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The No.01 street in Beijing is a 810-meter walking street home to several big shopping malls, such Oriental Plaza, Beijing Department Store, Sun Dong An Plaza, the New China Woman and Children Department etc..
It also has two large bookstores – the Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore and the Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore.
Today I come across an photo of Wangfujing which seems it was taken in 1970s on the website obj.cc (Old Beijing). The photo also marks the original 13 places during that old period. It makes me nostalgic for the familiar street and feel the desire to explore the photo a little further.
This was the original building for China Federation of Literary and Art Circles(CFLAC) during the period from Nov, 1956 to Sept, 1969. Now the present building address for CFLAC is at Building 32, Compound 1, Beishatan, Beijing.
The original circled No.01 Place on the photo is close to the present address of Crowne Plaza Beijing Wangfujing.
The building on the photo marked as No.03 Place no longer exists in the spot, basically it has been incorporated into the present Sun Dong An Plaza.
This time-honored department store still stands there, elegantly upgraded, having given lingering nostalgic memory for several generations.
Hengdeli Watches & Clocks Chain Shops still have an outlet in Wangfujing: No.176, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing. Tel: 010-65238482
Founded in 1902, The Tongshenghe Shoe Store is famous for its shoes and hats.
The century-old name "Tongshenghe" has returned to Wangfujing Street in Beijing.
Dong Dachuan, general manager of Tongshenghe shoe store, which was founded in 1902, said that The time-honored brand is an excellent representative of Traditional Chinese culture and contains the unique spiritual and aesthetic values of the Chinese nation.
Located at the original place marked as No.8 Place, the old Dong An Market has been morphed into a huge shopping mall known as Sun Dong An Plaza .
It is one of the busiest shopping centers in Beijing. The spaces are leased by tenants that include an internationally known department store, many international brand outlets the first eight-screen cineplex in Beijing.
China Photo Studio (Wangfujing), located at 180 Wangfujing Street. It is a time-honored photo studio in China.
It was officially opened on September 25, 1956. It still is open to the public to this day.
The Goldfish Lane is well known in Beijing. The west end of the lane is the north start of the 1600 meters traffic-free Wangfujing Street.
The Goldfish Alley is centrally located in Beijing with several luxury hotels such as Palace Hotel, Hilton Hotel and Novotel Beijing Peace.
At the west end of Dengshixidajie Street (dajie here means "Street"), there are two high-end hotels -- Tianlun Dynasty Hotel and Crowne Plaze Hotel Wangfujing.
Its name has been changed, now known as Beijing Wangfujing Medical Equipment Store
Address: 210 Qianmen Street, Dongcheng District, View the map
Telephone: (010)65240122
The west of Shuaifuyuan Alley ends at Wangfujing Street. it is said that it was originally the house for Tang Dynasty General Luo Yifu seat.
In the Republic of Chinait was used for the garrison headquarters. In 1965, when the name was rectified, it was renamed Shuaifuyuan Hutong (Alley). During the cultural Revolution, it was once renamed anti-Imperialist Hospital Front Street. Now back to Shuaifuyuan Alley.
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