One of the clearest examples of the Shanghai Deco style is the old Bank of China headquarters building next to the Peace Hotel on the Bund.

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Last year he rented a factory in the city's up-and-coming North Bund area, turned it into a hotel and decided this year to adopt the Super 8 brand for marketability.

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They've even let a new member into the club: The Peninsula Shanghai hotel, which bookends the northern curve of the Bund, was the first new building here in six decades.

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The centerpiece is a waterfront district known as the Bund, lined with majestic art deco buildings such as the newly restored Peace Hotel.

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The Hongkou segment of the Bund was known in the past for its international tenants, like the Broadway Mansions Hotel and Russian Consulate.

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The hotel is in the tower-filled Pudong area, across the Huangpu River from the famous Bund, in the Lujiazu business district.

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