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 The
People’s Square is
located in downtown
Shanghai. Before
liberation, it was a
race course. Now, you
will find here the
Municipal City Hall,
Shanghai Museum,
Shanghai Grand Theater,
No. l subway People’s
Square stop, the
underground shopping
street, the underground
transformer house, the
largest in Asia, an
underground parking
ground, the largest in
Shanghai, able to
accommodate 600 cars. On
both sides of the 600-m
long and 32-m wide
People’s Avenue are
5.5-m wide green belts
and 6.5 -m wide passages
for non-motorized
vehicles. In the middle
of the square is a
320-sq.m. round fountain
and a landscaped lawn of
80,000 sq.m. In the
western part of the
square are kept 1,000
pigeons. On holidays and
at weekends the square
is crowded with people,
enjoying the peaceful
and pleasant scene on
the square. |
