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Photos by author: PaulO

Year Title
1950s banoo_villa_01_south_facade.jpg
banoo_villa_01_south_facade.jpg

1950s banoo_villa_02_general_view.jpg
banoo_villa_02_general_view.jpg

1950s banoo_villa_05_north_facade.jpg
banoo_villa_05_north_facade.jpg

1950s banoo_villa_03_gf_plan.jpg
banoo_villa_03_gf_plan.jpg

1961 1961 Map Central.jpg
1961 Map Central.jpg

1962 the_mandarin_hotel_under_construction.jpg
the_mandarin_hotel_under_construction.jpg

1963 the_mandarin_hotel_original_logo.jpg
the_mandarin_hotel_original_logo.jpg

1965 SCMP Jan 1965 Chater Road footbridge.jpg
SCMP Jan 1965 Chater Road footbridge.jpg

1967 Dairy Farm Wah Fu Estate 1967.jpg
Dairy Farm Wah Fu Estate 1967.jpg

1969 Chan Tuck & Co 1969.jpg
Chan Tuck & Co 1969.jpg

1960s Gloucester Hotel 2.jpg
Gloucester Hotel 2.jpg

1971 Excelsior Hotel
Excelsior Hotel

1972 Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter 1972.jpg
Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter 1972.jpg

1972 Excelsior Hotel Prince Charles.jpg
Excelsior Hotel Prince Charles.jpg

1972 Connaught Centre / Jardine House
Connaught Centre / Jardine House

1973 Aerial View of Sham Shui Po and Shek Kip Mei 1973-08-02.jpg
Aerial View of Sham Shui Po and Shek Kip Mei 1973-08-02.jpg

1973 Ho Man Tin Arial View 1973.jpg
Ho Man Tin Arial View 1973.jpg

1976 P&O Building.jpg
P&O Building.jpg

1976 Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre

1976 IMG_0002.jpg
IMG_0002.jpg

1977 1977_pilot_tunnel_aberdeen_tunnel.png
1977_pilot_tunnel_aberdeen_tunnel.png

1979 Windsor House (Causeway Bay).jpg
Windsor House (Causeway Bay).jpg

1979 Windsor House Entrance.jpg
Windsor House Entrance.jpg

1970s Star House.jpg
Star House.jpg

1970s Pedestrian Footbridge Princess to Mandarin Hotel.jpg
1964 Pedestrian Footbridge Princess to Mandarin Hotel.jpg

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