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click to enlarge At first glance, the scene on this Hong Kong postcard appears relatively recent. Without cars to identify the era, it’s hard to tell when the photo was taken. The neon looks familiar, as do the buildings. But at closer look, I recognize certain shops and hotels from the 1960s. The ABC Bakery, the [...] click to enlarge I found this photo of Nathan Road from a 1972 Hong Kong guidebook. It didn’t take me long to recognize familiar landmarks from the photos I’ve posted of 1962 and 1966 Kowloon. The “EL” in the upper right corner looked familiar, like the same font used in the Sun Ya Hotel where my [...] With Do'an at the Argyle Street Detention Centre, 1991 Argyle Street, 2006 I love history. And when I’ve lived it, even better! In 1990, I saw a notice at my university in Hong Kong for volunteer English teachers at a Vietnamese refugee camp. Actually, it was called a detention centre. I wanted the job. Ever since my [...] Sun Ya Hotel, 1961 Sun Ya Hotel, 1966 Okay, I’m officially obsessed with the Sun Ya Hotel. I found these two photos, one from 1961, a year before my mom stayed there, and the other from 1966. Even back then, Nathan Road was hopping with street and sidewalk traffic. A document published in 1961 by the [...] Sun Ya Hotel circa 1965, posted with permission from www.gwulo.com When I’ve traveled with my mom, she’s liked to stay at nice places. So when I googled the Sun Ya Hotel, where she stayed on her first trip to Hong Kong in 1962, I was shocked to learn it was in the now-densely populated Mongkok [...] |
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