Caption on the eBay listing is:
Argyle Street on the left. Prince Hotel, where many Russian from Shanghai after 1949 lived there, at centre
The New Ritz Hotel was designed by Su Gin Djih who was the architect for a number of buildings in the 1950s and 1960s including the New Ambassador Hotel in TST. http://218.188.25.84/news_attach_file/41_04.pdf
according to 1958 Far Eastern Economic Review address was 893-899 King's Road.
11, Carnarvon Road, TST
1880s - Craigieburn (owner James Anderson)
(rented by the Governor for a few years in the 1890s because Mountain Lodge was not habitable.)
1902 - 1930s Craigieburn Hotel
Public Records Office - R.B.LS. 5 AND 17 - ERECTION OF FIVE-STOREY BUILDINGS ON "CRAIGIEBURN" SITE , 11.06.1920 - 04.11.1935
2000 -
22 Plantation Road - "Hillcrest"
24 Plantation Road - "Hillview Villas"
2000 map
2002 - 1 Plantation Road
25, Kimberley Road.
This was on the north side of Kimberley Road, next to the old Miramar Hotel.
Recently we've seen a few mentions of this hotel around late 1930's/early 1940's.
Interesting to see the building on the site today is named "Ocean View Court" in English, but may well be using the same Chinese name as the old hotel.
23-25 Nathan Road
Mark's map shows this on Nathan Road between Peking and Middle Roads.
Here's what we know about it so far. Adam first:
The hotel next to the Kowloon Hotel looks like the Chardhaven Hotel. A place by this name is mentioned on page 3 of the China Mail, Apr 8, 1940, but no location is given.
Annelise:
Advert in The Straits Times, 24 October 1939, Page 2
For Sale:
Current marker location is not accurate - who can tell us where this lot was? And how was he able to build a hotel on a Garden Lot ?
Location from map book "Hong Kong Streets & Places", 1979.
Listed in the "Hotels (Members of the HK Tourist Assn)" section of the index.
Location from map book "Hong Kong Streets & Places", 1979.
