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The Exhibition Centre's fountains
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SHANGHAI EXHIBITION CENTRE
Exit the Pei Mansion and head west to Tongren Road to find the former
Woo House
at No.
33. Built by László Hudec in 1938 as a private home for a dyeworks magnate, its distinctive
architecture, with a round tower, is enhanced by green glazed tiles on the exterior. The interi-
or was briefly open to the public as a restaurant, but now what was once one of the most lux-
urious residences in the city is closed and awaiting its next act.
Continue two blocks south on Tongren Road to its intersection with Nanjing Road West,
Zhongxin; 1000 Central Yan'an Road, entrance also on Nanjing Road; daily 9am-5pm; free).
The 'Russian wedding cake' was built during the 1950s as an expression of common cause
between China and its long-time supporter the Soviet Union. The complex sits on what was,
