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remains of the Kowloon Walled City and Yamen Building 1847 Kowloon: St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong: 1847 Victorian Gothic Central: Bishop's House: 1848 Tudor Revival Central: Government House, Hong Kong: 1855 Charles St George Cleverly Colonial / Japanese Central: Old Stanley Police Station: 1859 Victorian Stanley: University Hall (University ...
Upload another image H0206 Old Victoria Barracks, Former Explosives Magazine Justice Drive, Central Upload another image H0008 The Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception No. 16 Caine Road, Central Upload another image H0564 West Point Filters Bungalow No. 50 Kotewall Road, Mid-Levels Now part of the Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre. Upload another image H0009 Bishop's ...
In front of the old City Hall, present day HSBC Building: Donated by Dent & Co. Hongkong Hotel: 1868 1952 City Hall: 1869 1936 Beaconsfield Arcade: 1878 1917 HSBC Building (second) 1886 1934 Queen's College: 1889 1948 Peak Hotel: 1890 1938 Central Market (second) 1895 1937 Hong Kong Club (second) 1897 1981 4 Connaught Road, Central Queen's ...
Many skyscrapers in Hong Kong feature holes in them called "dragon gates". Local folklore claims that such holes are for dragons to pass through, though some such holes are created to fulfil air ventilation requirements. [9] [10] [11] Hong Kong's best-known building is probably I. M. Pei's Bank of China Tower. The building attracted heated ...
The Hong Kong Government decided in 1990s to keep the façade and rebuild a community centre within. In 2001, work was finally completed. In 2001, work was finally completed. Therefore, only the north façade of the historic building is restored and preserved during the construction of Sai Ying Pun Community Complex as the historic building is ...
The existence of tong lau was a culmination of a series of historic forces including the economic development of Hong Kong, the Second World War, and the influx of Chinese migrants to Hong Kong. [12] In 1898, the government introduced a building and public health ordinance which defined all the buildings including tong lau.
Completed in 1957 by the Government of Hong Kong, it replaced a two-storey colonial complex from the 1930s, the old Secretariat Building (built in 1847 and demolished in 1954). Like Hong Kong City Hall, the complex was built in the International style.
The Wan Chai Heritage Trail (Chinese: 灣仔歷史文物徑) is a walking trail in Hong Kong.It was launched on 27 September 2009 and is two hours in duration. It was formed by the Old Wan Chai Revitalisation Initiatives Special Committee (OWCRISC) established by the Development Bureau to promote the local culture, history and architectural style of Wan Chai District.