Looking at the caption to the photo. The Hong Kong Hotel appears to be quite away on the left (east) and out of sight when looking at the waterfront in the photo below ?
c.1935 View of Hong Kong from the harbour, by David
Hi HCIIL, is there a chance you uploaded the wrong photo by mistake? As Moddsey notes, the view is of Connaught Road around the Central Fire Station, so we can't see the Hotel or Jardine Matheson's building.
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Re: Hong Kong Hotel
Looking at the caption to the photo. The Hong Kong Hotel appears to be quite away on the left (east) and out of sight when looking at the waterfront in the photo below ?
Caption
Hi HCIIL, is there a chance you uploaded the wrong photo by mistake? As Moddsey notes, the view is of Connaught Road around the Central Fire Station, so we can't see the Hotel or Jardine Matheson's building.
Regards, David
Re: Hongkong Hotel & Caption
Thank you Moddsey and David for pointing out the mistake. I got the caption rectified.
Wonder if you know what the high-rise in the photo was?
The tall building above the…
The tall building above the bow of the white boat was the Central Fire Station: https://gwulo.com/node/3032
Re: The tall building
Thank you, David!
Re- Photo
On Gwulo we already have the same photo which is showing a wider range: