The Shanghai Postal Museum sits on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, defined by an Italian Baroque-style clock tower perched on its corner. Below the clock, three distinct stone statues depict the figures of Hermes, Eros, and Aphrodite. This…
Backstreets of the Bund
This walk leads you through the quiet, atmospheric banking alleys just one block back from Shanghai's famous riverfront. You will pass historic brick churches, deep concrete canyons, and vintage Art Deco skyscrapers that feel like a 1920s film set.
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1. Shanghai Postal Museum
2. 四川路桥
The Sichuan Road Bridge is a three-span reinforced concrete arch bridge crossing the Suzhou Creek, distinct for the spires that rise from its piers. Completed in nineteen twenty-three, the structure replaced a series of nineteenth-century…
3. Dianchi Road
Dianchi Road is a quiet, narrow street in the Huangpu District that runs perpendicular to the city's main thoroughfares. You can identify it by the European-style architecture that characterizes the area, specifically buildings featuring…
4. Hugang Bank History Exhibition Hall
The Bank of East Asia Building occupies the corner of Jiujiang Road and Sichuan Middle Road, a location historically known as the Wall Street of China. Finished in nineteen twenty-seven, the building houses an interior business hall…
5. Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau
The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs is the administrative department responsible for the city’s social welfare and grassroots governance systems. Its work covers a broad range of life in the city, from the management of social…
6. Holy Trinity Church, Shanghai
Holy Trinity Church is defined by its deep red brick exterior, a signature that earned it the local nickname the Red Church. Designed by the British architect Sir George Gilbert Scott and completed in eighteen sixty-nine, the building…
7. Jinjiang Metropolo Hotel Classiq - Bund Circle Shanghai
The Jinjiang Metropolo Hotel Classiq, Bund Circle, is housed in a building originally constructed in nineteen thirty as the Metropole Hotel. It stands in the Huangpu District at the intersection of Fuzhou Road and Jiangxi Road. The…
8. Hamilton House
Hamilton House is recognizable by its concave, inward-curving corners that help define the intersection of Jiangxi Middle Road and Fuzhou Road. Completed in nineteen thirty-three, the building stands as a major example of Art Deco…