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1930s Queens's Road East (Queensway)
Submitted by moddsey. View the original image on Flickr.
Authors: 
eternal1966e
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, May 1, 1935
Gallery: 
1930s Hong Kong
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Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2021-04-27 20:29.

There are scaffolds on Block G. On the 1901 photo this block has a ground floor only, and in (around) 1935, two more storeys were added.

Soldiers´Club
Soldiers´Club, by Des. White

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2021-04-28 02:47.

Mention is made here of the opening of the Soldiers' Club.

Submitted by David on Sat, 2021-05-08 12:37.

On the 1901 photo this block has a ground floor only, and in (around) 1935, two more storeys were added.

Hi Klaus,

In the description of the 1900 opening  of the Soldier's Club that Moddsey found, it says:

On the ground floor, a bar is provided. Upstairs there are dining, billiards and reading rooms.

So there was at least one more floor. The upper floors were set back from the street, so I think that's why they're not seen in the 1901 photo.

Regards, David

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2021-05-08 17:40.

Hi David,

obviously, upper floors were there already from the beginning. As there are scaffolds on the 1930s photo, I now think they added the balconies as seen here:

1950s Queensway
1950s Queensway, by moddsey

Regards, Klaus