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Shanghai Street

October 20, 2023

Shanghai Street is a 2.3 km long street in the Jordan, Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok areas of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Completed in 1887 under the name of Station Street (差館街),[1] it was once the most prosperous street in Kowloon. It originates from the south at Austin Road, and terminates in the north at Lai Chi Kok Road. Parallel to Shanghai Street are Nathan Road, Temple Street, Portland Street, Reclamation Street and Canton Road. Though parallel, Shanghai Street was marked by 2- to 3-floor Chinese-style buildings while Nathan Road was marked by Western-style buildings.

Shanghai Street
The Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau Temple at Yung Shue Tau.
Chinese上海街
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Jiē
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationseung6 hoi2 gaai1

History Edit

 
Shanghai Street in the early 1900s.
 
Shanghai Street in the 1960s.
 
Hanging signs advertise the presence of sex industry venues mixed in with other shops and residential buildings.

Prior to 1874 the land that Shanghai Street stands on was sea, making Shanghai Street an early example of reclaimed land in Hong Kong.

The street is not so named because of a Shanghainese population. Prior to being renamed Shanghai Street it was originally called Station Street (差館街). The reason being the presence of Yau Ma Tei Police Station, a police station located at the junction of Public Square Street and Shanghai Street, until its relocation to No. 627 Canton Road in 1922. Since the police station was the landmark of the area, the street was named for it. On 12 November 1898, it was divided into two sections, Station Street South and Station Street North.

There are two reasons for the streets renaming. First, in 1909, the Government started to name streets in Kowloon after major Chinese provinces that traded with Hong Kong, to recognise Hong Kong as a commercial port. The British colonial government in Hong Kong found the area of Station Street was as prosperous as Shanghai in China at that time while Hong Kong was having trade relation with Shanghai. Therefore, they renamed Station street to Shanghai Street on 19 March 1909.[2] The second reason was that there was a street called Upper Station Street (差館上街) in Sheung Wan, in Hong Kong Island and it caused confusion with the one in Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok.

One of the then two Magistrate's Courts of Kowloon was located in Shanghai Street between Public Square Street and Market Street, until it was demolished in 1957. The other one was the Kowloon Magistracy in Gascoigne Road,[3] built in 1936 and renamed the South Kowloon District Court in 1957.[4] The North Kowloon Magistracy, built in 1960 in Shek Kip Mei, later shared the workload.

Before the 1970s when Nathan Road became prosperous, Shanghai Street was the leading business corridor in Hong Kong. In the mid 19th century Station Street had already started to prosper. In the tax record book of 1880, there were 150 taxed units, including a brothel, the most number of units at that time. There were about 9,000 people living in Yau Ma Tei at that time and the district was already the most populated. With the addition of over a hundred shops, the district became the most prosperous area from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century. The shops there were originally related to traditional Chinese trades and livelihoods, including shops selling traditional wedding dresses, fung shui tools, pawnshops and books. From the 1970s to 1990s, the Mong Kok area of Shanghai Street was characterised by a wide variety of hostess clubs and other venues related to the sex trade; these continue to trade alongside the traditional businesses and residential units.

Features Edit

 
Langham Place seen from Shanghai Street.
 
The northern end of Shanghai Street, near its intersection with Lai Chi Kok Road.

The following list follows a south-north order. (W) indicates the western side of the road, while (E) indicates the eastern side.

Heritage Edit

Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station Edit

 
Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station.

The Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station, Water Supplies Department (前水務署抽水站工程師辦公室), sometimes called "The Red Brick House" (紅磚屋), is a Grade I historical building[5][6] located at No. 344 Shanghai Street.

