Nanjing West Road, how did this former rural land become a bustling and exquisite commercial district? On this road, who have changed Chinese history? And which Chinese and foreign architects have left unforgettable classic works?
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On December 11th, the fourth live broadcast of "Everyone Says And Knows" (Season 2): "Reading Nanjing West Road" New Book Sharing Meeting was held at the Jing'an District Library. Qiao Zhengyue, the author of the book "Reading Nanjing West Road", architect Liao Fang, and Zhang Zhong, a second-level researcher of the Jing'an District Culture and Tourism Bureau, jointly told the historical origin and century-old changes of Nanjing West Road.
It is reported that as early as 2017, Qiao Zhengyue, a columnist for historical buildings, began to pay attention to urban renewal along Nanjing Road. She explores and explores the stories of these buildings and the historical figures associated with them from various historical archives and foreign language documents. Following the publication of "Reading Nanjing Road" last year, she completed the creation of "Reading Nanjing West Road" this year.
In the book, Qiao Zhengyue describes Nanjing West Road as a quiet and prosperous territory, with various types of architectural forms competing for glory, talented Chinese and foreign architects showing their talents, and famous cultural celebrities stopping and lingering. During the live broadcast of the day, she told the audience the stories of Chinese and foreign historical figures who were active in Nanjing West Road that fascinated her, and shared the interesting buildings on Nanjing West Road.
This year, "Everyone Says And Knows" (the second season) broke through the circle and crossed borders, through walking reading, round table interviews, new book sharing meetings and other forms, invited cultural relics protection experts and "Shanghai craftsmen" to tell how to make red buildings come to life, party history experts talked about the history of the past century, doctors and scholars shared the life stories in the old houses of the hospital, writers and architects interpreted the memories of the city, showed Shanghai's red culture from different angles and different fields, inherited the city's cultural context, and created a Jing'an cultural brand. Up to now, four phases have been launched, and the number of live broadcast viewers has reached 454707.