Submitted by David on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 14:05 Current condition Demolished / No longer exists Date completed 2 Jul 1935 Date closed / demolished 1 Jul 1980 Completion date from attached newspaper article. The building had a distinctive tower on top. Previous place(s) at this location Bank of East Asia Building (1st Generation), 10 Des Voeux Road [????-1933] Tags bank Log in or register to post comments Photos that show this Place 1935 1936 1937 See more photos of this place Comments Added demolition date of Added demolition date of 1980, based on the 1980's photos of its demolition added by 80skid. Log in or register to post comments re: BEA the flagpole bearing gargoyles by the doors are still there in the current building Log in or register to post comments Bank of East Asia Building My father rented an office in the building in the 1950s-1960s. I still recall the walls of the bank and some neighbouring buildings (built with granite) were pock-marked with cannon fire left during WW2 (Japs or the Allies?) The bank itself was an elegant building. TW Wong Log in or register to post comments
Added demolition date of Added demolition date of 1980, based on the 1980's photos of its demolition added by 80skid. Log in or register to post comments
re: BEA the flagpole bearing gargoyles by the doors are still there in the current building Log in or register to post comments
Bank of East Asia Building My father rented an office in the building in the 1950s-1960s. I still recall the walls of the bank and some neighbouring buildings (built with granite) were pock-marked with cannon fire left during WW2 (Japs or the Allies?) The bank itself was an elegant building. TW Wong Log in or register to post comments
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Added demolition date of
Added demolition date of 1980, based on the 1980's photos of its demolition added by 80skid.
re: BEA
the flagpole bearing gargoyles by the doors are still there in the current building
Bank of East Asia Building
My father rented an office in the building in the 1950s-1960s. I still recall the walls of the bank and some neighbouring buildings (built with granite) were pock-marked with cannon fire left during WW2 (Japs or the Allies?)
The bank itself was an elegant building.
TW Wong