Central District circa 1935. The Bank looks very new. Quite large cargo ships are moored close to the General Post Office indicating how much depth of water there was to be eventually be filled in to build up the land we walk over today. With many similar images from over the decades it should be possible to build up a sequence or montage, perhaps morphing images from the earliest to the present. IDJ
Central District 1935
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Submitted by IDJ
Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Tuesday, January 1, 1935
Gallery:
Connections:
- Central District 1935 shows Place HSBC Headquarters Building (3rd generation) [1935-1984]
- Central District 1935 shows Place Blake Pier (1st generation, 1st location) [1900-1965]
- Central District 1935 shows Place Queen's Pier (1st Generation) [1925-1955]
- Central District 1935 shows Place Central Star Ferry Pier (2nd Location, Connaught Rd off Ice House St) [1912-1958]
- Central District 1935 shows Place General Post Office (Connaught Rd / Pedder St site) [1911-1977]
- Central District 1935 shows Place P&O building (4th generation) [1924-1961]
- Central District 1935 shows Place Nine Arches Buildings 15-23, Connaught Road [1903-c.1962]
- Central District 1935 shows Place P & O Pier [c.1900-c.1965]
- Central District 1935 shows Place Ornate building at 24 & 25, Connaught Road Central [1900-1952]
- Central District 1935 shows Place 26-33 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1967]
- Central District 1935 shows Place Douglas Steamship Co. Ltd. Wharf [????-????]
Comments
Montage of images
That sound like an interesting project.
How about the view of the HSBC taken from the sea, so we'd see the section of seafront from say Murray Road across to the GPO? It's a popular view of Hong Kong, so it should be possible to gather a collection of photos relatively easily.
I've changed the date from
I've changed the date from 1935 to 1950, as we can see the Bank of China building is under construction.
Regards, David
Re: changed the date
Hi David,
I don't see the Japanese tower at Goverment House. Would the construction site next to HSBC a demolision site instead?
Best Regards,
T
<Blush>
I've changed the date smartly back to c.1935!
Thanks Thomas, and apologies to IDJ!
Regards, David
Re: I could not resist throwing in more confusion :-P
Folks,
Take a look at this photo. I guess that might mix up the dates a bit more. Would the photo posted by IDJ dated after the one posted by Marlowe? We might as well sort both out.
Best Regards,
T
city hall demolition
looks to be the demolition of the north and east remaining parts of City Hall (as pictured here http://gwulo.com/node/7011), which took place in 1936. you can't quite see the temporary library section which was left over (or it's also covered up by scaffolding.)
Incidentally, that photo I just linked appears to show the demolition of the old Beaconsfield Arcade (http://gwulo.com/beaconsfield-arcade), which should help us date its end, as well as the construction of its little replacement, seen in T's picture he linked to above.)
Re: city hall demolition
Hi 80sKid, was the library in operation from the early 1930s to the late 1940s? And was this a part of the original City Hall structure? From this angle it did not look like so, but I could be wrong.
city hall library