Cooper Street / Brown Street [1901- ]

Submitted by EthanCK on

Named after: 
Francis Alfred Cooper (First Director of Public Works 1891–1897)
Samuel Brown (Surveyor General 1889–1891) 

Chinese names:
谷柏街 
寶琅街
布朗街

Italic words mean name used before.

Timeline: 

  • 190?: Street first laid out
  • 190?: Street named Cooper Street
  • 1901: Named Street first appeared on maps
  • 1941: Street name replaced by Brown Street

Other points of interest:
Tai Hang Fire Dragon Heritage Centre

Sources:
Surveyor General 1842-1891
Streets named from British Colonials in HK
GN 870, 1941 July 18

Current condition
In use
Date street completed
Photos of this street:
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Photos of this street:

1901 map showing Tai Hang
c.1901
1901 Plan of the City of Victoria, Tai Hang
c.1901
Contents page of 1901 map (HH27-29)
c.2026

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Hi Ethan,

As the street just changed its name but everything else stayed the same, I recommend naming the Street 'Cooper Street / Brown Street' and setting its Current condition to 'In use'.

Thanks for documenting these streets,

Regards, David

Hi David,

Thanks for your suggestion, I've updated the page accordingly. I also have two questions to ask you tho, 

Should I update Back Street, Tai Hang to Back Street/Sun Chun Street and Jaffe Lane, Causeway Bay to Jaffe Lane/Cannon Street?

Should I document more normal streets or just document streets with special history (like this and the above ones) ? 

Thx for reading, reply soon,

Regards, Ethan