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Au Trou Normand Restaurant sign

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2021-01-02 01:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1973

Cropped from 1973 TST Hankow rd

1973 TST Hankow rd

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-01-01 23:09

Shows the French Restaurant Au Trou Normand on the left side (a bit hidden above the Great Wall sign).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1973
Tags: 
restaurant
TST
hankow road

1963 Hankow Rd TST

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-01-01 22:04

Peninsula Hotel on the right, then Hotel Merlin, next possibly Metropole Building under construction,and behind Peking Road is Mohan's Building.  

YMCA building on the left.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1963
Tags: 
TST
hankow road
hotel
Peninsula Hotel

aerial view 1949-06-17 details

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2020-03-21 19:55
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Source: HKMS 2.0

This set shows the houses built on the block between Nathan, Peking, Hankow, and Haiphong Roads.

A Cuckoo in the Nest 1929

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2020-02-29 00:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

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Hankow Road Houses 1930

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2020-02-10 21:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Cropped from 1930s Tsim Sha Tsui KCR station, YMCA and Peninsula Hotel

The red rectangle shows the European Houses on Hankow Road (1920/30's).

Quite a drastic change with many new houses compared to the 1927 photo, constant only Star Theatre.

Hankow Road Houses 1927

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2020-02-10 21:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1927

Cropped from c.1927 Aerial view of TST

This aerial view shows houses on Hankow Road behind the Peninsula Hotel. The red rectangle shows the site where the European Houses on Hankow Road (1920/30's) will be built in a few years.

Jimmy's Kitchen 1935

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2020-02-10 03:00
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Cropped from 1930s Star Theatre

Jimmy's Kitchen at (approx. 28) Hankow Road. Wasn't mentioned on their website. 

1930 Hankow Road looking north

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2020-02-10 01:54

Hankow Road with Peking Road crossing in the centre. Four blocks are are visible:

clockwise from left:

Ho Tung Mansions

Star Theatre

European Houses on Hankow Road (1920/30's)

1930s Block of European Flats

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
Tags: 
TST
hankow road
Peking Road

European Houses on Hankow Road (1920/30's) [c.1929-c.1962]

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2020-02-10 01:16
Date Place completed: 
c.1929-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1962-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

From 1920 to 1930, many European houses were built in Tsim Sha Tsui. The houses on Hankow Road shown here probably are already second generation. The lots where they were built on are shown below:

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Beryl [c.1885-c.1925]
Fairview, TST [c.1896-c.1928]
Greencroft [????-c.1925]
Tags: 
TST
hankow road

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