The well known temple almost cannot be seen due to overgrown trees and illegal buildings around. Lower right hand - the building where restaurant 一定好荼樓 was in.
The white building centre left is the Market Street Public Toilet and Bathhouse. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
"There are Power Station, Government Store and Oil Depot along the coast. The Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and the Victoria Park can be seen at the back 1976."
The sign on the large building probably reads: Watson's Estate <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1972
Aerial photograph from 1972 (from HKMS 2.0).
Princess Margret Road on the left, Chatham Road North at the bottom. Centre right is the GULF sign of the Kerosene store, further right Valley Road Estate buildings.
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1936
The gasometer at Ma Tau Kok can be seen at top right. To the left of the gasworks is the main road, To Kwa Wan Road that runs from top to bottom. Photo probably taken after the gasworks were completed. <Read more ...>
Shows the site of the King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) - or whats left after the Japanese occupation.
Wikipedia refers that the park was partly destroyed and used as a refuse dump. In 1948 it looks as if the site has been cleared already. Only a pavilion and a small building survived the war. <Read more ...>
