Zhongshan Road at the Bund, Shanghai, China.
In the 1990s, Zhongshan Road (named after Sun Yat-sen), the road on which the Bund is centered, was widened to ten lanes. As a result, most of the parkland which had existed along the road disappeared. Also in this period, the ferry wharves connecting the Bund and Pudong, which had served the area’s original purpose, were removed. A number of pleasure cruises still operate from some nearby wharves.
At night the Bund is crowded, busy and alive with the young, the old and everyone in between; walking, taking photos, listening to music, sitting on benches and enjoying the ambiance of this unique place. It looks like Times Square on steroids.