Tung Tak Pawn Shop, at Marsh & Hennessy [????- ] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Tung Tak Pawn Shop, at Marsh & Hennessy [????- ]

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Submitted by tngan on Sun, 2008-09-21 22:05
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wanchai
Pawn Shops
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Submitted by philk on Tue, 2015-08-04 20:45.

For those wondering what it looks like, here is a snap:

As you can see it is still in impressive condition. It occupies a corner plot and thus has a curved wall. One of the better examples.

Submitted by David on Thu, 2008-10-02 18:20.
... here. From a time when every building was a shop house!

Submitted by C on Tue, 2015-08-04 20:13.

Tung Tak Pawn Shop is being demolished.  It is such a shame because the building is one of the last remaining tong laus on Wan Chai's main roads.

Also see:  http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1843855/de...

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2015-08-04 20:38.
I heard this was happening - what a travesty! I only know of three other corner columned shophouses in the whole territory. This is the very last example I know of on HK-side. Does anyone know if there are any more like this on the Island? :-(

Submitted by tngan on Tue, 2015-08-04 21:45.
Hi Phil, There is still one corning shpo house standing on the Island, but not like this with a curvy structure. The Pawn at Wanchai could be said located on a street corner. The other shop house located in Queen Road East opposite Hopewell Centre is also at street corners, But like I said, they are not like this. I only recall one such similar structure in Kwai Lam Street in SSP and the other one in Fat Tseung Street and Castle Peak Road in Cheung Sha Wan now. Thanks & Best Regards, T

Submitted by philk on Wed, 2015-08-05 10:27.

Hi Thomas - yes, I mean the ones with the curved facades. The two you mention are possibly the ones I recall in Cheung Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po, but not forgetting Lui Seng Chun as well which has been taken over by the Baptist U and had a great makeover.

So I guess there are only 3 left in the whole territory - very sad and I'm surprised the Govt hasn't done anything (actually...I'm not surprised!).

Cheers

Phil

Submitted by C on Wed, 2015-08-05 18:01.
Hi Phil and Thomas, I wonder if you know of any good online database or photo repository of shophouses in Hong Kong. There must be one on the internet, right?

Submitted by philk on Wed, 2015-08-05 18:52.

C - no, there isn't one which is why we created one here on gwulo: http://gwulo.com/comment/8764#comment-8764

I'm not sure if it captures all of them but I would say it is the most comprehensive list I know of. Please feel free to add any that have been missed out.

Submitted by C on Wed, 2015-08-05 21:20.

Thanks Phil!  Sorry, I did not realise there is one right on this web site. Great work by Thomas, you and David!