It is the only remaining building of a former pumping station, which was built in 1895 and ceased operation in 1911. Its three buildings underwent different adaptive reuse: one of them, now demolished, was converted into a post office in the 1910s–1920s. Another one became a hazardous goods store. The remaining building became a hawkers control office. In the pre-war and early post-war days Yunnan Lane, which was located by the side of the post office, became a place where professional letter writers set up their stalls. The post office ceased operation in 1967 with the opening of the nearby Kowloon Central Post Office. The vacated post office was then used as a "Street Sleepers' Shelter" operated by the Salvation Army, until the end of the 1990s, when the shelter for the homeless moved across the street to the building on 345A Shanghai Street, where it is still located.[1]

The building is now vacant awaiting a suitable adaptive re-use. It is proposed that the Red Brick Building will revitalise in conjunction with the Yau Ma Tei Theatre as a Xiqu (戲曲) Activity Centre, providing a performing and practising venue for small-scale Cantonese Opera performance. It would also serve as training venue for budding artists. This revitalisation project was endorsed by the Public Works Subcommittee of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council at its meeting on 21 January 2009.[1][7]

Shophouses (Tong Lau) Edit

 
Nos. 600–626 Shanghai Street, in Mong Kok.

Nos. 600-626 Shanghai Street, or more specifically Nos. 600, 602, 604, 606, 612, 614, 620, 622, 624 and 626, is a group of ten pre-war shophouses (tong-lau) in the Mong Kok section of Shanghai Street, that have been listed as Grade I historical buildings for their historical value. It is believed that Nos. 620 – 626 are the oldest buildings among them.[6][8] No. 330 Shanghai Street, a post-war tong lau adjacent to the Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station, houses the Hong Kong International Hobby and Toy Museum.[9]

History of shophouses Edit

Shophouses were mainly occupied by Chinese and predominantly seen all over southern Chinese cities and town in the 19th century. There were various reasons for the existence of tong lau in Hong Kong, which including economic development of Hong Kong, Second World War and also the influx of Chinese migrants to Hong Kong.[10]

These 10 typical shophouses are believed to have been built in the 1920s and 1930s, which are typical of an old commercial street. They are composed of shops on the ground floor that open up to a public arcade or "five-foot way", and low-rented residential accommodations upstairs.[11] Shops selling furnishings, building construction materials (such as window frames, curtains, paint and hardware), traditional Chinese utensils, Chinese and Western household kitchen tools, ceremonial items, traditional Chinese wedding gowns, grocery, snake soup as well as traditional Nepalese snacks can be found in Shanghai Street.[11][12][13][14]

As part of Hong Kong's living heritage, those shop houses are still functional in their communities and play important roles in the lives of local people.[11] In recent years, residents and individuals have refurbished some shophouses and converted them into restaurants, shops or artists' interaction center like Shanghai Street Artspace project managed by the Department of Creative Arts of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) aiming to explore, develop and learn from the artistic culture of Yau Ma Tei.[11][15]

Preservation Edit

In September 2008, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announced two heritage conservation plans, which proposed to preserve the ten blocks of pre-war shophouses on Shanghai Street in Mong Kok and ten other blocks on Prince Edward Road East. Four 1960s buildings that dissect the shophouse cluster in Shanghai Street are also included in the project. The Shanghai Street project covers an area of about 1,128m2. The project aims to preserve and revitalise these shophouse clusters for commercial uses.[16]

The projects, which costs HK$1.33 billion, is the largest single conservation initiative ever undertaken in Hong Kong. This conservation plan is the initiative of the expanded conservation strategy for 48 pre-war shophouses across Hong Kong. The URA has two alternatives: to buy property rights of the shop houses and redevelop them into commercial or other uses; to re-zone them so as to limit the use of those shop houses for preservation purposes.[11] Most of the cost, about $1.23 billion, would be spent on property acquisition and tenants' rehousing of the 73 households with 220 residents in the two sites' 24 buildings. The remaining one-tenth of the sum is used for renovation.

For shophouses in Shanghai Street, necessary building services such as lifts, fire escapes and disabled access for the shophouses would be built in the 1960s buildings. The exact usage of the revamped shophouses has not been determined and is open to any options. One of the tentative suggestions is to house low-priced restaurant so that the public will have opportunities to use the verandas. The proposed aim is transforming Shanghai Street into a popular food street, or directly translated from the Chinese as "Food Paradise".[17]

In addition, the authority plans to reserve the shops upstairs for the arts community, such as bookstores and dance studios. The cluster of shophouses on Prince Edward Road East would be remained as a part of the flower market so that the thriving flower trade would not be disrupted.

