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Lost of unnamed street at Wan Chai on 1935

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Submitted by lolau on Wed, 2011-09-14 19:50

Anybody have idea of the unammed street mentioned below in Government Gazette in 1935? Any map of 1935 or before show this street?

http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/216162.pdf

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Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2011-09-15 00:25.

There is no quick link. What is the date of the Govt Gazette?

Submitted by patricia on Thu, 2011-09-15 06:07.

If you click, go back and click again (as in getting the jurors lists) the page from the gov gazette of  1st Feb 1935 appears .Patricia 

 

 

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2011-09-15 06:17.

Thanks Patricia. Tried it and it worked!

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2011-09-15 06:56.

As I understand with the relocation of the Kuhlan Monument (where the demolished Wanchai Market once stood) in 1934, there existed an unnamed patch of land/street that joined up with Wanchai Road from QRE.

I reckon the closure of the area was required for the site formation and building of the 'new' Wanchai Market.

See: http://gwulo.com/node/3905

Submitted by David on Thu, 2011-09-15 11:03.

I agree with Moddsey. Here are a few pieces of supporting information...

The gazette says the unamed road was "on the south-west side of Inland Lot No. 86 joining Wanchai Road and Queen's Road East."

We've seen IL 86 before:

1930s Mount Shadwell Retaining Wall

It's the lot that housed the Royal Naval Hospital, ie Hospital Hill. On it's south-west corner used to be a short stretch of road between the hill and the Kuhlan monument, visible in this map.

Wanchai 1931

As Moddsey notes, that disappeared when the second-generation Wanchai Market was built:

Wanchai 1946

Regards, David