the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and the Customs House in 2005 with encroaching highrises in the back
a view from the Oriental Tower on the mouth of Suzhou Creek. In 2003 the creek was still very polluted
the Monument to the People's Heroes from 1993 commemorates the revolutionary martyrs
In 1997 every westerner on The Bund was seen as an opportunity to practice speaking English.
the Bund in 2010, looking south
taking a stroll in 2010
in 2010 The Bund is all flowers, thanks to the Expo 2010
the Bund in 2007
the Bund at night in 2003
In the time of the
International Concession it became the main financial center of East Asia,
abruptly stopped when the Japanese army occupied Shanghai in 1941. The historical buildings along Zhongshan Road are a lasting
memory of those hectic times.
After severe floodings in the 1980's the embankment was raised 10 meters and a promenade
was constructed.
Nowadays The Bund is the city's number one tourist attraction and it visualizes the contrast between old
and new Shanghai.
Across the busy Huanghu River lies
Lujiazui with its glittering and towering sky scrapers like
the
Jin Mao Tower. But the skyline is dominated by the iconic
Oriental Pearl TV tower from 1994.
We first strolled The Bund in
1997 and returned often to watch the changing skyline of Lujiazui.
Zhongshan Road in 1997 with the Gutzlaff Signal Tower from 1883
the Monument to the People's Heroes in Huangpu Park in 1997
the skyline of Lujiazui by night in 2003
the Fairmont Peace Hotel and the Bank of China building in 2005
the skyline of Lujiazui in October 2010
the skyline of Lujiazui on a glorious summerday in 2005
