--It is one of the top ten famous pedestrian streets in China. It is located in Huangpu District, Shanghai. It starts from Xizang middle road in the West and ends at Henan middle road in the East, about 1200 meters long.

--Nanjing Road has a history of more than 100 years. Its predecessor was "Parklane", and it was officially named Nanjing Road in 1865.

- there is a dark red marble screen on both ends of the pedestrian street, which is the 6 character written by Chairman Jiang Zemin inscribed on the "Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street".

--Narrow streets, tall buildings, gray walls and shutters, high ceiling, pointed roof, recorded many twists and turns of the story.

Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street

Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street (Nanjing Road Walkway), located in Huangpu District, Shanghai, West Tibet Middle Road, east to Henan Middle Road, 1033 meters long, the road width 18 to 28 meters, the total land use of about 30 thousand square meters, was completed in September 20, 1999.

The pedestrian street of Nanjing road is arranged in an asymmetric form. It takes the golden belt of 4.2 meters wide as the main thread, and runs through the entire pedestrian street. The "golden belt" concentrates on the layout of city public facilities, such as chairs, shopping kiosks, information kiosks, billboards, sculpture pieces, street lamps, garbage bins, and electric kiosks, and has 34 flower beds with different shapes.

In 2019, the Ministry of Commerce issued the notice on carrying out the pilot project of transformation and upgrading of pedestrian street, and decided to carry out the pilot work of transformation and improvement of pedestrian street in Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, Shanghai.

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Historical evolution

In the 28th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1848), Nanjing road was built, initially known as huayuannong (also known as paikelong).

In 1853, huayuannong began to serve as a passageway for foreign horses to get in and out of the racecourse, known as "Da Ma Road" or "Ma Lu".

In 1865, huayuannong was officially named Nanjing Road after Nanjing by the British concession administration.

In 1908, trams were opened on Nanjing Road, and the road was paved with Chenopodium. In the following 20-30 years, the original small shops and stalls on Nanjing road turned to large department stores, and four major companies and other buildings were built one after another.

In 1917, Xianshi building was completed and opened.

In 1918, Yongan department store was completed and opened.

In 1933, Yongan department store was completed and opened.

In 1945, Nanjing road was renamed "Nanjing East Road".

In the 1990s, with China's reform and opening up, new comprehensive commercial buildings were built on Nanjing East Road.

From June 1990 to October 1992, the neon lights on Nanjing East Road were reconstructed.

On July 15, 1995, Nanjing East Road from Xizang middle road to Henan middle road tried out weekend (6) pedestrian street.

In September 20, 1999, all day long Nanjing road pedestrian street was built.

In December 2004, Shanghai Shimao Plaza was completed and opened.

In January 2019, Nanjing road pedestrian street was selected as the first pilot pedestrian street to be included in the Ministry of Commerce's pilot work on the transformation and upgrading of pedestrian street.

Architectural pattern

Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street East Henan Middle Road, West to Tibet Middle Road, 1033 meters long, the road width 18-28 meters, the total land is about 30 thousand square meters.

The pedestrian street of Nanjing road is arranged in an asymmetric form. It takes the golden belt of 4.2 meters wide as the main thread, and runs through the entire pedestrian street. The "golden belt" concentrates on the layout of city public facilities, such as chairs, shopping kiosks, information kiosks, billboards, sculpture pieces, street lamps, garbage bins, and electric kiosks, and has 34 flower beds with different shapes.

The "golden belt" is located 1.3 meters north of the road center line, 4.2 meters wide. A 7-meter-wide sightseeing lane is set to the south of the "golden belt", and a cover plate open drainage ditch is set at 7.2 meters north and 8.4 meters south of the road ridge. The "golden belt" is on the sunny side, which is the rest space of the pedestrian street. The pedestrian areas on both sides are flat and open without any obstacles, leading directly to the shops. The "gold belt" adopts polished Indian red granite, which can reflect the light of the sun and neon lights and improve the overall lighting effect of the commercial street.

Nanjing road pedestrian street at Henan intersection and Zhejiang intersection designed leisure green square respectively. Henan intersection is the entrance of the pedestrian street. Combined with the entrance and exit of Nanjing East Road Station of Metro Line 2, a three-dimensional flower bed of 600 square meters is arranged. The century square at the intersection of Zhejiang Province covers an area of 8404 square meters. It is in the middle of the pedestrian street and becomes the distribution center of people flow.

