Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Compradore writes:
The 1960 Peak Map shows a house on this site as Skyhigh. In IDJ's 1969 picture, a house with a white exterior can be seen.
David, I think there should be a place for the first-generation Skyhigh before it became the HSBC taipan house.
Previous place(s) at this location
Photos that show this Place
1965
Comments
1st gen Skyhigh demolition - Jan 1982
http://www.flickr.com/photos/asipos49/15786997660/sizes/o/
Source: Antoine 49 Flickr page. Please do not add annotations or edit his picture and repost here. Picture date is Jan 1981.
David, please set the demolition date to Jan 1982. I think I found a definitive source that I will add to the 2nd gen Skyhigh page
Skyhigh - 371 The Peak
When this property was still referred to in directories as 371, The Peak, it was not an HSBC residence. In the late-1940s and the early-1950s, it was the managing director's residence for the Wallem Group. Wallem is still around and is a highly regarded shipping company.
Another Wallem director from that era resided at 466, The Peak, which I did not see in the 1924 map (nearest address was 465, The Peak).
After the second-generation HSBC headquarters opened in 1935, Wallem moved its offices into the building.
1981 Skyhigh picture
I think if the picture is unedited, it would be all right, as I indicated in the first post. I didn't want anyone adding annotations to help identify the houses in the picture.
Unfortunately, Abergeldie (the house I really want to get a clear picture of) is just out of view.