Gutzlaff Signal Tower


This signal tower was built in 1907 to replace the wooden original as well as to serve as a meteorological relay station for the tireless Shanghai Jesuits. In the early 1950s it was commandeered as a river-boat police station, and in 1995 the entire edifice was shunted 22.4m to its present location.


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1. Shanghai Gallery of Art

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2. Three on the Bund

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When it opened in 2004, Three on the Bund was the strip’s first lifestyle destination and the model that many other venues have since followed. It's now…

3. Bund 5

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4. AroundSpace

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5. Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building

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6. Custom House

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7. Bank of Communications Building

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8. PearlLam Galleries

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