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New_Wan_Chai_Pier_201408

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2018-07-10 23:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014


By Wing1990hk [CC BY 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

1957 Wanchai view

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2018-05-17 03:55

Among other interesting features, Southorn Playground is visible on the left hand side.

Morrison Hill is almost vanished, and reclamation for Victoria Park has been finished.

Can anyone identify the houses in the foreground?

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1957
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1950 HK aerial view1

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2018-03-25 22:04

Another aerial view of Hong Kong, this time showing Wanchai, Causeway Bay, and North Point.

Also showing the Mystery building below Tai Hang Road.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950
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North Point
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Baitul Fakir [1914-c.1945]

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2018-02-05 12:57
Date Place completed: 
c.1914-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1945-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

On IL 1890. Site was cleared when Kennedy Road was straightened.

Also called Baitul Fukur. Name of House comes from this discussion

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Tram No. 11 with trailer in HK

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2018-01-29 21:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1974
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trailer-tram
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07 Picturesque HK Royal Naval Hospital Hong Kong

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2018-01-26 20:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

BLUE SKY BAR matchbox cover

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2017-12-12 19:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1968

Seems to have been allied with the Winner Horse Bar whose advert is on the reverse of the box

The former Imperial Cinema

Submitted by Raymond Lo on Sun, 2017-12-10 17:08

The Imperial Cinema in Wanchai which opened to business in 1969 and closed in 2003,had been interally rebuilt as a church.

1900s Wanchai Praya

Submitted by Herostratus on Wed, 2017-10-11 13:59
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1901

See Here for details 

Wanchai Foreshore 1860

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2017-06-19 20:23
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

Detail of a Panorama taken in 1860 showing the coast of Wanchai prior to the reclamation to Johnston Road in the 1860's

On the hill in the foreground is the Chief Justice's House with the Seamans behind to the left.

The large building complex in the centre of the picture is the St. Francis Xavier Hospital & Chapel. The walled enclosure behind it is the Old Colonial Cemetery (likely Protestant section) 

Top Right re the Matshed forerunners to Victoria Barracks

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