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Submitted by Paulo on Fri, 2022-05-27 13:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1933

The terrace restaurant at Gloucester Building

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Submitted by eurasian_david on Tue, 2020-12-08 19:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1934

Abdul Aziz Rumjahn (a.k.a. Arthur James Rumjahn) (1904 Hong Kong-2nd March 1975 Hong Kong) was a distant cousin of mine. This photo of him in Hong Kong in 1934 has been given kind permission by his grandson to be posted here in gwulo after we recently made contact as part of my family history reserach.

The background is the distinctive Gloucester Building Clock Tower but does anyone know which roof top he was standing on? . 

Gloucester Building - Prominent in Central Hong Kong -1932

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2020-08-21 12:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1932

Photograph of the Hong Kong central business district from the hillside , showing the then very prominent Gloucester Building, shortly after its completion in 1932. The tall clock tower dominated the scene, with its large four-faced 10 ft-diameter  illiminated clock dials visiible from virtually the whole of Mid-Levels.  

Gloucester Building Clock Tower - 1932

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2020-08-21 12:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1932

Close-up photo of the the tall and prominent clock tower of Gloucester Building in 1932. The tower clock had four-faces with 10ft diameter illluminated dials, visible form far away. The Telechron sysyem employed to drive the hands ensured that all four dials were  electrically synchronzied and constroled from  a master clock located in a control room. A description of the mechanism may be read on this Gwulo string HERE..    

Gloucester Building

Submitted by Paulo on Fri, 2019-10-25 12:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950

On New Years Day 1926, a large portion of the old Hong Kong Hotel (the part on Des Voeux Road Central & Pedder Street corner) was completely gutted by fire. Hongkong Land purchased the site in 1928 for $1,375,000 and developed Gloucester Building which was completed in 1932, a few years later the Hotel section was fomally named Gloucester Hotel. Gloucester Building was the first mixed-use building in Central, on the lower two levels were shops with internal arcades. Offices occupied the middle two floors and a small hotel, the top five floors.

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