Archival Photo
A2011-001.1593 : The Bund in Shanghai : China
Tuesday, December 31, 1907
A2011-001
AP/87135
Date is circa. The Bund is a waterfront area in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East No.1 Zhongshan Road) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu District. The area along the river faces the modern skyscrapers of Lujiazui in the Pudong District. The Bund usually refers to the buildings and wharves on this section of the road, as well as some adjacent areas. From the 1860's to the 1930's, it was the rich and powerful center of the foreign establishment in Shanghai, operating as a legally protected treaty port.
