The Central Market building is recognizable by its four-story reinforced concrete structure, designed in the Bauhaus and Streamline Moderne styles with slim horizontal lines and wide window walls. Completed in nineteen thirty-nine, it was…
Mid-Levels Escalator Walk
This walk climbs the world's longest covered outdoor escalator system to see how modern transit shaped a vertical neighborhood. We'll trace the hillside slopes past historic markets, cultural complexes, and hidden alleyways.
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1. Central Market
2. Graham Street Market
Graham Street Market is defined by the narrow, steep incline of the street itself, which serves as a makeshift floor for stalls covered in vibrant, striped tarpaulins. This is the oldest continuously operating open-air wet market on Hong…
3. Tai Cheong Bakery
Tai Cheong Bakery is recognizable by the constant, winding queue of people waiting outside its storefront on Lyndhurst Terrace. Established in nineteen fifty-four, the shop is a local institution that gained prominence for its signature…
4. Tai Kwun
Tai Kwun is a sprawling complex of sixteen historic buildings defined by its imposing, grey-toned colonial architecture and distinct red brickwork. Its Cantonese name translates to "big station," a reference to its original function as the…
5. Rednaxela Terrace
Rednaxela Terrace is a pedestrian street in the Mid-levels neighborhood, recognizable by its name, which appears to be the word Alexander spelled backward. Local history suggests that when the area was originally named for a property owner…
6. Jamia Mosque
The Jamia Mosque is set apart by its light green and white exterior and the pointed multifoil archways that frame its entrance. Located at thirty Shelley Street, this is the oldest mosque in Hong Kong. It stands on land originally granted…
7. Mid-level escalators (upper starting point)
The Central-Mid-Levels escalator and walkway system is the longest outdoor covered escalator network in the world. It stretches over eight hundred meters and climbs one hundred and thirty-five meters up the steep hillside of Hong Kong…