People’s Square is a massive square open to the public and it is located at Wusheng Rd, Huangpu, Shanghai, China. The city’s municipal government headquarter building is located here and the setting is often used as a standard reference point to measure the distances within the main city.
The history of this place goes back beyond 1949 when the land was owned by the Shanghai Race Club. This was the time before the setting up of the People’s Republic of China and it used to be a horse racing field. When the Communist party came into power gambling and racing were prohibited and what was once a racing field was turned into an area for the people. The massive spectator stands and avenues that were used for the large crowds that gathered to watch races were turned into a spacious square.
In the 1990s more alterations were done. It was then that the Shanghai Municipal Government was shifted here. During the same time the Shanghai Museum was also shifted to the same area. Later on the town’s urban planning exhibition hall and the Grand Theatre was also brought to the very same area. Though some remnants of the previous race course still remain part of it was turned into the Art Museum.
For any visitor exploring the area, there are a number of other interesting pales in the vicinity. Those include the Jinjiang Tower, which was once the tallest building in the metropolis. There is also the Tomorrow Square, Hong Kong New World Tower and Shimao International Plaza. With so much to see and do, a visit to People’s Square is definitely worth your while.
Visitors to this bustling city can stay at a well placed Shanghai hotel and explore the diverse attractions in an around this site. If you are traveling with children and are looking for spacious rooms with the finest luxuries that a hotel can offer a Shanghai city hotel that will suit all your needs is Millennium Hongqiao Hotel Shanghai. What is more, there are separate showers and baths and even executive club rooms and internet to be connected irrespective of wherever you are. It makes an ideal base from which to explore the city and soak up the rich cultural heritage it has to offer.
