Ki Ling Lane is easily recognized by its vibrant concentration of large-scale murals and its distinctive rainbow-painted staircase. Together with neighboring Chung Ching Street and Shek Chan Lane, it forms a project known as Art Lane. This…
Sai Ying Pun Steeps
Climb the incredibly steep grid of Sai Ying Pun to discover a neighborhood transitioning from a quiet residential enclave to a creative hotspot.
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1. Ki Ling Lane
2. 俊城行
Chun Sing Building stands in the Central and Western District, positioned as a residential and commercial structure within the dense urban fabric of Hong Kong. It is one of many multi-story buildings that define the streetscapes of this…
3. Luen Wah Cafe
Luen Wah Cafe is distinguished by its pink mosaic tiles and a rare, two-story layout that has remained largely unchanged since the nineteen sixties. Located on Centre Street in the Sai Ying Pun district, this traditional tea restaurant…
4. Two-and-a-Half Street
Two-and-a-Half Street is not a public thoroughfare, but a cafe that takes its name from a geographical quirk in the Sai Ying Pun district of Hong Kong. The original shop sat between Second Street and Third Street near Tai Kee Lane, a…
5. Sai Ying Pun Market
Sai Ying Pun Market is a five-storey indoor building on Centre Street that functions as a modern wet market. You can distinguish the structure by its location on the steep slope between Second and Third Streets, where it serves as a…
6. Facade of the Old Mental Hospital
The Old Mental Hospital occupies an L-shaped granite structure completed in eighteen ninety-two. Its Early-Baroque style, defined by a wide, arched verandah and heavy rusticated granite blocks, exists as a rare architectural remnant in…