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Custom House
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Next door at No. 12 is another Bund legend: the
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
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(Shanghai Pudong Fazhan Yinhang; Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, lobby only). When it was
built in 1923 for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the architect's instruction was to 'domin-
ate the Bund'. Enter its magnificent marble lobby and admire the spectacular ceiling, where
mosaic panels depict eight cities in which the bank had branches in 1923.
Continue south to the Bund's only Victorian edifice,
No. 6 The Bund
(Waitan Liu Hao),
built in 1881. Directly next door is
No. 5 The Bund
(Waitan Wu Hao), built for the Nissin Kis-
en Kaisha Shipping Company in 1921.
Just a few doors down at No. 2 is perhaps the most legendary of all the Bund buildings:
Hua'erdaofu Jiudian;
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. The old boys who controlled Shanghai made many
business and political decisions within its burnished wood-and-leather confines. To the left as
you enter the beautifully restored 1910 marble lobby (with original cage lift) is a faithful re-
