{"id":21876,"date":"2019-09-02T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=21876"},"modified":"2020-10-04T10:35:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T17:35:40","slug":"peoples-square-in-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/21876","title":{"rendered":"People&#8217;s Square in Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My visit to Shanghai brought me to People&#8217;s Square with views of the Shanghai Museum and the city. Unfortunately, the sky was overcast with constant rain. Although the rain was a deterrent to sightseeing, a very industrious entrepreneur did brisk business selling umbrellas to the tourists in People&#8217;s Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers in Shanghai's People's Square\" class=\"wp-image-21877\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Flowers.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Flowers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Flowers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Flowers-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Flowers in Shanghai&#8217;s People&#8217;s Square<\/strong><br>SOURCE: Flowers in Shanghai&#8217;s People&#8217;s Square  (Shanghai, Huangpu District, People&#8217;s Republic of China); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 21 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"The Shanghai Museum - 1\" class=\"wp-image-21878\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>The Shanghai Museum &#8211; 1<\/strong><br>SOURCE: The Shanghai Museum &#8211; 1 (Shanghai, Huangpu District, People&#8217;s Republic of China); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 21 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Shanghai Museum - 2\" class=\"wp-image-21879\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-Museum-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>The Shanghai Museum &#8211; 2<\/strong><br>SOURCE: The Shanghai Museum &#8211; 2 (Shanghai, Huangpu District, People&#8217;s Republic of China); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 21 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow Square (below) includes the JW Marriott hotel and executive apartment units. The building with the curved roof in front of Tomorrow Square is the Shanghai Grand Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tomorrow-Square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tomorrow-Square.jpg\" alt=\"Tomorrow Square\" class=\"wp-image-21883\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tomorrow-Square.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tomorrow-Square-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tomorrow-Square-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tomorrow-Square-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Tomorrow Square<\/strong><br>SOURCE: Tomorrow Square (Shanghai, Huangpu District, People&#8217;s Republic of China); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 21 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From the left in the photo below, the buildings include: the Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World, Samsung Building (lit in gold lights), Shinmao International Plaza, the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (building with lattice roof in front of the Shinmao International Plaza), and Raffles City Shanghai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shanghai Skyscrapers -1 \" class=\"wp-image-21880\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Shanghai Skyscrapers &#8211; 1<\/strong><br>SOURCE: Shanghai Skyscrapers &#8211; 1 (Shanghai, Huangpu District, People&#8217;s Republic of China); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 21 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The two tallest buildings in the photo below are the Lan Sheng Building on the left and the Golden Bell Mansion with the cone-shaped roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-2.jpg\" alt=\"Shanghai Skyscrapers - 2\" class=\"wp-image-21884\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shanghai-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Shanghai Skyscrapers &#8211; 2<\/strong><br>SOURCE: Shanghai Skyscrapers &#8211; 2 (Shanghai, Huangpu District, People&#8217;s Republic of China); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 21 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My visit to Shanghai brought me to People&#8217;s Square with views of the Shanghai Museum and the city. Unfortunately, the sky was overcast with constant rain. 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