Architectural features

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In the development process of more than 100 years, Nanjing Road has created various styles of buildings. The buildings are high and low, and the architectural interface is uneven. Due to the widening of the road, there is still a section of arcade. The layout of Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street breaks the traditional cross section form, adopts a board layout, cancels up and down the street edge, changes the original narrow walking space, and adjusts the vertical section according to the indoor elevation, so as to ensure the indoor floor above the outdoor floor; the pavement structure meets the slow speed sightseeing bus, and also can pass the sightseeing convoy of the important guests in China and abroad. In case of emergency, it can also be used as an emergency channel, and blind roads and barrier free facilities shall be set at the same time.

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The greening design of Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, through the combination of "points, lines and surfaces", weakens the material texture of modern buildings and improves the ecological environment of pedestrian streets.

"Points": five giant Cinnamomum camphora trees at the intersection of Guizhou Road, Jinhua Road, Zhejiang Road, Fujian Road and Henan road. They not only embellish the environment and create a sense of rhythm for the space of the pedestrian street, but also play the role of prompting the intersection for visitors. At the same time, they solve the contradiction between street trees and shop signs and neon advertisements.

"Line": that is, the roadside trees in the "golden belt" greening and pedestrian area. 32 square flower beds are arranged on the "golden belt" to plant four seasons grass and flowers; 11 round flower beds are planted with bony trees over 100 years old; five groups of 15 potted trees are placed at the end of "golden belt" at the intersection of Henan Road, Fujian Road and Zhejiang Road. The original 24 Platanus orientalis street trees are preserved in the pedestrian street. In addition, more than 60 potted Osmanthus fragrans trees were planted on the section from Henan Road to Shanxi because it is located in the subway station and the roof is shallow.

"Face": the green space in Century Square and Henan Road square. The greening of century square highlights the theme of "introducing big trees into the city" and returning to nature. The concentrated green space is ladder shaped. Streamlined granite strips divide the green space into three layers: high, medium and low. At the top, 50 Cinnamomum camphora trees are planted. In the middle, there are shrubs such as Euonymus japonicus and Osmanthus fragrans. At the bottom, there are flower belts outlined by green vegetation and grass flowers. The greening of Henan Road square is a three-dimensional flower bed, with green coral trees, four seasons grass flowers and yellow Ligustrum lucidum from top to bottom, forming a hierarchical landscape green space, and hiding the subway vents and entrances and exits.

Main attractions

Wing On

Yongan department store was opened in Nanjing Road in 1918. It was founded by Guo Le and his younger brother Guo Quan, an overseas Chinese in Australia. It is one of the earliest ethnic department stores in China. It is located at 635 Nanjing Road (southwest corner of Zhejiang Road). In 1933, a new 22 storey Yongan department store was built in the sharp corner between Zhejiang Road and Hubei Road (627 Nanjing Road) Ha. Yong'an department store is a typical representative of eclecticism architectural style in the early 20th century. It is one of the first batch of excellent modern protected buildings in Shanghai. It is designated as "Shanghai cultural relics protection unit". Yongan department store, with a total area of 32000 square meters and five floors, has a tower at the top along the center of Nanjing Road, named "Qiyun Pavilion". It was the first place where the red flag rose on Nanjing Road during the liberation of Shanghai. In 2004, the building was completely renovated to restore the original European classical style.

Xianshi building

Xianshi building started construction in 1914 and officially opened in October 1917. It is located at the intersection of Nanjing Road and Zhejiang Road. It is the first Chinese department store on Nanjing Road. The name of Xianshi building is taken from the chapter of the doctrine of the mean in the four books. It was built by Ma yingbiao, an overseas Chinese from Australia, who raised 2 million yuan for three times. It has a total of seven floors. Xianshi building is a arcade style building along the street, and the veranda is connected with the street. There are roof gardens and teahouses on the roof. The roof garden is the first of its kind in Shanghai. There is a three storey tower at the corner of Xianshi building, whose plane is reduced from bottom to top and becomes round from square to round, supported by TASI dry column. The building features prominent waistline, Renaissance style and Baroque decoration in some parts.

Century Square

Century Plaza is located in the south of Nanjing Road, east of Hubei Road, north of Jiujiang Road and west of Fujian Road, covering an area of 8404 square meters. There is a stage in the middle of century square, which can hold large-scale activities such as performances and commodity exhibitions. There are nearly 400 square meters of green space on the west side of the century square, a 3.08-meter-high Oriental tripod stands on the west side of the flower bed, and an hour bell is set on the east side to commemorate China and Japan

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