Everything tagged: shop house

Tung Hing Butcher/Grocery Store had been around since the early 1960s. Its style was typical in the 60s and 70s, with different vendors selling beef, pork, fish, poultry, vegetable, etc in different corners of the shop. The building was demolished earlier this year (2017).

A one eyed poultry vendor was murdered one afternoon in the 70s or 80s mysteriously. He was sitting outside his stall, facing Shu Kuk Street, when something very small was shot into his neck. He fell ill and died within hours.

These wicker shops occupied the ground level flats on Ki Lung Street next to Yen Chow Street, same on Tai Nan Street, and on east side of Yen Chow Street.  Bus Route #2 terminal at the time was on NE corner of Lai Chi Kok Road and Yen Chow Street intersection.

You can see this on King's Road, not far from the Tin Hau MTR station.

Until recently, this was one of a pair of surviving shop houses, along with its neighbour number 69.

I'm not sure exactly when it was demolished, but probably mid-2015 as when I passed the site in August 2015 it had already been demolished and removed.

Hi there,

Bumped into this last Saturday night.  Still occupied and business as usual.  Seemed to be what we have missed during the hunt a few years ago.

Best Regards,

T

was having another wander around here yesterday and found this one just by the flyover.

The fronts of these three buildings have been covered over, so they are not so obvious. But if you look at the Nike shop on the right, you can still see some of the original shop front on the first and second floors.

I think that two, and possibly three of the buildings were the same style originally. If you look at the top-right corner of the Nike shop building, you can see a small square column with a round ball on top. You can just see another ball and pillar to the right of the word 'Levis' on the advertisment above the Levi's Store building.