The Prince Edward Road East project and the Shanghai Street project are expected to be completed by 2014 and 2015 respectively.[18][19] But some people see problems with the URA's plans: not so much capital a conservation strategy as an acquisition or buy-out of properties; elimination of Shanghai Street true character by removing the stores and residents.[17]

Building and street rehabilitation Edit

Since 2005, the Urban Renewal Authority has cooperated with different real estate developers to rehabilitate Shanghai Street. Here is the summary and the photos after rehabilitation.

Building/ Street name Address OP date Latest comprehensive rehabilitation works completed Pictures
Joye Fook Mansion (載福樓) 466, 466A & 468 Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei 1966 Feb 2005
 
Mei Koon Mansion (美觀大廈) 698–710 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok 1966 Mar 2005
 
316–318 Shanghai Street 316–318 Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei 1957 Jun 2005  

The first rehabilitation project was Joye Fook Mansion, which is located on 466, 466A & 468 Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei. Joye Fook Mansion has been occupied since 1966 and its building age is 43. The rehabilitation works completed in February 2005. The next rehabilitation project was Mei Koon Mansion located on 698–710 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok. Mei Koon Mansion has been occupied since 1966. The rehabilitation works completed in March 2005. In June 2005 the final rehabilitation project on 316–318 Shanghai Street had completed.

Langham Place project Edit

To redevelop the area between Mongkok and Yau Ma Tei, Land Development Corporation had proposed the Langham Place project, in which, 11,976 square metres (128,910 sq ft) area was involved across Argyle Street, Portland Street, Shantung Street and Reclamation Street. The main goal is to urbanise the unused area. The existing gross floor area (GFA) in this project was 40,810 square metres. 58 buildings and 2,603 residents had been affected. The construction was completed in July 2004. The total GFA is now 167,419 square metres (1,802,080 sq ft) and the commercial space is 160,870 square metres (1,731,600 sq ft).

Langham Place is a Grade A 59-storey office tower. Its height is 255.1 metres (837 ft). It houses the 665-room Langham Place Hotel and a 15-storey mall. Langham Place comprises an office tower, hotel, and shopping mall.

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    Shanghai Street in the mid 20th century.

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    Shopping mall of Langham Place

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    Office tower of Langham Place

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    Hotel of Langham Place

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c Architectural Conservation Office, HKSAR Government. (2008). Heritage Impact Assessment Report of the Yau Ma Tei Theatre & Red Brick Building Retrieved 14 October 2009
  2. ^ The Hong Kong Government Gazette, March 19, 1909
  3. ^ Conserve and Revitalise Hong Kong Heritage – North Kowloon Magistracy – Resource Kit
  4. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Brief Information on Proposed Grade I Items, pp. 240–241 13 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office, HKSAR Government. Brief Information on Proposed Grade I Items. pp. 346–347 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  6. ^ a b Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office, HKSAR Government. List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 18 September 2009). 9 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2009
  7. ^ new.gov.hk Hong Kong's Information Services Department, HKSAR Government(2009) LCQ16: Revitalising Historic Buildings through Partnership Scheme Retrieved 16 October 2009
  8. ^ Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office, HKSAR Government. Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items Retrieved 13 October 2009, from http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_I_Items.pdf 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ maps.google.com
  10. ^ Urban Renewal Authority.
  11. ^ a b c d e Lai, Z. (2008). To restore or to destroy – should Hong Kong save its shop houses? Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 16 October 2009, from http://jmsc.hku.hk/hkstories/content/view/687/8307/
  12. ^ Hong Kong Tourism Board. Kowloon Behind the Scenes. Retrieved 16 October 2009, from http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/local-tours/culture-kowloon-behind-scenes.html
  13. ^ Lok, J. (2009). Snake Soup. Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 16 October 2009, from http://jmsc.hku.hk/hkstories/content/view/777/7065/
  14. ^ Asia City Online Ltd. (2009). Minority Report. Retrieved 16 October 2009, from http://hk-magazine.com/feature/minority-report-0
  15. ^ People's Daily Online. (2004). Shanghai Street Artspace to merge art, community, culture Retrieved 16 October 2009, from http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200408/07/eng20040807_152131.html
  16. ^ Urban Renewal Authority, HKSAR Government. (2008). Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance (chapter 563) Notification of commencement of the Shanghai Street/ Argyle Street development scheme by the Urban Renewal Authority. Retrieved 17 October 2009, from http://www.ura.org.hk/usrAtt/806000/SHS_-_Noticfication_of_Commencement_(E).pdf
  17. ^ a b Asia City Online Ltd. (2008). Sham Preservation. Retrieved 17 October 2009, from http://hk-magazine.com/feature/sham-preservation
  18. ^ 20 pre-war shophouses to be preserved. (19 September 2008). news.gov.hk. Retrieved 16 October 2009, from http://news.gov.hk/en/category/infrastructureandlogistics/080919/html/080919en06006.htm
  19. ^ Ng, J. (20 September 2008). Kowloon shophouses saved as part of preservation plan. South China Morning Post., p.CITY3.

