Four houses built on Marine Lot 18, the address is 47-50 Connaught Road Central. Probably built at the same time as the houses further east on reclaimed land, so 1905 was guessed. These are the first houses west of Jubilee Street.
These four houses were grouped together because they are shorter compared to the other ones further west.
To get an impression about the buildings here is a map together with a photo from around 1930. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1960
On Gwulo we see many photos from the 1950s and 1960s where these building show a “modern” face and are in colour. Didn’t find a photo similar to the one from 1930, so I had to create my own from two photos. <Read more ...>
Shows buildings on Connaught Road houses nos. 58-97.
On the very right side, a bit of the entrance building of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha (O.S.K.) Wharf can be spotted. The highest building in the back is 189, Des Voeux Road Central [c.1958-c.1993]. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1930
Similar to the houses between the General Post Office and the Central Fire Station, there are more houses between the Central Fire Station and the Harbour Office that appear on many photos, simply because they were at the waterfront for some 60 years.
Building east of the Harbour Office (4th gen.). It streches out from Des Voeux Road Central to Connaught Road (then waterfront), the additional address is 92-97 Connaught Road. It appears first on the 1957 map on hkmaps.hk as "building under construction". On the roof it had a sign "SEIKO".
It was replaced by Li Po Chun Chambers that opened in 1995, so it was probably demolished in 1993. <Read more ...>
