prevnextoldernewer Admin Sat, 10/11/2014 - 18:55 Date picture taken 1 Jun 1953 Tags old Hong Authors Eternal1966 Gallery 1950s Hong Kong Shows place Alexandra House (1st generation) [1952-1974] Royal Buildings South / King Edward Hotel / Chung Tin Building [1902-c.1953] Royal Buildings North / Cecil Hotel [1904-1954] Log in or register to post comments Comments 1953 Don't you just love it, when you can date a photo to the year ;-) Log in or register to post comments Ice House Street? Hi. Is Ice House Street the one we can see on the left hand side of this photo? A building in the distance looks as if it could be the one on the right in my mystery building site photo. Pauline. Log in or register to post comments Re: Ice House Street? Hi there, The photographer should be standing at the corner of Pedder Street & Des Voeux Road Central, west bound. Ice House Street is the street behind the triangular building, ie, the Alexandra House. Best Regards, T Log in or register to post comments 1961 Buidlings between Ice House Street and Pedder Street Here is a 1961 map to give some sense of direction. The building site as seen: http://gwulo.com/node/8908 is the eastern (right) section of Alexandra House. Log in or register to post comments Map and Alexandra House Thanks moddsey, it makes more sense to me now, I love maps and aerial views! Pauline. Log in or register to post comments
1953 Don't you just love it, when you can date a photo to the year ;-) Log in or register to post comments
Ice House Street? Hi. Is Ice House Street the one we can see on the left hand side of this photo? A building in the distance looks as if it could be the one on the right in my mystery building site photo. Pauline. Log in or register to post comments
Re: Ice House Street? Hi there, The photographer should be standing at the corner of Pedder Street & Des Voeux Road Central, west bound. Ice House Street is the street behind the triangular building, ie, the Alexandra House. Best Regards, T Log in or register to post comments
1961 Buidlings between Ice House Street and Pedder Street Here is a 1961 map to give some sense of direction. The building site as seen: http://gwulo.com/node/8908 is the eastern (right) section of Alexandra House. Log in or register to post comments
Map and Alexandra House Thanks moddsey, it makes more sense to me now, I love maps and aerial views! Pauline. Log in or register to post comments
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1953
Don't you just love it, when you can date a photo to the year ;-)
Ice House Street?
Hi. Is Ice House Street the one we can see on the left hand side of this photo? A building in the distance looks as if it could be the one on the right in my mystery building site photo.
Pauline.
Re: Ice House Street?
Hi there,
The photographer should be standing at the corner of Pedder Street & Des Voeux Road Central, west bound.
Ice House Street is the street behind the triangular building, ie, the Alexandra House.
Best Regards,
T
1961 Buidlings between Ice House Street and Pedder Street
Here is a 1961 map to give some sense of direction.
The building site as seen: http://gwulo.com/node/8908
is the eastern (right) section of Alexandra House.
Map and Alexandra House
Thanks moddsey, it makes more sense to me now, I love maps and aerial views!
Pauline.