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shanghai Street.
  • Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office
  • Urban Renewal Authority
  • Urban Renewal Authority rehabilitation project
  • Urban Renewal Authority Langham Place Project
  • Google Maps of Shanghai Street
  • A gallery of images featuring all the action and activities around a cooked foods shop at 113 Shanghai Street

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Shanghai Street is a 2 3 km long street in the Jordan Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok areas of Kowloon Hong Kong China Completed in 1887 under the name of Station Street 差館街 1 it was once the most prosperous street in Kowloon It originates from the south at Austin Road and terminates in the north at Lai Chi Kok Road Parallel to Shanghai Street are Nathan Road Temple Street Portland Street Reclamation Street and Canton Road Though parallel Shanghai Street was marked by 2 to 3 floor Chinese style buildings while Nathan Road was marked by Western style buildings Shanghai StreetThe Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau Temple at Yung Shue Tau Chinese上海街TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShanghǎi JieYue CantoneseYale Romanizationseung6 hoi2 gaai1 Contents 1 History 2 Features 3 Heritage 3 1 Engineer s Office of the Former Pumping Station 3 2 Shophouses Tong Lau 3 2 1 History of shophouses 3 2 2 Preservation 4 Building and street rehabilitation 5 Langham Place project 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory Edit nbsp Shanghai Street in the early 1900s nbsp Shanghai Street in the 1960s nbsp Hanging signs advertise the presence of sex industry venues mixed in with other shops and residential buildings Prior to 1874 the land that Shanghai Street stands on was sea making Shanghai Street an early example of reclaimed land in Hong Kong The street is not so named because of a Shanghainese population Prior to being renamed Shanghai Street it was originally called Station Street 差館街 The reason being the presence of Yau Ma Tei Police Station a police station located at the junction of Public Square Street and Shanghai Street until its relocation to No 627 Canton Road in 1922 Since the police station was the landmark of the area the street was named for it On 12 November 1898 it was divided into two sections Station Street South and Station Street North There are two reasons for the streets renaming First in 1909 the Government started to name streets in Kowloon after major Chinese provinces that traded with Hong Kong to recognise Hong Kong as a commercial port The British colonial government in Hong Kong found the area of Station Street was as prosperous as Shanghai in China at that time while Hong Kong was having trade relation with Shanghai Therefore they renamed Station street to Shanghai Street on 19 March 1909 2 The second reason was that there was a street called Upper Station Street 差館上街 in Sheung Wan in Hong Kong Island and it caused confusion with the one in Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok One of the then two Magistrate s Courts of Kowloon was located in Shanghai Street between Public Square Street and Market Street until it was demolished in 1957 The other one was the Kowloon Magistracy in Gascoigne Road 3 built in 1936 and renamed the South Kowloon District Court in 1957 4 The North Kowloon Magistracy built in 1960 in Shek Kip Mei later shared the workload Before the 1970s when Nathan Road became prosperous Shanghai Street was the leading business corridor in Hong Kong In the mid 19th century Station Street had already started to prosper In the tax record book of 1880 there were 150 taxed units including a brothel the most number of units at that time There were about 9 000 people living in Yau Ma Tei at that time and the district was already the most populated With the addition of over a hundred shops the district became the most prosperous area from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century The shops there were originally related to traditional Chinese trades and livelihoods including shops selling traditional wedding dresses fung shui tools pawnshops and books From the 1970s to 1990s the Mong Kok area of Shanghai Street was characterised by a wide variety of hostess clubs and other venues related to the sex trade these continue to trade alongside the traditional businesses and residential units Features Edit nbsp Langham Place seen from Shanghai Street nbsp The northern end of Shanghai