Chop Lane (Man Wa Lane) 1 Chop Lane dates back to the 1900s when stamps would be bought by people to be used as a signa- Connaught R ture by those who could not read or write. Stamps A Western Market oad C 8 would be used on official documents, acquiring entral packages from the post office or to receive wages. Centr y St e al Elev . t S ated Rums n . o s W i St . r alkw 15 r y e o n o St a M erl . a y S t W Connaught R L D y es stem Clev p V o o Wing lier S e . h ux oad C Stanley Street Dai Pai Dong Hil C Ro Dai Pai Dong’s or open-air restaurants are the epito- ad entr Jerv 2 Centr al me of the Hong Kong Food Experience. They are the Gilman St place to get cheap and good food yet have been on ois al stem St y a steady decline in recent years since their licences . y S are not being renewed by the government. Upper Lasc a 7 kw Queen’s 3 al ar R W Li Yuen Street East and West (The Lanes) d o al Gilman’s Bazaar w R tr ate Li Yuen Street, sometimes known as “the lanes of oad Stanl Central”, was named after a wealthy Hong Kong Cen merchant. Goods such as Chinese clothing, custom ey Str . al Elev tailored shoes, watches, fabric and other miscel- Connaught R laneous items are sold in this street. Sing Kee is eet Da Jubilee St 4 Centr known for their garlic prawn dish. Hollyw E oo i P B 6 Man Mo Temple d R oa ai Don oad C d Central Market 14 entr g al PMQ D 11 eet E. Yuen Str W Li eet t e 5 e 12 tr Yuen Str S Li Lyndhurst Terrace r e Stanle g n e Theatre Lane otti y St P W e Lan The name Theatre Lane was taken from Queen’s 13 el . Theatre, a theatre that existed between 1924 and lington St 8 Theatr 2007 and was located at the southern end of DVRC. However, there exists great tension between the . t government and hawkers here as many of them are calator ee unlicensed. els es C edder Str Tai Kwun t. P r S Central Elevated Walkway System la ui The Central Elevated Walkway is an extensive –Mid-Lev Ag al D’ 9 footbridge network spanning Admiralty, Central and t. parts of Sheung Wan. Parts of it are air-conditioned. Centr m S One can walk all the way from the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal to Princes building - that trip alone is yndha over 1 km, all the while above ground and shaded. W 10 Pottinger Street (Stone Slabs Street) Hollywood Road Pottinger Street was named after Hong Kong’s first Hollywood Road was the second road to be built governor, Henry Pottinger, in 1858 yet to locals the when the colony of Hong Kong was founded, after street is still named ‘Stone Slab Street’. This street Queen’s Road Central. It was the first to be com- was the unofficial ‘boundary’ between the Chinese pleted. Like most major roads in the early years of and European quarter of Victoria city. the colony, Hollywood Road was built by the Royal Engineers. Suggested Clockwise Walking Loop Overview Central-Mid-Levels Escalator Upper Lascar Row (Cat Street) It is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in The name ‘Lascars’ originated from the small com- Start: Western Market > Eastward along Des the world. The system covers over 800 metres and munity of Indians who resided in the police head- Voeux Road Central > Up Pedder Street > West- traverses an elevation of over 135 metres. It opened quarters in Upper Lascar Row, in which Indians in ward along Queens Road Central > Up Cen- in 1993 and a 2010 survey revealed there were the British military were referred to as ‘lascars’ and tral-Mid-Levels Escalator > West along Hollywood 85,000 trips on the system daily. many came to Hong Kong to work in the police force. Road and Upper Lascar Row > Down Morrison The street now sells authetic and replica antiques. Street > End: Western market 1 10 Dried Seafood Stores The Fringe Club A Western Market Dried seafood is a common ingredient in Chinese The Fringe Club is a not-for-profit arts organisation. It is Built in 1906, the Western Market is the oldest cooking and traditional tonics, and in Hong Kong, housed in a Grade-I heritage building, the old Dairy Farm cold surviving market building in the city and was storage depot, built circa 1892 in a late Victorian eclectic style. this trade is clustered around a section of Des Voeux a food market before 1988. In 1991, Western Road West in Sheung Wan, commonly known as Dried The facade of this building is distinguished by its “blood and bandages” brickwork. Market was officially recognized as a historical Seafood Street. Abalone and all sorts of fish can still monument. Designed to house Hong Kong’s be seen drying out on the streets today. Harbour Office, the building became a food market. It now houses fabric merchants, cafés and a banquet hall for weddings. 