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Gutzlaff Street_2015

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2015

From Wikimedia Commons

The beige coloured building two-storey building on the right is the Gutzlaff Street Public Toilet and Bathhouse. 

Male's entrance from Gutzlaff Street, female's via Chuk Hing Lane on the right behind the reddish gate.

View is downhill from Gage Street.

Behind the bathhouse, the demolition of houses along Gutzlaff Street has already begun.

hk central gutzlaff street

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

From Wikimedia Commons

Gutzlaff Street photo uphill, shows the Gutzlaff Street Public Toilet and Bathhouse (the beige cloured building with the grey waste box). At the end of the Gutzlaff Street is Gage Street.

Gutzlaff Street Public Toilet and Bathhouse [1949-c.2018]

Date Place completed: 
c.1949-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.2018-12-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Was located at the Junction of Gutzlaff Street and Chuk Hing Lane, Central District, opened in 1949. It was a two-story building which covered an area of 190 m2, ground floor for male, and first floor for female users. It had a rectangular shape with the smaller side facing Gutzlaff Street. It’s shown on the 1975 map below:

Gage Street from the mid-level escalator 2014

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014

One of the very popular photos from the mid-level escalator down on Gage Street. It shows two interesting items:

The construction site in the back has meanwhile turned into a new high-rise building.

The houses behind the one with the 7-eleven store (at the junction of Cochrane and Gage Streets, still there today) are houses which belong to Gutzlaff Street (only the ones visible at Gage Street). Gutzlaff Street crosses Gage Street just in front of the building "Gage Street Market Lofts". All the houses mentioned have been demolished later for a new building.

1975-09 map of the Gutzlaff Street Area

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1975

This map shows the block delimited by Wellington, Cochrane, Gage, and Graham Streets, Gutzlaff Street divides this block in two.

The red lined building is the Gutzlaff Street Public Toilet and Bathhouse.

Gutzlaff Street 2012

The beige coloured building two-storey building on the right is the Gutzlaff Street Public Toilet and Bathhouse. 

Male's entrance from Gutzlaff Street, female's via Chuk Hing Lane on the right behind the reddish gate.

View is downhill from Gage Street..

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012

Wyndham Street/Queen's Road Central

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014

D'Aguilar Street 1933

Shows the rickshaw rank and the sign of the A.[Fong] studio. The date of the photo (21 March 1933) is confirmed by the itinerary of the traveller. 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1933

1956 Central waterfront

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1956

Connaught Road Houses between the Central Fire Station and the Harbour Office.

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