Aberdeen Street facing north

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 18:21

Few old photos appeared to show this junction in the opposite direction in the public domain. 

This photo shows the other side of this junction, when looking north onto Wing Kut Street. A more complete, 360 degrees street view of this junction may be pictured in mind, without extraneous projection via AI. 

The famous Luk Yu Tea House (first generation) was at 6 Wing Kut Street, since the 1930s. The words 陸羽(茶) barely seen on the shop sign. [1]
The circular shop sign on its right told of Kowloon, Mongkok branch of the tea leaves shop at QRC.  This same shop is still at about the same location on QRC; the current tall building contains the same street no. 155 before.

Several shop signs on either side of the stairway persisted into the 60's, they could be seen in other photos under this junction. e.g. https://gwulo.com/media/36775

The clothing and look of the people walked by are more modern than a similar photo by H. Forman c 1941. Richsaw and motor car of the decade later could be seen also.

[1] on left side of street, white characters on black, go vertically

      Luk Yu is the famous Tea 'Doctor', guru and author on Chinese tea in the Tang dynasty.

Date picture taken
1950s
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