Street names
The naming of streets in Old Shanghai differed according to area. The French gave French names to virtually all the roads in their Concession. The British likewise, except for the central area of the city where the streets were given the names of Chines cities and provinces. The foreign names have all been scrapped but the Chinese placename streets have been retained. So Nanking Rd of old is now Nanjing Lu, Foochow Rd became Fuzhou Lu, Szechuan Rd became Sichuan Lu etc. Changes of transliteration only. (The city named streets go east-to-west and the provinces north-south). The name of the Bund, the premier street in the city, is originally an Anglo-Indian word, a reflection of Shanghai's position in the global British Imperial network.
The French named their thoroughfares mostly after French dignitaries. Some like Boulevard de Montigny, were named after French consuls and ambassadors to China. (de Montigny was the founder of the French Concession and the first French consul in Shanghai. Some were named after prominent French citizens in Shanghai, such as Pichon, Chapsal or the wine merchant Remi, or after priests who worked in the large Catholic cathedral in Xujiahui at the southwest edge of the French Concession. Others were named after famous people back in France, including Joffre, Corneille and Moliere.
Beijing Lu Peking Road Beijing Xi Lu Avenue Road Changde Lu Hart Road Changle Lu Rue Bourgeat Changshu Lu Sayzoong, Route du Changming Lu Brenan Road Changyang Lu Ward Road Changzi Dong Lu Seward Road Dalian Lu Dalny Road Daming Lu Broadway Danshui Lu Rue Chapsal Dinghai Lu Point Road Dongdaiming Lu Seward Road Dongdaming Lu Broadway East Donghu Lu Doumer, Route Fengyang Lu Burkhill Road Fenyang Lu Rue Pichon Fumin Lu Amiral Coubert, Route Fuxing Xi Lu Gustave de Boissezon, Rte Fuxing Zhong Lu Lafayette, Rue Fuzhou Lu Foochow Road Gaoan Lu Cohen, Route Gaolan Lu Rue Corneille Guangdong Lu Canton Road Hami Lu Rubicon Road Henan Zhong Lu Honan Road Hengshan Lu Petain, Avenue Houshan Lu Wayside Road Huaihai Lu Avenue Joffre Huashan Lu Haig, Avenue Huangbi Bei Lu Mohawk Road Huiming Lu Baikal Road Huqi Lu Museum Road Jianguo Dong Lu Conty, Route Jianguo Lu Chevalier, Rue Jianguo Xi Lu J. Frelupt, Rte Jiangsu Lu Edinburgh Road Jiangxi Lu Kiangse Road Jinling Dong Lu Consulat, Rue de Jinling Xi Lu Foch, Avenue (East) Jinshan Lu Astor Road Jiujiang Lu Kiukiang Road Lafayette, Rue Fuxing Zhong Lu Liyang Lu Dixwell Road Maoming Bei Lu Mulmein Road Maoming Nan Lu Cardinal Mercier, Route Nanjing Xi Lu Bubbling Well Road Panyu Lu Columbia Road Renmin Lu Deux Republics, Blvd des Ruijin Er Lu Pere Robert, Route Shaanxi Bei Lu Seymour Road Shimen Er Lu Carter Road Sichuan Nan Lu Montauban, Rue Tianmu Dong Lu Boundary Road Tongren Lu Hardoon Road Wanhangdu Lu Jessfield Road Wujiang Lu Love Lane Wujin Lu Range Road Xiangshan Lu Rue Moliere Xiangyang Nan Lu Rue de la Tour Xingang Lu Marcel Tillot, Rue Xingle Lu Paul Henry, Rue Xizang Nan Lu Boulevard de Montigny Xuchang Lu Washing Road Yanan Dong Lu Edward VII, Avenue Yanan Xi Lu Great Western Road Yanan Zhong Lu Foch, Avenue (West) Yongkang Lu Rue Remi Yueyang Lu Ghisi, Route Zhoushan Lu Chusan Road
