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Connaught Road houses 1970

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2022-02-04 21:45
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970

Cropped from 1970 Central Vehicular Ferry Pier. The photo is annotated (and stretched a bit) to show the different houses.

There are:

Connaught Road Central buildings 2014

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2022-02-04 21:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014

It is a panorama from 2 photos I took from the Four Seasons Hotel. It ends unfortunately at Wing Wo Street. It is more a photo of the skyline and not of the buildings on Connaught Road, but it is difficult to find any photos of this area. The following buildings are on this photo:

A    (Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building, former Central Fire Station)

B    Southland Building 2nd gen. [2014- ]

C    Agricultural Bank of China Building, 50 Connaught Road [2011- ]

D    New York House [1980- ]

Southland Building 2nd generation [2014- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2022-02-04 21:19
Date Place completed: 
c.2014-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Was built on the place of Southland Building 1st generation. The building was finished in 2014, it is located at 47 Connaught Road Central.

It has 25 floors and is an office building.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Southland Building 1st generation [1977-2011]
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Waterfront
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92-97 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1956]

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2022-02-03 00:05
Date Place completed: 
c.1905-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1956-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Six houses from estimated 1905, built on Marine Lot 63

To get an impression about the buildings here is a map from 1922 together with a photo from around 1910.  

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Waterfront
connaught road

92-97 Connaught Road Central 1955

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2022-02-03 00:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

Cropped from c.1955 View of HK from harbour

6 houses 92-97 Connaught Road Central between Harbour Office and Sun Department Store.

86-89 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1914]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2022-02-02 23:46
Date Place completed: 
c.1905-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1914-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Although only four numbers are assigned to this place, probably 9-10 houses were built there. Again, the building date is estimated to 1905.

To get an impression about the buildings here is a map from 1922 together with a photo from around 1910.  In these early days it looked different to the mid-1930s

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central
Waterfront
connaught road

Connaught Road houses between Gilman Street and the Harbour Office ca. 1910/1922

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2022-02-02 23:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1911

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. This is the western extension of Connaught Road Houses between the Central Fire Station and the Harbour Office 1930

CTS House [c.1982- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2022-02-02 22:45
Date Place completed: 
c.1982-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

House built at 78-83 Connaught Road Central. It is an office building with 24 floors that opened in the early 1980s (1982 estimated).

In 1980 the construction hasn't commeneced yet, see the gap between houses 8 and 9 on the photo below

Previous place(s) at this location: 
74-83 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1978]
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Waterfront
connaught road

Nan Fung Tower [1973- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2022-02-02 19:24
Date Place completed: 
c.1973-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

House built on the place where the Sincere Department Store was located, the address is 88 Connaught Road Central.

It is an office building with 24 floors that opened 1973. Likely built in stages, first the part at Connaught Road, later the one at Des Voeux Road.

The demolition of the waterfront part of the Sincere Department Store can be seen on the photo below from 1966:

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Sincere Department Store [1915-1968]
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central
Waterfront
connaught road

Connaught Road Reclamation. 1968

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2022-02-02 19:13

This photo from June 1968 shows the first part of the newly built Nan Fung Tower.

Old houses 78-83 Connaught Road still exist.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1968
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