Street near its intersection with Lai Chi Kok Road The following list follows a south north order W indicates the western side of the road while E indicates the eastern side gt intersection with Austin Road gt intersection with Bowring Street W gt junction with Min Street W A small portion of King George V Memorial Park Kowloon gt intersection with Jordan Road gt intersection with Nanking Street gt intersection with Ning Po Street gt intersection with Saigon Street gt intersection with Pak Hoi Street gt intersection with Kansu Street E Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building No 250 E gt junction with Market Street E Yau Ma Tei Community Centre Rest Garden Yung Shue Tau gt intersection with Public Square Street gt intersection with Wing Sing Lane E gt junction with Hi Lung Lane E Nos 316 318 Shanghai Street gt intersection with Man Ming Lane E Hong Kong International Hobby and Toy Museum No 330 E Engineer s Office of the Former Pumping Station No 344 W Street Sleepers Shelter No 345A gt intersection with Shek Lung Street gt intersection with Waterloo Road gt intersection with Pitt Street gt intersection with Hamilton Street gt intersection with Dundas Street E gt junction with Changsha Street E Joye Fook Mansion Nos 466 466A amp 468 gt intersection with Soy Street gt intersection with Shantung Street E Langham Place shopping mall and office tower W Cordis Hong Kong No 555 gt intersection with Argyle Street E Nos 600 626 Shanghai Street gt intersection with Fife Street gt intersection with Mong Kok Road gt intersection with Bute Street E Mei Koon Mansion Nos 698 710 gt intersection with Arran Street gt intersection with Lai Chi Kok RoadHeritage EditEngineer s Office of the Former Pumping Station Edit nbsp Engineer s Office of the Former Pumping Station The Engineer s Office of the Former Pumping Station Water Supplies Department 前水務署抽水站工程師辦公室 sometimes called The Red Brick House 紅磚屋 is a Grade I historical building 5 6 located at No 344 Shanghai Street It is the only remaining building of a former pumping station which was built in 1895 and ceased operation in 1911 Its three buildings underwent different adaptive reuse one of them now demolished was converted into a post office in the 1910s 1920s Another one became a hazardous goods store The remaining building became a hawkers control office In the pre war and early post war days Yunnan Lane which was located by the side of the post office became a place where professional letter writers set up their stalls The post office ceased operation in 1967 with the opening of the nearby Kowloon Central Post Office The vacated post office was then used as a Street Sleepers Shelter operated by the Salvation Army until the end of the 1990s when the shelter for the homeless moved across the street to the building on 345A Shanghai Street where it is still located 1 The building is now vacant awaiting a suitable adaptive re use It is proposed that the Red Brick Building will revitalise in conjunction with the Yau Ma Tei Theatre as a Xiqu 戲曲 Activity Centre providing a performing and practising venue for small scale Cantonese Opera performance It would also serve as training venue for budding artists This revitalisation project was endorsed by the Public Works Subcommittee of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council at its meeting on 21 January 2009 1 7 Shophouses Tong Lau Edit nbsp Nos 600 626 Shanghai Street in Mong Kok Nos 600 626 Shanghai Street or more specifically Nos 600 602 604 606 612 614 620 622 624 and 626 is a group of ten pre war shophouses tong lau in the Mong Kok section of Shanghai Street that have been listed as Grade I historical buildings for their historical value It is believed that Nos 620 626 are the oldest buildings among them 6 8 No 330 Shanghai Street a post war tong lau adjacent to the Engineer s Office of the Former Pumping Station houses the Hong Kong International Hobby and Toy Museum 9 History of shophouses Edit Shophouses were mainly occupied by Chinese and predominantly seen all over southern Chinese cities and town in the 19th century There were various reasons for the existence of tong lau in Hong Kong which including economic development of Hong Kong Second World War and also the influx of Chinese migrants to Hong Kong 10 These 10 typical shophouses are believed to have been built in the 1920s and 1930s which are typical of an old commercial street They are composed of shops on the ground floor that open up to a public arcade or five foot way