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Everything tagged "1960s Hong Kong"

1961 Shun Yee Street Market

Shun Yee Street in TST connects Granville Road and Kimberley Street. The building in the background still exists today as seen here on google street view.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1961

Victoria Heights disaster-rainfull statistics-HK Standard

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

Victoria Heights Stubbs Road disaster-HK Standard

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

I saved  this yellowing newsprint  as it was a horrendous memorable weekend, as were the following clean-up days.

Connaught Road Reclamation. 1968

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

IMG_20220127_SinglePillar.jpg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2022

You can see that I could stand close to the pillar, though its base was still submerged in the sea.

The structure under construction in the background is the bridge stretching across Junk Bay.

1966 Connaught Road Central Reclamation

Old and new houses on Connaught Road Central.

Sincere Department Store under demolition. It looks as if the part at Connaught Road is already gone while the part at Des Voeux Road still stands.

The place where the Beautiful Group Tower will be built (starting 1971) is already cleared from the older houses.

On the left side, Connaught Building is under construction.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

1962 Central West waterfront

Shows (right of Gilman Street) houses 74-83 Connaught Road Central, and a bit of Sincere Department Store. Left of Gilman Street are a few houses from 62-73 Connaught Road Central.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962

1960s Connaught Road Central (West of Central Fire Station)

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962

47-50 Connaught Road Central

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960

51-59 Connaught Road Central

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960

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