New Town Central Park, or Hongqiao New Town Central Park, is a 130,000-square-meter park located at 2238 Yan'an Xi Lu (延安西路2238号) in the

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's Hongqiao Development Zone, in

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, China. It opened in 2000 in pursuit of "the harmony between human beings and nature" and features 115 plants species and a 52,000-square-meter grassland. The park borders the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute and Liu Haisu Art Gallery. According to ''City Weekend'', the park is popular among "local white-collar professionals who work and live in nearby Gubei and its surrounding areas". The China Internet Information Center called the park "an ideal place for nearby Shanghainese to escape from a day's hard work and return to the happiness of nature". The park features a

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(due to Australian sculptor

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), a statue of Charlie Chaplin, and a

statue of Ma Zhanshan Public art displayed in Shanghai includes: Jing'an Sculpture Park Jing'an Sculpture Park has the following works on display: See also

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Hongqiao New Town Central Park master plan, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
at WorldCat Changning District Parks in Shanghai {{China-stub