New Town Central Park
Park in Shanghai, China
31°12′09″N 121°24′01″E / 31.2026°N 121.4002°E / 31.2026; 121.4002New Town Central Park, or Hongqiao New Town Central Park, is a 130,000-square-meter park located at 2238 Yan'an Xi Lu (延安西路2238号) in the Changning District's Hongqiao Development Zone, in Shanghai, China.[1]
Description and history
The park opened in 2000 in pursuit of "the harmony between human beings and nature" and features 115 plants species and a 52,000-square-meter grassland.[1] The park borders the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute and Liu Haisu Art Gallery. According to City Weekend, the park is popular among "local white-collar professionals who work and live in nearby Gubei and its surrounding areas".[2] The China Internet Information Center called the park "an ideal place for nearby Shanghainese to escape from a day's hard work and return to the happiness of nature".[1]
Public art
The park features a bust of Mahatma Gandhi (due to Australian sculptor Drago Marin Cherina), a statue of Charlie Chaplin, and a statue of Ma Zhanshan.
References
- ^ a b c "Park a Nice Place to Return to Nature". China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Hongqiao New Town Central Park". City Weekend. Ringier China. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Town Central Park.
China portal
- Hongqiao New Town Central Park master plan, Shanghai, People's Republic of China at WorldCat
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Changning District
- Hongqiao Subdistrict
- Jiangsu Road Subdistrict
- Chengjiaqiao Subdistrict
- Xinjing
- Longemont
- New Town Central Park
- Shanghai Zoo
- Zhongshan Park
- East China University of Political Science and Law Changning Campus
- YK Pao School Primary campus
- Yew Wah School of Shanghai
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