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World connections

Discover how French, British, American, Korean and Jewish histories intersect with Shanghai through buildings, communities and individual lives.

France

Former French street names, residential architecture and gardens leave different traces of Shanghai’s connections with France.

01France

Wukang Mansion

Normandie Apartments · 诺曼底公寓

A French name, a Hungarian architect, a Shanghai home.

Residential · view from the streetRead the story
02France / United States

Wukang Road

Route Ferguson · 福开森路

A French-concession street with an American’s name.

Public streetRead the story
04France

Anfu Road

Route Dupleix · 巨泼来斯路

A former French street name, and a living theatre district.

Public streetRead the story
05France

Wuyuan Road

Zhao Zhujiao Road · 赵主教路

Apartment experiments and artists’ homes behind the trees.

Public streetRead the story
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Jewish heritage

The Peace Hotel, the Hardoon Garden site and the Jewish Refugees Museum reveal distinct chapters of Jewish life in Shanghai.

01Jewish heritage / Britain

Fairmont Peace Hotel

Cathay Hotel / Sassoon House · 华懋饭店 / 沙逊大厦

Follow Victor Sassoon’s story to the Bund’s green roof.

Hotel · check visitor accessRead the story
03Jewish heritage / Britain

The lost Aili Garden

Aili Garden / Hardoon’s Garden · 爱俪园 / 哈同花园

Hardoon’s garden has gone. Its address still tells a story.

Former site · original no longer standsRead the story
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Korea

The former site of the Korean Provisional Government connects Shanghai with the Korean independence movement.

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United States

The former American Club connects a building with the social life of an international community.

02France / United States

Wukang Road

Route Ferguson · 福开森路

A French-concession street with an American’s name.

Public streetRead the story
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Britain

The Peace Hotel and the Sassoon story offer an entry into Shanghai’s British-linked commercial history.

01Jewish heritage / Britain

Fairmont Peace Hotel

Cathay Hotel / Sassoon House · 华懋饭店 / 沙逊大厦

Follow Victor Sassoon’s story to the Bund’s green roof.

Hotel · check visitor accessRead the story
02Jewish heritage / Britain

The lost Aili Garden

Aili Garden / Hardoon’s Garden · 爱俪园 / 哈同花园

Hardoon’s garden has gone. Its address still tells a story.

Former site · original no longer standsRead the story
Sources & further reading