and low rented residential accommodations upstairs 11 Shops selling furnishings building construction materials such as window frames curtains paint and hardware traditional Chinese utensils Chinese and Western household kitchen tools ceremonial items traditional Chinese wedding gowns grocery snake soup as well as traditional Nepalese snacks can be found in Shanghai Street 11 12 13 14 As part of Hong Kong s living heritage those shop houses are still functional in their communities and play important roles in the lives of local people 11 In recent years residents and individuals have refurbished some shophouses and converted them into restaurants shops or artists interaction center like Shanghai Street Artspace project managed by the Department of Creative Arts of the Hong Kong Institute of Education HKIEd aiming to explore develop and learn from the artistic culture of Yau Ma Tei 11 15 Preservation Edit In September 2008 the Urban Renewal Authority URA announced two heritage conservation plans which proposed to preserve the ten blocks of pre war shophouses on Shanghai Street in Mong Kok and ten other blocks on Prince Edward Road East Four 1960s buildings that dissect the shophouse cluster in Shanghai Street are also included in the project The Shanghai Street project covers an area of about 1 128m2 The project aims to preserve and revitalise these shophouse clusters for commercial uses 16 The projects which costs HK 1 33 billion is the largest single conservation initiative ever undertaken in Hong Kong This conservation plan is the initiative of the expanded conservation strategy for 48 pre war shophouses across Hong Kong The URA has two alternatives to buy property rights of the shop houses and redevelop them into commercial or other uses to re zone them so as to limit the use of those shop houses for preservation purposes 11 Most of the cost about 1 23 billion would be spent on property acquisition and tenants rehousing of the 73 households with 220 residents in the two sites 24 buildings The remaining one tenth of the sum is used for renovation For shophouses in Shanghai Street necessary building services such as lifts fire escapes and disabled access for the shophouses would be built in the 1960s buildings The exact usage of the revamped shophouses has not been determined and is open to any options One of the tentative suggestions is to house low priced restaurant so that the public will have opportunities to use the verandas The proposed aim is transforming Shanghai Street into a popular food street or directly translated from the Chinese as Food Paradise 17 In addition the authority plans to reserve the shops upstairs for the arts community such as bookstores and dance studios The cluster of shophouses on Prince Edward Road East would be remained as a part of the flower market so that the thriving flower trade would not be disrupted The Prince Edward Road East project and the Shanghai Street project are expected to be completed by 2014 and 2015 respectively 18 19 But some people see problems with the URA s plans not so much capital a conservation strategy as an acquisition or buy out of properties elimination of Shanghai Street true character by removing the stores and residents 17 Building and street rehabilitation EditSince 2005 the Urban Renewal Authority has cooperated with different real estate developers to rehabilitate Shanghai Street Here is the summary and the photos after rehabilitation Building Street name Address OP date Latest comprehensive rehabilitation works completed PicturesJoye Fook Mansion 載福樓 466 466A amp 468 Shanghai Street Yau Ma Tei 1966 Feb 2005 nbsp Mei Koon Mansion 美觀大廈 698 710 Shanghai Street Mong Kok 1966 Mar 2005 nbsp 316 318 Shanghai Street 316 318 Shanghai Street Yau Ma Tei 1957 Jun 2005 nbsp The first rehabilitation project was Joye Fook Mansion which is located on 466 466A amp 468 Shanghai Street Yau Ma Tei Joye Fook Mansion has been occupied since 1966 and its building age is 43 The rehabilitation works completed in February 2005 The next rehabilitation project was Mei Koon Mansion located on 698 710 Shanghai Street Mong Kok Mei Koon Mansion has been occupied since 1966 The rehabilitation works completed in March 2005 In June 2005 the final rehabilitation project on 316 318 Shanghai Street had completed Langham Place project EditTo redevelop the area between Mongkok and Yau Ma Tei Land Development Corporation had proposed the Langham Place project in which 11 976 square metres 128 910 sq ft area was involved