Known to visitors for its old bar strip, the 2.2 km former Avenue Petain is really an Art Deco and modernist apartment walk: Washington Apartments (No 303, 1928), Georgia Apartments (Nos 311-331, 1933), Cavendish Court (No 525, 1933) and the 62 m Picardie Apartments (No 534). It sits in the Hengshan Road-Fuxing Road heritage zone, protected since 2004, and the Hengfu Music Block around it.
- Address
- Hengshan Road, Xuhui District
- Hours
- Street; open at all times
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 1.5 h
- Price
- Free to walk
- Price level
- ¥
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Walk it by day for the buildings; the SFC New Heng Shan Cinema at No 838 was closed for refurbishment in 2024
- Continue into Dongping Road and Fenyang Road for the music block