Originally built in 1898, Center Street is the most prosperous street in Harbin. It is also an architecture art gallery including the most influential four architecture schools in western-style architectural history, such as Baroque, Eclecticism and so on. Central Street is 1.450 meters in length and 21.34 meters in width of which 10.8 meters is motor way.
Harbin£¬a famous city in the North of China£¬ was identified as a national-level historical and cultural city in 1994. Zhong Yang Street is a notable representative and prominent sign of Harbin. Since June1st£¬ 1997£¬ being constructed as the first commercial and pedestrian street in China £¬ the Zhong Yang Street has become the first-class street in China and renowned overseas at the moment£¬and it has become a unique cultural charm pedestrian Street£¬including commercial£¬ tourism£¬ leisure and entertainment. All of that adds a hint of a new charm to Harbin £¬known as the Oriental small Paris and the Oriental Moscow reputation.
Around the blocks£¬there are 17 leisure areas£¬18 car parks£¬152 Continental classical lamps £¬ 14 turfs(about 2600 square meters)£¬ 5 Pieces of sculptures and 3 fountains in total. And there is a monitoring center and 30 cameras were set up for uninterrupted ?monitoring the whole blocks for 24 hours non-stop to ensure that all types of emergent events can be timely and effective coped with.