I was fortunate to walk the praya grande promenade in the late 80's before it was completely landlocked by the crappy sai-van lakes reclamation scheme.
This was a beautiful boulevard flanked by many beautiful and mysterious old chinese and european mansions. Full of charm, class and history.
Since then sadly its been compromised and vandalised by a succession of insensitive and vulgar developments, including the incredibly badly built new bridge to Taipa, or the re-working of the 3 exquisite old white mansions overlooking the bay into the usual brash, brown granite clad, and glass balconied rubbish we see so much of in HK.
Back then there were 5 or 6 decaying, but wonderful art deco era houses up Rua de Republica, and a host of others on The Praya Hill. Watched most of them fall one by one since then.
Whatever about town planning and conservation in HK, Macau is even worse, believe me. I lived there for 4 years.
Is anyone able to confirm or deny that the current low wall located next to the trees between Avenida da Praia Grande and Avenida Doutor Stanley Ho is the original sea wall? It seems to lie in the right place and I assumed the wallwas left in situ when the reclamation was started (in the early 90s?). Thanks in advance.
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Somewhere 4
Looks like to have been taken in Macao from the Praia Grande
Re-Somewhere 4
Agree!
The photo must be taken in Macau from the shore of Praia Grande in the 1920s.
1920-30
the boats are working bringing land - landfill - to Praia Grande; the work was done between 1920 and ca. 1935
Praya Grande
I was fortunate to walk the praya grande promenade in the late 80's before it was completely landlocked by the crappy sai-van lakes reclamation scheme.
This was a beautiful boulevard flanked by many beautiful and mysterious old chinese and european mansions. Full of charm, class and history.
Since then sadly its been compromised and vandalised by a succession of insensitive and vulgar developments, including the incredibly badly built new bridge to Taipa, or the re-working of the 3 exquisite old white mansions overlooking the bay into the usual brash, brown granite clad, and glass balconied rubbish we see so much of in HK.
Back then there were 5 or 6 decaying, but wonderful art deco era houses up Rua de Republica, and a host of others on The Praya Hill. Watched most of them fall one by one since then.
Whatever about town planning and conservation in HK, Macau is even worse, believe me. I lived there for 4 years.
old sea wall
Is anyone able to confirm or deny that the current low wall located next to the trees between Avenida da Praia Grande and Avenida Doutor Stanley Ho is the original sea wall? It seems to lie in the right place and I assumed the wallwas left in situ when the reclamation was started (in the early 90s?). Thanks in advance.
Macau bay Praia Grande -…
Macau bay Praia Grande - Photo from 1920's, most probably during landfill works. S. Francisco Garden's on the back (right side)