Current condition
Unknown
Position is approximate, based on notes from Moddsey:
Observation Place would have been on Praya East just north of today's Tin Lok Lane. Observation Place also had a stone pier which in 1907 became known as Observation Street Wharf.
Photos that show this Place
1905
1906
Comments
Reason for name
Observation Point was so named because after the British had taken possession in 1842 it was in this location Edward Belcher on HMS Sulphur surveyed the Latitude and Longitude of Hong Kong.
1889 Observation Place
Observation Place is marked on the 1889 map at: https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html
On the 1889 map Moddsey…
On the 1889 map Moddsey mentioned above, Observation Place is the name for the stretch of road we call Tin Lok Lane today.