Submitted by David on Fri, 03/04/2016 - 17:29 Current condition Demolished / No longer exists Date completed 1 Feb 1952 (Day is approximate.) Date closed / demolished 1 Jan 1983 (Day, Month, & Year are approximate.) Photos show it was a low building, 3-4 storeys high. Later place(s) at this location The Albany [1989- ] Tags government quarters Log in or register to post comments Photos that show this Place 1951 c.1951 1952 See more photos of this place Comments This FEER article from 1954 This FEER article from 1954 says they were government quarters: https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gOUnAAAAMAAJ&dq=albany+flats+hong+… Log in or register to post comments Albany Flats Yes - the low rise block just above the Robinson Road flyover in the photograph was The Albany - Government quarters. Same design as those on Mt Kellett Road and the 'front' block of flats at Leighton Hill; same fate. Log in or register to post comments Completion Date of Albany Flats/Albany Road Government Quarters Googling, according to Facebook, building works commenced in April 1951 and was completed in February 1952. Log in or register to post comments Demolition I've set a demolition date of approximately the start of 1983 based on https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html : 'Map: 1982.1 Aerial Ima' shows the building still standing 'Map: 1983 Hong Kong' shows a blank area where the building stood, and the legend 'CIP Oct 1983' Log in or register to post comments
This FEER article from 1954 This FEER article from 1954 says they were government quarters: https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gOUnAAAAMAAJ&dq=albany+flats+hong+… Log in or register to post comments
Albany Flats Yes - the low rise block just above the Robinson Road flyover in the photograph was The Albany - Government quarters. Same design as those on Mt Kellett Road and the 'front' block of flats at Leighton Hill; same fate. Log in or register to post comments
Completion Date of Albany Flats/Albany Road Government Quarters Googling, according to Facebook, building works commenced in April 1951 and was completed in February 1952. Log in or register to post comments
Demolition I've set a demolition date of approximately the start of 1983 based on https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html : 'Map: 1982.1 Aerial Ima' shows the building still standing 'Map: 1983 Hong Kong' shows a blank area where the building stood, and the legend 'CIP Oct 1983' Log in or register to post comments
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This FEER article from 1954
This FEER article from 1954 says they were government quarters:
https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gOUnAAAAMAAJ&dq=albany+flats+hong+…
Albany Flats
Yes - the low rise block just above the Robinson Road flyover in the photograph was The Albany - Government quarters. Same design as those on Mt Kellett Road and the 'front' block of flats at Leighton Hill; same fate.
Completion Date of Albany Flats/Albany Road Government Quarters
Googling, according to Facebook, building works commenced in April 1951 and was completed in February 1952.
Demolition
I've set a demolition date of approximately the start of 1983 based on https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html :