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Johnston Road, Wanchai - 4 (Hong Kong), 1980

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This view looks eastward in Johnston Road, at its junction with Fleming Road and Wan Chai Road.

 Most of the large signs are gone, but the tall building with the rounded facade still stands. 

This tramcar ride, camera in hand, offered a good opportunity and a great location to photograph a very interesting urban environment. "Back then," I did not imagine how much things would change between 1980 and 2010. 

 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980

Chung Wui Mansion [1964- ]

Date Place completed: 
1964-01-01

Chung Wui Mansion is an apartment block with 33 units, the address is 106-114 Wan Chai Road. According to Centadata the date of the first occupation was 01/1964.

Built on the site of the former No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai.

Market Row (Ship Street)

Another one for the stair experts.

Identified as Ship Street at the corner with Queen's Road East.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1974
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Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, and North Point, taken from Kennedy Road, in 1924.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
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1910 Wanchai view

Original subscript: 1910 Wanchai view

Long before the East Praya reclamation, Johnston Road in orange color can be seen in the above pic.

Update: It's not Johnston but Wanchai Road (see comment below).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

1953 Wanchai streetscene

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

Peak Tram and Barker Road 2000

Second generation Richmond House is gone, only a fence or something like that remained.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2000

Hong Kong - Squatters' Shacks

Interesting to see the squatter huts over at least 13 years.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1967

Harcourt House-China Fleet Club-Cross Harbour helicopter terminal

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1971

I'm not sure what is being looked for, however this image appears to show Harcourt House in 1971.

The helicopters provided a cross-harbour HK$35 service to Kai Tak before the first road tunnel was open when the helicopter service then ceased.

Wanchai waterfront 1980

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980
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