Shanghai 2005

A gallery of 136 images from my two most recent trips to Shanghai in May and June 2005, interspersed with a few images from my first trip to Shanghai in April 1982 as a contrast.

1982 The first neon sign in Shanghai 2005 Today there are thousands of neon signs in Shanghai 1982 Advertising industrial machinery in Nanjing Road 2005 Advertising consumer goods in Nanjing Road today 1982 Looking to Pudong 2005 Pudong Skyline today 1982 Nanjing Road East 2005 The Same Corner today 1982 Nanjing Road East 2005 The same corner today 1982 Tai Qi on the Bund 2005 Morning exercises at The Bund 1982 Tai Qi on the Bund 2005 Morning exercises at The Bund 2005 Tai Qi on the Bund 2005 Morning Exercises on the Bund 1982 The Bund 2005 The Bund 2005 The Bund at Night 2005 The Bund 2005 The Bund 2005 The Bund lights up 1982 Near Nanjing Road East 2005 Nanjing Road East 2005 Suzhou Creek, showing the Central Post Office Building 2005 Old Shanghai disappears - the site of the Friendship Store 2005 Bund Tunnel Train 2005 Bund Tunnel Train 2005 Bund Tunnel Train 2005 Bund Tunnel Train 2005 Dusk comes to Pudong 2005 Dusk comes to the Bund 2005 Flags over Pudong 2005 The former Shanghai Municipal Government Building 2005 Evening on the Bund 2005 Fountain in People's Square 2005 Fountain in People's Square 2005 Fountain in People's Square 2005 Colonial style buildings- and lots of electricity lines on Fuzhou Road 2005 Colonial style buildings- and lots of electricity lines on Fuzhou Road 1982 The French Quarter of Old Shanghai 2005 The Old French Quarter is now very fashionable - gentrification in action! 2005 The Huangpu River, still a major trading port 2005 Goldfish in the Yu Yuan garden 1982 Typical buildings near the Huangpu River 2005 Looking down inside the Jinmao Tower, the world's 3rd highest building. 1982 Bicycles were by far the most common form of personal transport 2005 A car cark in Lujiazui, Pudong 2005 Buildings in the Old French Quarter 2005 Buildings in the Lujiazui District of Pudong 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Lujiazui traffic 2005 Lujiazui Traffic 2005 Roundabout in Lujiazui 2005 Lujiazui (Pudong) 2005 Model showing every building of urban Shanghai in the Urban Planning Centre 2005 Shanghai Museum 2005 Jogging along the Huangpu River 2005 Practising a fan dance on the Bund 2005 Nanjing Road pedestrian plaza zone 2005 Nanjing Road pedestrian plaza zone 2005 Nanjing Road East 2005 Nanjing Road Central 2005 New buildings in Nanjing Road 2005 Nanjing Road at Night 2005 Nanjing Road at Night 2005 Near East Nanjing Road 2005 New housing blocks 2005 New buildings replace old 2005 Oasis of parkland 2005 Nice name for a loo! 2005 Older style colonial buildings 2005 Old shops are still found in many parts of Shanghai 2005 Older street scene 2005 Older style colonial buildings 2005 Orient Pearl TV Tower 2005 Orient Pearl TV Tower 2005 Orient Pearl TV Tower from the other side of the Huangpu River 2005 Orient Pearl TV Tower 2005 Pudong 2005 Pudong 2005 Pudong Riverfront 2005 Pudong Skyline 2005 Reflections on the Bund 2005 Orient Pearl TV Tower in Pudong 2005 Looking to Puxi from Pudong 2005 Looking to Puxi from Pudong 2005 Looking to Puxi from Pudong 2005 Looking to Puxi from Pudong 2005 Puxi and the Huangpu River 2005 Rubbish Recycling 2005 Rubbish Recycling 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Acrobats 2005 Shanghai Greening 2005 Shanghai Metro 2005 Shanghai Museum 2005 Shanghai No.1 Department Store 2005 Shanghai Opera House 2005 Shanghai Pudong Airport 2005 Shanghai traffic near the Opera House 2005 Shanghai's 1st 5-star park 2005 Shanghai's 1st 5-star park 2005 Shopping on Huaihai Road 2005 Shanghai's former Mayor 2005 Shanghai's former Mayor 2005 Site of 1st Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 2005 Exit of the site of 1st Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 2005 The 9 zig-zag bridge 2005 The Bund at Night 2005 The Bund 2005 The Bund in the early evening 2005 The Bund at Night 2005 Yu Yuan Garden 2005 Traffic Congestion 2005 Old Colonial Buildings being replaced by high rise development 2005 Morning exercises at The Bund 2005 Nanjing Road at Night 2005 Waitan & Broadway Mansions 2005 The Bund at Night