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Wuyuan Road

Apartment experiments and artists’ homes behind the trees.

五原路

Earlier name or use
Zhao Zhujiao Road · 赵主教路
Today
Wuyuan Road

The connection

Wuyuan Road was formerly known in Chinese as Zhao Zhujiao Road. Its historical French spellings vary across sources. Look for the modernist Xiefa Apartments and the lane leading to cartoonist Zhang Leping’s former home.

What to look for

Follow the street and compare the building fronts, lane entrances and garden walls.

Before you go

Use today’s Chinese street name for navigation. Private houses and residential lanes are not automatically open to visitors.

Today’s Chinese address

上海市徐汇区五原路

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Sources & further reading

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