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A protected historic apartment building in French Renaissance style completed in 1924 that has been the residence of many celebrities.
The Wukang Mansion or Wukang Building, formerly known as the Normandie Apartments or International Savings Society Apartments, is a protected historic apartment building in the former French Concession area of Shanghai. It was designed by the Hungarian-Slovak architect László Hudec and completed in 1924. The building has been the residence of many celebrities.
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上海宋庆龄故居
Soong Ching-ling was Sun Yat-sen's wife and a significant political figure in her own right.
Like her father, brothers and sisters, she went to an American university (Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia), spoke excellent English, and was deeply involved in Kuomintang politics prior to the Kuomintang defeat in 1949. She negotiated Chiang Kai Shek's release when he was locked up during the Xi'an Incident. Unlike her siblings (a sister married Chiang Kai Shek, and both all three brothers and the other sister's husband were high-ranking officials in his government), she remained in mainland China and worked with Mao's government after 1949. Much state business took place at the residence.
Today the house is a museum with many artifacts and photos. The grounds are very well maintained and there's a garage with a few formerly state-used cars as well. Gift shop.
SJTU or "Jiaoda"
This is one of China's top technical schools. The new main campus is in Minhang, but the original campus in the French Concession is still used; it now does mainly continuing education courses such as Chinese-for-foreigners or MBA-for-executives
The Red House, which once housed the Pathé China record company, is at the edge of Xujiahui Park.
On the location of a former brick factory now stands the Xujiahui Park, which contains a man-made meandering brook (modelling in miniature the course of the Huangpu River), a lake with two black swans, basketball courts, and a children's playground.
上海杨培明宣传画收藏艺术馆
This private collection is one of the most relevant and uncensored exhibits available to visitors interested in a glimpse of the politics and art of Mao-era China. Posters, memorabilia, photos, and even "大字报" (dazibao: big character posters) can be found in rotating exhibition. Due to the controversial nature of the historical items stored here, the museum is quite difficult to find, and unlabeled from the outside. Well worth the hunt, the museum boasts a wide array of art and political relics from 20th-century China.
A large road junction with Xujiahui metro station (lines , and ) underneath it.