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Mount Austin Road [????- ]

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2008-11-18 19:29
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Central Star Ferry Pier (3rd location, Edinburgh Place) [1957-2006]

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2008-11-18 19:22
Date Place completed: 
1957-12-15
Date Place demolished: 
2006-12-16

Obviously no longer there and that part of the harbour is already filled in as part of the ongoing reclamation project.

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Peak Tram Lower Terminus (2nd generation) [1936-????]

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2008-11-18 15:08
Date Place completed: 
c.1936-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Previous place(s) at this location: 
Peak Tram lower terminus (1st generation) [c.1888-c.1934]
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May Road (crossing point of Peak Tram) [????- ]

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2008-11-18 15:04
May Road is described by Booth as the steepest part of the track, and uphill from here was a "small signal box in which a man changed the points at the passing place".
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Lugard Waterfall [????- ]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2008-11-14 14:54

Booth mentions this waterfall as part of his walk around the peak - "I would always set off clockwise, walking beneath overhanging trees alive with butterflies and the birds that ate them., passing a waterfall..."

I just found out today that it has a name, Lugard Waterfall.

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Godown / shops near Star Ferry [1923-1963]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2008-11-10 20:53
Date Place completed: 
1923-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
1963-01-01

[Update March 2019: I'd previously named this Place "Star House (1st generation)", but I can't find any evidence it was called Star House when it was in use.]

Phil wrote:

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YMCA, Waterloo Road [1929-????]

Submitted by tngan on Sat, 2008-11-08 02:17
Date Place completed: 
1929-01-01

Hi there,

I am uncertain which YMCA was Booth talking about in this chapter, but other than the one in Tsimshatsui, there was this old YMCA house at this location.  It was an old manor house with fences, arches and a dome if I'm not mistaken.  But it was gone after the rebuilt about two decades ago.

T

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The Governor's Walk, The Peak. [????- ]

Submitted by tngan on Sat, 2008-11-08 02:05
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Magazine Gap [????- ]

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2008-11-03 18:38
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Tiger Balm Gardens, or what's left of it. [1935-2002]

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2008-11-03 12:57
Date Place completed: 
1935-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
c.2002-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

The original site had been [invaded] by the Legend Towers.  These towers had also been famous of emitting awfully greenish light pollution in the evenings.

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