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Central District 1935

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2010-07-06 17:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935
Places shown in this photo: 
HSBC Headquarters Building (3rd generation) [1935-1984]

Central District circa 1935. The Bank looks very new. Quite large cargo ships are moored close to the General Post Office indicating how much depth of water there was to be eventually be filled in to build up the land we walk over today. With many similar images from over the decades it should be possible to build up a sequence or montage, perhaps morphing images from the earliest to the present. IDJ

Central 1964

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2010-07-05 18:17
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1964
Places shown in this photo: 
City Hall (2nd & current generation) [1962- ]
General Post Office (current generation) [1976- ]
Hilton Hotel [1963-1995]
Prince's Building (2nd & current generation) [1965- ]
Blake Pier (1st generation, 1st location) [1900-1965]
Central Star Ferry Pier (3rd location, Edinburgh Place) [1957-2006]
P&O Building (5th generation) [c.1965-c.1980]

Central circa 1964. Princes Building under construction. The City Hall promenade eerily devoid of people. The old Blake Pier still in postion. IDJ

Hong Kong United Dockyards

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2010-07-05 14:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970
Places shown in this photo: 
Hong Kong, Kowloon & Whampoa Dockyards, Hung Hom [1868-????]
Admiralty Dock / No. 1 Dock [????-????]

Hong Kong United Dockyards from the air. The orange coloured BARBER LINES cargo ship is in the drydock that now comprise the basement levels of the "Concrete Boat" in Shung King Street. The modern high rise was the dockyard's senior staff quarters. Containerisation is just creeping in at bottom right. China Light & Power's Hok Un Power station is top right. Image from early-mid 1970s. All very different now. IDJ

Aerial photos:Hong Kong from above

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2010-07-05 14:01
Places shown in this photo: 
Kowloon [????- ]

Kowloon around 1963-64. Star House foundations under construction but no Ocean Terminal yet. Homantin area still undeveloped hills. IDJ

Aerial photos: Hong Kong from above

Submitted by David on Mon, 2010-07-05 10:26

Aerial photos are literally the big picture. They don't have the detail of a street-level photo, but they make up for that in other ways:

History

A photo of a bombed-out, deserted Wanchai

Chatham Road reclamation

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2010-07-01 03:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935
Places shown in this photo: 
Holt's Wharf [1910-c.1971]
Signal Hill - Blackhead Point [1907- ]
Gun Club Hill Barracks [????- ]
Old Chatham Road Children's Playground Pavilion [????- ]
Houses on Middle Road next to Blackhead Point [1915-????]
Observatory Villas [1902-1954]

Chatham Road undeveloped reclamation and Holts Wharf mid 1930s. Site of Harry Abbott's first flights and postwar Camp Kowloon.

1970s Stonecutters Island

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2010-05-22 07:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1974
Places shown in this photo: 
Stonecutters Island [????- ]

1972 Po Shan Road landslide / Kotewall Road disaster

Submitted by annelisec on Mon, 2010-03-08 17:58
Image (external): 
Binary Data 2424442049
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1972
Places shown in this photo: 
55 Conduit Road [????-2005]
53, Conduit Road [????-????]
Tags: 
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