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Photos of HSBC tower blocks at Nga Tsin Wai Rd [c.1950-c.1957]

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1949 Kowloon-presumably the flats that had to be demolished to make way for Kai Tak's new runway-19-04-1949
Kowloon-presumably the flats that had to be demolished to make way for Kai Tak's new runway-19-04-1949

1951 gwulo-A430 Kowloon tower blocks.jpg
gwulo-A430 Kowloon tower blocks.jpg

1954 1950s Kowloon Tong Aerial View


1955 Kai Tak Airport development-hill clearance profiles.jpg
Kai Tak Airport development-hill clearance profiles.jpg

1955 1950s Kowloon Hospital Mortuary Block
1950s Kowloon Hospital Mortuary Block

c.1957 1957 Kai Tak Airport
1958 Kai Tak Airport

1950s Rawson HK 15.jpg
Rawson HK 15.jpg

1950s Newly built HSBC apartment blocks later demolished to make way for new flight paths
Newly built HSBC apartment blocks later demolished to make way for new flight paths

1950s Kowloon Tong HSBC flats to be removed + adjacent hill circa 1957
Kowloon Tong HSBC flats to be removed + adjacent hill circa 1957

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