Block Five
No. 12 – The HSBC Building | 汇丰银行大楼
Built in 1923, the largest bank building in the Far East at that time
Past: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC, purchased No. 12 in 1874, then No. 10 & 11 in 1912)
Now: Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
In-between: Japanese Yokohama Specie Bank, Shanghai Municipal Government (市政府)
No. 13 – The Customs House | 海关大楼
Built in 1927, the clock and bell was built in England and in imitation of Big Ben; it has the largest clock in Asia
Originally opened in 1847. Currently the fourth rebuilt.