With the case of Tilanqiao historic streets, this article discusses the social-spacial reconstruction of the memorial landscape of Shanghai Jewish Refugees. The way the memorial landscape has changed offers an opportunity to examine the cultural governance regimes in Shanghai. Drawing on the perspective of Actor-Network-Theory (ANT), it is argued that Tilanqiao has undergone three major stages of translation: home for the exiled Jews in early 1990s, Shanghai cultural heritage at the beginning of this century, and the symbolic “Shanghai Ark” from 2008 till now. The findings from the case study show that ANT can provide a thorough and detailed analysis for urban renewal projects, and it also reveals several issues that must be overcome before ANT can be adequately applied to the social production of cultural heritage sites.