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步高里 |
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Lane 287 Shaanxi Road South, Luwan |
上海市盧灣區陝西南路287弄 |
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Bùgāolǐ |
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Description: |
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Cité Bourgogne (Bùgāolǐ, 步高里) is a unique example of the
shikumen style lane house dwelling constructed across the city
during its early-twentieth-century heyday. Located in the former
French Concession, one can stroll through the narrow lanes of
this block-sized complex completed in 1930 and get a bit of a
sense of yesterday's Shanghai. A blend of European and Chinese
architectural features, the shikumen (which translates as "stone
gate") neatly balanced the demands of density with those of
privacy, creating tightly knit communities with shared common
space that still allowed residents considerable separation.
Designed to accommodate 78 families, and currently
occupied by some 450 households, Cité Bourgogne provides a
glimpse of a way of life that is fast disappearing as old
housing stock falls before the wrecking ball to make way for
high-rise developments and glitzy malls. Located on Shaanxi Nan
Lu (Shǎnxī Nán Lù, 陕西南路) just south of Yongjia Lu (Yǒngjiā Lù,
永嘉路), Cité Bourgogne makes for a quick stop on a casual walking
tour of the French Concession that might include nearby Fuxing
Park, the cafés and small galleries on Shaoxing Lu and hip
Taikang Lu, as well as classic colonial-era villas along Fuxing
Lu (Fùxīng Lù, 复兴路), Ruijin Lu (Ruìjīn Lù, 瑞金路) and Shimen Yi Lu
(Shímén Yī Lù, 石门一路)—including historic sites like Sun Yatsen's
Residence, Zhou Enlai's Residence and the site of the founding
of the Chinese Communist Party—and the Sinan Mansions
development |
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Shanghai |
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Historic Build. |
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http://en.chinahotel |
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Free |
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