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Nam Cheong Pawnshop

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

Building Next To Shophouses

Greetings:  It is very common to see new residential flats built butting against shophouses, and an example of such is shown in this photo.   Across the street, the two relatively new buildings were likely constructed at two different time and there is no air gap between the two either.

I have never watched how they are built, so I wonder if they install a membrane between the two such that at a later time when the shophouses are to be demolished, the job would be easier than to chip out the older concrete.

Shophouses Butting Against New Building

Shophouses connecting with new building.

Source: uwants.com - post #1038 by user 4rex - http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=14833421&page=70#pid206377680

264, Lai Chi Kok Road [????- ]

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Shophouses Multi Columns (1965)

Shophouses with additional columns at all levels (1965).  It is rare to see this design.

Were the smaller columns part of the design all along?

Or, they were added at a later time after the owner/designer realized that the main columns were not sufficient to support the load.

Or, the girders needed additional support?

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2016

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2016

1A Marble Road, North Point [????-2017]

Date Place demolished: 
c.2017-04-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Tung Hing Butcher/Grocery Store had been around since the early 1960s. Its style was typical in the 60s and 70s, with different vendors selling beef, pork, fish, poultry, vegetable, etc in different corners of the shop. The building was demolished earlier this year (2017).

A one eyed poultry vendor was murdered one afternoon in the 70s or 80s mysteriously. He was sitting outside his stall, facing Shu Kuk Street, when something very small was shot into his neck. He fell ill and died within hours.

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2017

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2017

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