Lost of unnamed street at Wan Chai on 1935

Submitted by lolau on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 19:50

Anybody have idea of the unammed street mentioned below in Government Gazette in 1935? Any map of 1935 or before show this street?

http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/216162.pdf

As I understand with the relocation of the Kuhlan Monument (where the demolished Wanchai Market once stood) in 1934, there existed an unnamed patch of land/street that joined up with Wanchai Road from QRE.

I reckon the closure of the area was required for the site formation and building of the 'new' Wanchai Market.

See: http://gwulo.com/node/3905

I agree with Moddsey. Here are a few pieces of supporting information...

The gazette says the unamed road was "on the south-west side of Inland Lot No. 86 joining Wanchai Road and Queen's Road East."

We've seen IL 86 before:

1930s Mount Shadwell Retaining Wall

It's the lot that housed the Royal Naval Hospital, ie Hospital Hill. On it's south-west corner used to be a short stretch of road between the hill and the Kuhlan monument, visible in this map.

Wanchai 1931

As Moddsey notes, that disappeared when the second-generation Wanchai Market was built:

Wanchai 1946

Regards, David