1924 – The New HSBC Building & the Old Customs House

A nice picture of the Bund taken in early 1924 showing the newly completed (and still standing) HSBC Building adjacent to the soon-to-be demolished Customs House Building before a new one (the one there now) was constructed. The old one, built in the Gothic style in 1891, was demolished in 1925 so this is the last few months of the old and the new alongside…