62-73 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1977]

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Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2022-01-31 23:01

Current condition:

Demolished / No longer exists

Date Place completed:

c.1905-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Date Place demolished:

c.1977-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Twelve houses built on Marine Lots 53 (west) and 54, they end at Gilman Street. Probably built at the same time as the houses further east on reclaimed land, so 1905 was guessed.

To get an impression about the buildings here is a map together with a photo from around 1930.

In 1959/60 they looked like this:

These houses were not demolished at the same time. It started around 1962 with houses 64 and 65, in 1963 a new building was under construction (name unkown, with an “A” on top), finished probably 1965. It is visible on the photo below with the red sign, the "A" is just outside the photo.

Around 1981 it was demolished itself and replaced by CMA Building (64-66 Connaught Road Central) which opened in 1983.

The same happened to the old houses 69-73, on this area the China Insurance Group Building was finished in 1967 (still there), today No. 73 Connaught Road Central. This is the building at the right hand side of the photo above (with the vertical stripes, number 7 on the photo below).

During the second half of the 1970s (Nos. 66-68 survived longest), all others were demolished, but not replaced by new buildings immediately. There are empty spaces on the photo from 1980 below between nos. 5 and 6 (= 62-63 Connaught Road C.) and 6 and 7 (= 67-68 Connaught Road C.)