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Yau Ma tei Public Toilet and Car Park

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2022-05-17 04:16

Original title: Old_Hong_Kong - a public toilet / bath house that has existed for 50+ years

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2009
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Public Toilet
Bath House
car park

Garden Road Multi-Storey Car Park [1963-1996]

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2021-11-29 21:31
Date Place completed: 
c.1963-01-01 (Month is approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1996-01-01 (Month is approximate)

The 1962 Hong Kong Annual Report mentions the multi-storey car park on the former Murray Parade Ground was in course of construction. See here Nudged the year of completion to 1963.

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Yau Ma Tei. Gascoigne Road rushing through Yaumatei Carpark Building

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-01-03 02:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2011
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car park
Yau Ma Tei

Yau Ma Tei multi-storey car park [1970-2021]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-01-03 02:04
Date Place completed: 
1970-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
2021-01-01

The Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building and the nearby Yau Ma Tei Government Office occupy the former site of an old market, after which the adjacent Market Street (街市街), considered one of the oldest streets in Kowloon, is named. The market was relocated to the Yau Ma Tei Market (油麻地街市), built in 1957 along Kansu Street.

The Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building was built in 1957 1970 (as referred to in the 1969 Annual Report). In 1977, the Gascoigne Road Flyover was built to bypass existing surface road and go through the building.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Yau Ma Tei Market (1st generation) [c.1880-c.1957]
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car park

Car Park, 1 & 2 Connaught Road [c.1960-c.1971]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2019-09-12 15:38
Date Place completed: 
c.1960-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1971-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

This was a curious piece of land. It sat vacant for over 10 years, just used as a car park. Normally construction starts as soon as the previous building is demolished, so why did this land stay empty for so long?

A rough timeline:

  • c.1955 - The New Oriental Building is demolished, forming the western half of this land.
  • c.1960 - Butterfield & Swire's building is demolished, adding the eastern half of this land.
  • Early 1970s - Construction of the Furama Hotel begins.
Previous place(s) at this location: 
Butterfield & Swire's Offices [1897-c.1960]
2 Connaught Road / New Oriental Building [1898-c.1955]
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car park

Star Ferry Hong Kong

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2018-10-16 04:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962
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car park
star ferry

Murray Road Car Park, Hong Kong - demolished

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2018-07-18 16:52

Taken from the Garden Road Flyover, the car park was straight ahead (compare to the 2016 photo).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2018
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car park
Murray Road
central
demolished

Murray Road Car Park under demolition 9.3.18

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2018-07-18 16:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2018
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car park
central
Murray Road

Murray House Car Park Central

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2018-02-07 21:00

Will be demolished in early 2018.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2016
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central
car park

Murray Road Multi Storey Car Park Building [1973-2018]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2017-12-31 01:45
Date Place completed: 
1973-07-30
Date Place demolished: 
c.2018-05-01 (Day is approximate)

From Wikipedia:

Construction on the building began in 1972. The car park opened for public use on 30 July 1973.

In 2017, Henderson Land Development bid successfully to acquire the Hong Kong government owned commercial plot on which the car park is built. Henderson Land will pay HK$23.28 billion (US$3 billion) for the plot.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
North Barracks [c.1846-????]
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car park

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