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View from Shamrock Kowloon

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View from Shamrock Kowloon
Submitted by David. View the original image on Flickr.
Authors: 
Phil Roeder
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Zeiss
Ikon
Contessa
Kodachrome
ScanCafe
1950s
color
Asia
Korean War

You'll want to click through to Flickr for the original-size version of this - there's lots to see.

In the distance are the black, circular oil tanks, with breakwater beyond that. It looks as though there is a landing craft passing by, a little distance out to sea.

Right from that is the Jordan Road ferry terminal, with lots of buses parked outside it.

In front of the buses are more oil tanks, and in front of that is the little pavilion with green & red roof that stands in the King George V park. At least it's in a park today - in this view its surroundings look rather bleak.

Down and right from that is the large pitched roof of the Liberty Theatre cinema - thanks to HK Man for identifying that. Across Jordan Road from the theatre we can see the black pitched rooftops of the Gas Works.

All seen from the roof of the Shamrock Hotel.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Monday, December 28, 1953
Gallery: 
1950s Hong Kong
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Submitted by emeriki on Wed, 2014-05-07 14:12.

I'm living now on the 2nd floor of the Tong Lau you can see on the left side (junction of temple street and bowring street). Quite touching to see my home 60 years ago...