Guangqi Road
光启路
The street commemorating the famous local scientist Xu Guangqi 徐光启 received its name in 1931. Guangqi Road 光启路, with its southern extension South Guangqi Road 光启南路, was once the only straight and wide avenue in Shanghai, running from the entrance of the county magistrate’s yamen all the way to the Big South Gate and then out of the walled city.
Shanghai Old Town: The Walled City (2018), pp. 210–223.
Mansion at Lane 55 Guangqi Road 光启路55弄, built for Suzhou merchant Yang Shousheng, whose other property was at Huacao Lane. This one was used as a public building until it was expropriated and closed.
Photos by Jad Arsan, taken on numerous occasions in 2022 and 2023.
From here you can walk to: Fangbang Road, Sipailou Road, Huacao Lane and Kangjia Lane.