Causeway Bay Backstreets

The Jardine Noonday Gun is a Hotchkiss three-pound artillery piece mounted on a small platform near the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. It is distinguished by its daily ritual, where it is fired exactly at noon. The cannon currently in place…

Jardine’s Crescent is a narrow, two-hundred-meter-long lane in Causeway Bay defined by its dense, open-air bazaar. Hawker stalls line both sides of the walkway, creating a tight passage filled with clothing, handbags, accessories, and…

The red brick walls and green glazed roof tiles of Saint Mary's Church catch the eye by mimicking the style of a traditional Chinese imperial palace. Standing on an elevated porch at the junction of Tung Lo Wan Road and Eastern Hospital…

The Tai Hang Fire Dragon Heritage Centre occupies a three-story brick building on School Street that first opened as a school in nineteen oh nine. Originally named Hung Shing Yi Hok, or the Confucius Free School for the Poor, the building…

Bing Kee Cha Dong is a dai pai dong—an open-air street food stall—tucked into an alleyway on Shepherd Street in the Tai Hang neighborhood. It is one of a small number of these traditional, government-licensed vendors remaining in the city,…

Lin Fa Kung, or the Lotus Palace, is a small temple identifiable by its unique structure, where the front hall stands on a terrace supported by ten to twelve foot pillars. Built in eighteen sixty-three during the Qing dynasty, the temple…

The Tin Hau Temple in Causeway Bay stands out for its curved roof adorned with ceramic figurines of dragons toying with a pearl and scenes from Chinese operas. This traditional structure, built of blue bricks and stone, sits as a survivor…