2 Grand Millenium Plaza 11 H Queen’s The Plaza is part of the office tower bearing the same An architectural icon in itself, H Queen’s is designed to name. The location is on Queen’s Road Central just at be at the center of Hong Kong’s art and lifestyle. The the point where the road turns inward, in the Sheung development houses non-traditional spaces for exhibi- Wan neighborhood. This example of public open space tion with the interest of promoting the arts as well as B attracts workers with their lunch and acts as a busy expanding the audience for art. Central Market intersection in Sheung Wan. Long before the British came to hong Kong this was already a place where people shopped for fish, meat and vegetables. The 3 The Center 12 Pak Kung Temple modern Bauhaus style building that replaced The Center is the fifth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong Located in Lung On Street, Wan Chai, the Pak Tai Tem- the old structure in 1983 witnessed the growth at 73 floors tall. In November 2017 it was announced ple was built by local residents in 1863. The temple, of Hong Kong from a small trading port to a Explore Hong Kong’s pedestrian that The Center was sold for HK$40.2 billion, making it originally called “Yuk Hui Kung”, is now listed as Listed metropolitan powerhouse. It was closed over the world’s most expensive real estate transaction for as Grade I historical building by the Antiquities Adviso- a decade ago and is now awaiting redevelop- routes along and around a single building. ry Committee for permanent preservation. ment to revitalize its 175-year-old history as a central marketplace. Des Voeux Road Central 4 Tak Wing Pawn Shop 13 Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum C Affectionately called “ding ding” by locals, Tai Kwun trams arenot only icons of Hong Kong but Built in 1904, the shop is known for its representative The museum is located in Kom Tong Hall, at 7 Castle Tai Kwun is the restored Central Police have also been a popular form of commuter verandah and neon signs written from right to left. Road, Central. After the preparation work undertaken Station compound comprising three declared transport for over 110 years. You can even Pawn shops offers secured loans to people, with items by the Hong Kong Museum of History, the muse- monuments - the former Central Police Sta- rent one for a private party that traverses of personal property used as collateral. The items hav- um was opened on December 12, 2006, so as to tion, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison. the east-west route on Hong Kong island ing been pawned to the broker are themselves called commemorate the 140th birthday of the influential Reopened to the public on 26 May 2018, Hong pledges or pawns, or simply the collateral. Chinese statesman. Kong. Tai Kwun’s performing arts programmes aim to bring to life indoor and outdoor spaces 5 Worldwide House 14 Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences with a wide range of programming. From WWH was constructed on a 23,000-square-foot space Being the first laboratory of bacteriology in Hong theatre, music, dance and film, to art galleries, vacated by the former General Post Office. The GPO Kong, it was constructed of red bricks and consisted of stores and coffee shops. was relocated to Connaught Place for the construction three blocks. The building was declared a monument of the Central MTR. The WWH arcade is popular with in 1990. In 1995, it was handed over to the Hong Kong D the city’s large Filipino population, particularly on Museum of Medical Sciences Society and converted to PMQ Sundays. a museum for the public. Formerly the Police Married Quarters, PMQ reopened to the public in 2014 as a hub for art 6 15 and design. After 14 years of abandonment, Walk DVRC - a vision to shape Hong Kong Site 3 Possession Point residential units were turned into studios, Hong Kong’s New Central Harbourfront Site 3 is the Possession Point is a former point of land on the shops and offices for creative enterprises and key site in the city’s HK$12 billion Central Harbour- northwestern coast of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, exhibition spaces.