Bund (Shanghai)

Bund (which means bank or quay in language Urdu - 外灘) is a boulevard of the town of Shanghai in Popular republic of China, marked out sompteux buildings of European style and banks or colonial companies of the years 1930. Located within old the international Concession of Shanghai, Bund is located at the east of the District of Huangpu, on western bank of the river Huangpu, vis-a-vis the District of Pudong.

History

Bund of Shanghai includes/understands a dozen historical buildings dating from the time of the international concessions as well as the consulate of Russia and Great Britain.

It was located in the zone Anglo-American. At the dawn of the Forties, it even included/understood the business districts of the majority of the totality of the foreign companies operating in China including 4 principal banks of the République of China.

On Communist arrival of the S with the capacity, the near total of the financial institutions left the country whereas the hotels and the clubs ceased their activities. the colonial statues which strewed the walk were unbolted.

At the end of the Seventies and with beginning of the year 80, the major part of the buildings of Bund were restored to become again of the hotels, the banks or the financial institutions.

A new walk located 10 m at the top of the level of the street was built.

From the years 1990, Bund becomes one of major tourist attractions of Shanghai.

Geography

Bund measures 1,5 km and starts in the south with Yan' year Road (old avenue Edward VII) and finishes with the Pont Waibaidu (old Garden Bridge) with the top of the river of Suzhou.

Bund extends along Zhongshan Road, thus baptized in the honor of Sun Yat-SEN.

On Zhongshan Road, one counts 52 buildings of the European types which symbolize the colonial architecture of Bund.

Close to the Street to Nankin and tourist tunnel which connects two banks of Huangpu finds a gigantic bronze statue of Chen Yi, the first communist mayor of the city.

At the northern end of Bund, the park of Huangpu includes/understands the monument of the heroes of the people dedicated to the revolutionary martyrs.

Structure

The architectural style of the 52 buildings of Bund varies style Roman with the Gothic style while passing by the styles of the Renaissance, the baroque, the neo-classic , the Art schools and finally of the art déco. South in north the principal buildings are:

Asia Building , old McBain Building, which shelters the general headquarters of Shell and Asiatic Petroleum Company.
Shanghai Club .
Union Building , an insurance company.
Nissin Building , a Japanese company.
Clouded Merchants Bank Building , the first Chinese bank.
Russel & Co. Building .
HSBC Building (1921), greater banking institution of Asia at the beginning of the century, the building was occupied by the municipality as from the Fifties and during 46 years. It is the seat of the Bank of development of Pudong since 1995.
Maison of the customs (1927) whose clock and bell are copied from those of Big Ben.
Clouded Bank off Communications Building , last building built on Bund.
Russo-Chinese Bank Building .
Bank off Taiwan Building .
North China Daily News Building today the insurance company International American.
Chartered Bank Building .
De luxe hotel Hotel , today annexes of Peace Hotel.
Peace Hotel or Sassoon House with a dark roof in 19 m height pyramid green and a hall art déco.
Bank off Clouded .
Yokohama Specie Bank Building .
Gardens Matheson Building .
Glen Line Building .
Bank of Indo-China (1914) raising a style free-classico-baroque.
old the consultat general of the United Kingdom transformed into Peninsula Hotel.

Transport

No subway station connects Bund directly. The line n° 2 desert the station nearest on the street to Nankin at 5 minutes with feet.

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