The Yangpu Riverside has beautiful scenery and has become a good place for citizens to rest. Photo by reporter Zhao Lirong
Under the magnification of the telescope several times, the birds parked by the river are delicate, such as egrets, pearl-necked turtledoves, and goldfinches ......At the end of a parent-child bird watching activity, Wang Lijia left 14 bird names on her mobile phone, including the kestrel (eagle), a rare national second-class protected animal in the city. The activity observation point is on the Yangpu Riverside, and several giant steel tower cranes remind of the past here. After being renovated into a life show belt, the Yangpu Riverside has even become a living "specimen" of biodiversity through ecological management and design, and has a new presentation. Stretching the line of sight to the origin of the city several kilometers away, the second façade of the Bund is also brewing more possibilities. The century-old building has been organically updated and functionally iterated, leaving enough space for the introduction of culture and art. "The first façade of the Bund is more modern and classic, and the second façade is more novel and trendy, making the artistic Bund fuller and richer. Adjacent to the second façade, the Shanbei neighborhood with strong smoke and fire has also undergone rejuvenation, building a 10-minute community life circle that is "suitable for living, working, traveling, learning and raising". With the help of residents' golden ideas, the appearance and function of Shanbei Community have been reshaped, echoing the former name - "Ruyili". The construction of people's cities needs to focus on the big picture and start small. From a house to a neighborhood, from dining for the elderly, childcare to garbage classification, every "key little thing" is the people's sense of happiness, gain, and security, and it is the great power of the country. Responding to needs and expectations, so that people can live here and enjoy here, this is also the value orientation and pursuit of people's city construction, and it is the development essence of a city and a group of people to achieve each other. In accordance with the good wishes of the people, the city should grow jointly. Chen Yu, 42, has a new yearning for life: the old house in Fangua Lane has been demolished and rebuilt, and the bright new home and all kinds of supporting facilities are beckoning to the family not far away. It's still an old place, it's still a familiar neighborhood, but I don't have to sleep every day and can't stretch my legs. In November this year, one of the largest trabecular sheet reconstruction projects in Shanghai, the old housing reconstruction project in Jing'an District's Fangua Lane Community, started. Chen Yu feels that the future is full of hope. Housing in peace is a major issue on the minds of the people, and it is also a key task that Shanghai has made great efforts to promote in recent years. Last year, the task of "completing the old reform" in the central urban area was successfully completed. The transformation of "two old and one village", including sporadic old renovation, complete renovation of old housing, and transformation of "urban villages", has been fully launched. For more than a year, the sporadic renovation of the central urban area has been completed for 8520,000 square meters, complete the renovation of old housing 24770,000 square meters, 10 "urban village" renovation projects have been launched. Urban renewal has made countless families frown and activated regional growth. Su Liqiong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Changning District Planning and Resources Bureau, sorted out a set of renewal logic for the historical style protection building area in practice: continue the historical context, and realize the functional reconstruction of the block and stimulate the vitality of the region by providing down-to-earth public services for the people. People's needs are still the key to solving problems in urban renewal. At the entrance of the trendy brand store sit side by side with an old man drying his back, and from time to time in front of him pass by a young man holding a coffee and dressed fashionably - the new place of Shangsheng in early winter, which is smart because of people. This popular landmark, which is updated from the historical landscape protection building of the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, is deeply embedded in the residential area of Xinhua Road Street, and occupies an important space in the process of its renewal, creating an open park and adding public service facilities. How to better focus on and respond to the needs of the people after the renewal of urban land, Shanghai is exploring and launching diversified and replicable solutions in different districts. Known as the "last 20,000 households", Changbai 228 Neighborhood has been transformed into a complex that integrates functions such as a party-mass service center, a good-neighbor kitchen, a sports and health center, and a happy business space. It is still a red square pane, or a green lawn, and now open-air movies, markets, meetings, and children's ball games are carried out in relays, and children frolicking and the elderly laughing are common scenes here. Wang Jiabei, who works for an Internet company in Changyang Chuanggu, is a new resident here, and her home is in the only high-rise building in the 228 neighborhood, which is a long-term rental apartment for science and technology talents, including 450 standardized affordable housing. Looking at the whole city, up to now, Shanghai has accumulated more than 200 pieces of land for rental housing, which can provide more than 200,000 sets of affordable rental housing. This place of peace is my hometown. The People's City will not forget every builder. In Minhang District, the newly built "Home for City Builders and Managers in the New Era" provides first-class rental apartments with fair and serviced services for front-line workers such as surrounding engineering construction personnel and urban front-line operation and maintenance personnel. In order to meet the housing needs of more new citizens and young people, Shanghai is building a multi-level housing system of "one bed, one room, and one suite", so that the strivers of this megacity can let go of their hands and feet and pursue their dreams with peace of mind. Leju has changed from "living in a house" to "living in a livable place", which also reflects the supremacy of the people. Thanks to the elderly care service complex at the doorstep, 67-year-old Chen Yongfa not only implemented a daily lunch, but also met an old partner. In order to meet the needs of "aging in place", Shanghai has "packaged" all kinds of resources, continued to weave a dense community service network for the elderly, and this year has successively built and opened doorstep elderly care service sites, embedding daycare centers, community activity centers, neighborhood committees, residential buildings, etc. in various forms, so that more elderly people can enjoy life care, social interaction, cultural entertainment and other services in a familiar living environment. On the national branch road of Wujiaochang Street, the waste greenhouse next to the vegetable market has been replaced into a "lecture hall for everyone" with bright and clean windows, and the knowledge resources and library resources of several universities around it overflow into the community and immerse themselves in daily life through here. Cities that are born of beauty are also constantly bringing vitality to people. "Wutong District" superimposes more creativity, with the help of the "first-class block governance project", makes good use of the educational resources under the sycamore tree, gathers the joint efforts of all parties to educate people, and integrates the "social classroom" of ideological and political education in the construction of the first block. The waterfront space of "one river and one river", which is connected to the shoreline and constantly improved, has become more and more "reading things" and has become a popular walking route. Nowadays, there are also abundant high-quality art spaces embedded on both sides of Suzhou Creek, where people can not only look up at the "starry sky", but also talk to "Matisse" and appreciate the national treasures from Berlin. From the spatial structure of the city to the provision of public services, the internal logic of people's city construction is to observe and respect people, and people are more willing to get close to the city and participate in urban construction with the attitude of ownership. In Chunjiang Community, Wuliqiao Street, Huangpu District, the second phase of the "Beautiful Home" construction project was launched, and with the help of the "Cloud Sanhui" platform, the parent-child reading room, small vegetable garden, and community cultural wall required by the residents have been approved for construction. Even the details of car gates, alleys, street lights, and overhead lines are up to the residents to decide what to become. More and more golden ideas are actually falling into real life, and such stories continue to emerge. If you listen carefully, you can perceive the sound of the growth of the people's city.
Author: Liu Liyuan.
Text: Liu Liyuan, Photo: Zhao Lirong, Editor: Fan Jing.
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