Given the narrow street and the curvature of the road in the foreground, I think one is looking into Ice House Street from the then praya, Des Voeux Road Central. A grainy photo of the praya and Ice House Street on the extreme left here
It's interresting to see that road from the early years and how it looks today. I wonder about the steepness of the road. It looks almost flat on that picture. Icehouse street today has a fairly steep descent. And to judge from that picture, looking towards the end of the road, there is a building. What kind of building could that be? When we look up Icehouse Street today the road makes a right turn (looking up from Queens Road Central) and a large wall stands on that site where on the old photograph a building stands. Or a wild guess... Could that be todays Duddell Street? Maybe I'm wrong! The tall white building behind could that be perhaps the former Grand Carlton Hotel?
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Ice House Street
Given the narrow street and the curvature of the road in the foreground, I think one is looking into Ice House Street from the then praya, Des Voeux Road Central. A grainy photo of the praya and Ice House Street on the extreme left here
Earlier John Thomson photo
Earlier circa 1868-71 John Thomson photo just to left of centre here
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Narrow Icehouse Street
It's interresting to see that road from the early years and how it looks today. I wonder about the steepness of the road. It looks almost flat on that picture. Icehouse street today has a fairly steep descent. And to judge from that picture, looking towards the end of the road, there is a building. What kind of building could that be? When we look up Icehouse Street today the road makes a right turn (looking up from Queens Road Central) and a large wall stands on that site where on the old photograph a building stands. Or a wild guess... Could that be todays Duddell Street? Maybe I'm wrong! The tall white building behind could that be perhaps the former Grand Carlton Hotel?
Ice House St
The section you can see on your image, between Des Voeux Road and Queen's Road, is actually flat.
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My apolgies, I have mixed up the roads. Now its clear. Thank you so much and best regards.