[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Comix Home Base is formerly known as Green House, it is named from the green colour painted on the external walls of the building. It is one of the few remaining tong-lau of the balcony type in Hong...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vine Centre 2前身是舊京都戲院，於1969年2月15日開幕，約於1987年曾被「一分為二」，分為兩間迷你戲院；於1990年代後期，再分為三間。它是第一間把戲院一開二，成為今天迷你戲院的始祖。位於新鴻基中心的影藝戲院結業後，曾傳出有關方面將選擇已於2004年3月結業的京都戲院，作為影藝戲院的新址，惟最終沒有成事。葡萄藤教會(The Vine) 在灣仔建成的Vine Centre 2是將舊京都戲院重修改造，打造成一座風格時尚的社區教會，但同時保留戲院的建築結構，讓集體回憶得以保存。主任牧師施力高（John Henry Snelgrove）認為這個做法是帶出「轉化」的象徵意義，亦顯出教會有轉化城市的使命。資料來源：戲院誌及國度復興報 圖片來源：http://www.stampshk.hk/theatre_main.html[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal" up="20" down="40"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="center" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][button size="medium" icon="" target="_self" text_align="center" text="Back to Project page" link="http://www.y-space.org/id2015daawc/?lang=en"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Located in Lung On Street, Wan Chai, the Pak Tai Temple was built by local residents in 1863. The temple, originally called "Yuk Hui Kung", is now listed as Listed as Grade I historical building by the Antiquities...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Blue House is a four-storey Lingnan-style house built in the 1920s with a mixture of Chinese and Western architectural features. The distinctive blue colour was not a deliberate aesthetic decision – the decorators only had blue paint,...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]The old Wan Chai Post Office, which was listed as a Declared Monument in 1990, now serves as the Environmental Protection Department Resource Centre.The L-shaped structure is the oldest surviving post office building in Hong Kong. It was...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tai Yuen Street, a.k.a. "Toy Street", after the toy shops of the street. The Open Market in Tai Yuen Street and Cross Street is part of the Wan Chai Heritage Trail.Street hawkers were popular after World War II,...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Southorn Playground was built on the reclaimed land north of Johnston Road. It is a gift from Lady Southorn who wished to see children running wild under the sun. During WWII, the Playground was used by the...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Coastline Park, a.k.a Tai Wong Street East Sitting-out Area, is jointly designed by government departments, professionals and residents in Wan Chai in 2006. The construction includes planting flowerbeds and trees, resurfacing the ground and setting up chairs, as...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]The worship of Hung Shing originates from the worship of stone, a phallic symbol. The Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai was built around a huge stone, with the statue of Hung Shing beneath it. The exact year...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nam Koo Terrace is a Grade I Historic Building located at No. 55 Ship Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China, popularly known as "The Wan Chai Haunted House".The two-storey red brick building was built in c.1915-1921[2] and owned...