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You may have heard of the story of James Bridges Endicott and Ng Kew with the recent discovery of the ruins of their trusted properties between Cochrane Street and Gutzlaff Street in Central. Although not married, they were said to have five children together.
Herostratus wrote:
the Map is really creaking under all the places, it often completely freezes the page when I use it.
If anyone is having this problem and can reliably reproduce it, please could you leave a comment below with details of the steps to make it freeze. I'll the feedback to help find a solution, and also contact you to try out any changes I make to see if they help.
A copy of the original document is available online at HKGRO. (You may need to click the link twice to see the document.)
Excerpts:
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— P 9 —
About five years ago we happened to visit the house and garden on the Peak owned by an architect. He happened to mention that, whenever an old building was demolished in the city, his team managed to 'liberate' the odd finial or two.
These finials at the entrance and to the side of the house:
'Gwu lo' is roughly how '古老' sounds in Cantonese. It means 'ancient' or 'old-fashioned'.
In the Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette released on 25 AUG 1842, the office of Mr Edward Francomb is said to having been located at 1 Magistracy Road. Yet, according to the 1845 map, the Edwards was located on Arbuthnot Road then.
I wonder if Magistracy Road was renamed to Arbuthnot Road between 1842 and 1845. It would be so nice if someone could prove me right.
Hi David
What do you think of the idea about creating an events template for pages like the Po Hing Fong landslide [1925-1925], as a pPace doesn't really fit for the landslide. How I see it working would be:
-It would use the area outline rather than have a specific marker. (If a marker is required a different colour could be utilized)
-A specific date would be needed (unsure how to deal with multi-day events)
-Places involved in the event could be listed on the page.
The Government Notification no. 356 in Hongkong Government Gazette released on 3 September 1887 mentions:
The Road which runs parallel to the Western Praya at Kowloon Point, on the Eastern side of Marine Lots Nos. 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 21A and 22, shall from henceforth be known as and designated MacDonnell Road.
I've been studying the old Hong Kong map as of 1843, 1845, 1856, and 1866 for few days, and I've found that Possession Street seems to have been part of Hollywood Road in the past when there was still Gap Road during my investigation on the maps.
I have a few questions to ask:
Firstly, is it true that Possession Street was part of Hollywood Road in the very beginning? If yes, since when has Possession Street been separated from Hollywood Road?
Secondly, may I ask when Gap Road merged into Hollywood Road?
Looking forward to your answers.