Central Street (Harbin)
{{Short description|Street in Harbin, China}}
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| name = Central Street, Zhongyang street
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| native_name ={{native name|zh|中央大街}}
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({{zh|t=中國大街}})
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| length = 1450m
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| location = Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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| construction_start_date = 1898
| completion_date = 1920
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Central Street or Zhongyang Street ({{zh|s=中央大街}}) is a pedestrian street located in central Harbin, China. Measuring 1450 meters long, it is currently the longest pedestrian street in Asia{{cite web |title=哈尔滨市"特色街路"评选候选街路简介 |url=http://harbindaily.my399.com/200907/K2009070219E25AE501B93EE4994E3E718266D97B.html |website=my399.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310162553/http://harbindaily.my399.com/200907/K2009070219E25AE501B93EE4994E3E718266D97B.html |archive-date=2016-03-10 |url-status=dead }} and the only cobbled street in Harbin.{{cite web |title=最具西洋风情的哈尔滨中央大街 |url=http://travel.sina.com.cn/china/2014-02-25/1014249829.shtml |publisher=sina.com}} It was built in 1898 by Russian constructors when the city was at its semi-colonial period. Architectures along the street are in various styles including eclectic, Baroque, Renaissance and modern.{{cite web |title=中央大街 |url=http://ta.harbin.gov.cn/YXQYTJ/SJJQML/2009/04/27/105149613.htm |website=harbin.gov.cn |access-date=2018-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417042449/http://ta.harbin.gov.cn/YXQYTJ/SJJQML/2009/04/27/105149613.htm |archive-date=2013-04-17 |url-status=dead }}
History
The street was built in 1898 when China Eastern Railway, a railway crossing Manchuria, was under construction, making Harbin a major railway hub and prospering the city. In 1925, cobblestone was paved on the street with great costs in order to prevent erosion from the nearby Songhua River. By 1920s, the street has become an international street with more than one hundred shops. Its main inhabitants then were Russians, Jews, Chinese, Japanese and various other ethnic groups.
In 1986, Central Street was listed preserved by Harbin municipal government.
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