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I just got back to Toronto from Hong Kong. Just before I left I tried the best I could to see much of the rest of the city. I'll probably post more photos of HK over the next couple of days
Notice how these photos are different from my older photos? I took these photos with a new camera I got in HK.
Wong Tai Sin neighbourhood map from MTR
Wong Tai Sin, east of Lok Fu in Kowloon (see my last photo thread) is a large public housing neighbourhood. It is also the home of Hong Kong's most famous temple- Wong Tai Sin Temple (its official name is Sik Sik Yuen). This temple honours a 4th cent. AD Taoist "immortal".
Industrial buildings of San Po Kong, an industrial area next to Wong Tai Sin
Wong Tai Sin Temple:
Stands selling incense stick and other items for temple rituals
Chinese tourists walking around a water fountain- according to Chinese tradition doing this can bring good luck
Public housing blocks with Lion Rock in the background
Lung Cheung Road is an expressway-like road that runs across north Kowloon. The yellow towers on the sidewalks are ventilation shafts for Wong Tai Sin MTR station under the road
Diamond Hill neighbourhood map from MTR
The next neighbourhood east is Diamond Hill. Its most famous landmark is the Chi Lin Nunnery, a Buddhist retreat built in the late 1990s in the style of Tang Dynasty (circa 7th century AD) wood architecture. It looks a lot like temples that you would find in Japan- that's because Japan had strong cultural ties with China during the Tang Dynasty.
Across an expressway overpass from the Nunnery is Plaza Hollywood, a shopping complex. Despite being named after the American entertainment capital, the mall is a typical HK design, with tall condo towers on top, a bus terminal at street level, and pedestrian connections to the MTR subway.
Views of public housing in Diamond Hill, including the place where my grandparents live (the cruciform towers with coloured elevator shafts).
Kowloon Bay neighbourhood map from MTR
Kowloon Bay is the heart of HK subway operator MTR's money-making empire. Here, on top of the depot for Kwun Tong Line trains, MTR has its headquarters. Also on top of the railway yard is Telford Plaza, a shopping centre, and Telford Gardens, a high-rise residential community. Both properties are owned and managed by MTR. There's even room on top of the podium to build a campus of HK City University. The Kowloon Bay MTR Depot is definitely a model of development on rapit transit airspace.
Kowloon Bay traditionally is a warehouse and industrial district, strongly connected to the old Kai Tak Int'l Airport nearby. Much of the industry in Kowloon Bay remained after Kai Tak closed in 1998, but with the building height restriction lifted, developers are turning the neighbourhood into an office/hotel district.
Kowloon Bay Depot/Telford Gardens:
MTR Headquarters
Outdoor, covered part of shopping centre
View of Telford Gardens towers and the MTR yards beneath them
Kwun Tong neighbourhood map from MTR
Kwun Tong, in southeast Kowloon, is the oldest and most densely populated neighbourhood in east Kowloon.
Kwun Tong's Millennium City office towers- new office towers built next in the industrial part of the neighbourhood
Kwun Tong Road- MTR elevated tracks are on the left
APM is a new multistorey mall in Kwun Tong (Chris DeWolf already posted a photo of it in a previous thread) which forms the podium of Phase 5 of the Millennium City towers. This mall is open 24/7 (it takes its name from "a.m." and "p.m."), but many stores inside do have opening hours!
APM bus terminal- Jumbotron-sized screens in the terminal provides entertainment to passengers
Hoi Yuen Road, which connects Kwun Tong to the waterfront, is a bustling street lined on both sides with tall industrial buildings.
Notice how these photos are different from my older photos? I took these photos with a new camera I got in HK.
Wong Tai Sin neighbourhood map from MTR
Wong Tai Sin, east of Lok Fu in Kowloon (see my last photo thread) is a large public housing neighbourhood. It is also the home of Hong Kong's most famous temple- Wong Tai Sin Temple (its official name is Sik Sik Yuen). This temple honours a 4th cent. AD Taoist "immortal".
Industrial buildings of San Po Kong, an industrial area next to Wong Tai Sin
Wong Tai Sin Temple:
Stands selling incense stick and other items for temple rituals
Chinese tourists walking around a water fountain- according to Chinese tradition doing this can bring good luck
Public housing blocks with Lion Rock in the background
Lung Cheung Road is an expressway-like road that runs across north Kowloon. The yellow towers on the sidewalks are ventilation shafts for Wong Tai Sin MTR station under the road
Diamond Hill neighbourhood map from MTR
The next neighbourhood east is Diamond Hill. Its most famous landmark is the Chi Lin Nunnery, a Buddhist retreat built in the late 1990s in the style of Tang Dynasty (circa 7th century AD) wood architecture. It looks a lot like temples that you would find in Japan- that's because Japan had strong cultural ties with China during the Tang Dynasty.
Across an expressway overpass from the Nunnery is Plaza Hollywood, a shopping complex. Despite being named after the American entertainment capital, the mall is a typical HK design, with tall condo towers on top, a bus terminal at street level, and pedestrian connections to the MTR subway.
Views of public housing in Diamond Hill, including the place where my grandparents live (the cruciform towers with coloured elevator shafts).
Kowloon Bay neighbourhood map from MTR
Kowloon Bay is the heart of HK subway operator MTR's money-making empire. Here, on top of the depot for Kwun Tong Line trains, MTR has its headquarters. Also on top of the railway yard is Telford Plaza, a shopping centre, and Telford Gardens, a high-rise residential community. Both properties are owned and managed by MTR. There's even room on top of the podium to build a campus of HK City University. The Kowloon Bay MTR Depot is definitely a model of development on rapit transit airspace.
Kowloon Bay traditionally is a warehouse and industrial district, strongly connected to the old Kai Tak Int'l Airport nearby. Much of the industry in Kowloon Bay remained after Kai Tak closed in 1998, but with the building height restriction lifted, developers are turning the neighbourhood into an office/hotel district.
Kowloon Bay Depot/Telford Gardens:
MTR Headquarters
Outdoor, covered part of shopping centre
View of Telford Gardens towers and the MTR yards beneath them
Kwun Tong neighbourhood map from MTR
Kwun Tong, in southeast Kowloon, is the oldest and most densely populated neighbourhood in east Kowloon.
Kwun Tong's Millennium City office towers- new office towers built next in the industrial part of the neighbourhood
Kwun Tong Road- MTR elevated tracks are on the left
APM is a new multistorey mall in Kwun Tong (Chris DeWolf already posted a photo of it in a previous thread) which forms the podium of Phase 5 of the Millennium City towers. This mall is open 24/7 (it takes its name from "a.m." and "p.m."), but many stores inside do have opening hours!
APM bus terminal- Jumbotron-sized screens in the terminal provides entertainment to passengers
Hoi Yuen Road, which connects Kwun Tong to the waterfront, is a bustling street lined on both sides with tall industrial buildings.