Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1950
On New Years Day 1926, a large portion of the old Hong Kong Hotel (the part on Des Voeux Road Central & Pedder Street corner) was completely gutted by fire. Hongkong Land purchased the site in 1928 for $1,375,000 and developed Gloucester Building which was completed in 1932, a few years later the Hotel section was fomally named Gloucester Hotel. Gloucester Building was the first mixed-use building in Central, on the lower two levels were shops with internal arcades. Offices occupied the middle two floors and a small hotel, the top five floors. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1936
I think this is Arsenal Street and looking at the westernmost Blue Building that is yet to be demolished. The tram tracks have not been realigned.<Read more ...>