across Argyle Street Portland Street Shantung Street and Reclamation Street The main goal is to urbanise the unused area The existing gross floor area GFA in this project was 40 810 square metres 58 buildings and 2 603 residents had been affected The construction was completed in July 2004 The total GFA is now 167 419 square metres 1 802 080 sq ft and the commercial space is 160 870 square metres 1 731 600 sq ft Langham Place is a Grade A 59 storey office tower Its height is 255 1 metres 837 ft It houses the 665 room Langham Place Hotel and a 15 storey mall Langham Place comprises an office tower hotel and shopping mall nbsp Shanghai Street in the mid 20th century nbsp Shopping mall of Langham Place nbsp Office tower of Langham Place nbsp Hotel of Langham PlaceSee also EditList of streets and roads in Hong Kong Yau Tsim Mong District Declared monuments of Hong Kong Heritage conservation in Hong Kong History of Hong KongReferences Edit a b c Architectural Conservation Office HKSAR Government 2008 Heritage Impact Assessment Report of the Yau Ma Tei Theatre amp Red Brick Building Retrieved 14 October 2009 The Hong Kong Government Gazette March 19 1909 Conserve and Revitalise Hong Kong Heritage North Kowloon Magistracy Resource Kit Antiquities and Monuments Office Brief Information on Proposed Grade I Items pp 240 241 Archived 13 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office HKSAR Government Brief Information on Proposed Grade I Items pp 346 347 Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 October 2009 a b Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office HKSAR Government List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong as at 18 September 2009 Archived 9 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2009 new gov hk Hong Kong s Information Services Department HKSAR Government 2009 LCQ16 Revitalising Historic Buildings through Partnership Scheme Retrieved 16 October 2009 Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office HKSAR Government Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items Retrieved 13 October 2009 from http www amo gov hk form Brief Information on proposed Grade I Items pdf Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine maps google com Urban Renewal Authority a b c d e Lai Z 2008 To restore or to destroy should Hong Kong save its shop houses Journalism and Media Studies Centre University of Hong Kong Retrieved 16 October 2009 from http jmsc hku hk hkstories content view 687 8307 Hong Kong Tourism Board Kowloon Behind the Scenes Retrieved 16 October 2009 from http www discoverhongkong com eng local tours culture kowloon behind scenes html Lok J 2009 Snake Soup Journalism and Media Studies Centre University of Hong Kong Retrieved 16 October 2009 from http jmsc hku hk hkstories content view 777 7065 Asia City Online Ltd 2009 Minority Report Retrieved 16 October 2009 from http hk magazine com feature minority report 0 People s Daily Online 2004 Shanghai Street Artspace to merge art community culture Retrieved 16 October 2009 from http english peopledaily com cn 200408 07 eng20040807 152131 html Urban Renewal Authority HKSAR Government 2008 Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance chapter 563 Notification of commencement of the Shanghai Street Argyle Street development scheme by the Urban Renewal Authority Retrieved 17 October 2009 from http www ura org hk usrAtt 806000 SHS Noticfication of Commencement E pdf a b Asia City Online Ltd 2008 Sham Preservation Retrieved 17 October 2009 from http hk magazine com feature sham preservation 20 pre war shophouses to be preserved 19 September 2008 news gov hk Retrieved 16 October 2009 from http news gov hk en category infrastructureandlogistics 080919 html 080919en06006 htm Ng J 20 September 2008 Kowloon shophouses saved as part of preservation plan South China Morning Post p CITY3 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shanghai Street Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office Urban Renewal Authority Urban Renewal Authority rehabilitation project Urban Renewal Authority Langham Place Project Google Maps of Shanghai Street A gallery of images featuring all the action and activities around a cooked foods shop at 113 Shanghai Street 22 18 23 N 114 10 11 E 22 30647 N 114 16959 E 22 30647 114 16959 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shanghai Street amp oldid 1179948893, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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