Hong Kong: Topographic Street Views (Hong Kong, China) : Looking up at shop signs jutting out a right angles, and high rise apartments
- Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott, 1960-
- Published/Created:
- Central and Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
May, 2009 - Date Depicted:
- 5/30/2009
- Materials:
- digital images
- Notes:
- Images taken in 2009 of Central and Admiralty areas, Hong Kong Island, highlighting the traffic conditions with cars and mass transit. Also views of the Central Elevated Walkway, an extensive footbridge network spanning Admiralty and Central, near Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. The British colony of Hong Kong introduced its first double-decker buses in 1949 by Kowloon Motor Bus. By law, double-decker buses in Hong Kong are limited to a length of 12 metres (40 feet). Today, the majority of buses running in Hong Kong are double-decker buses. There are also double-deck trams; Hong Kong Tramways is the only tram company in the world that operates double-deck trams exclusively.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- China -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- Chinese
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-CH-HK-TVSC-A75
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
photographs (AAT)
topographical views (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- visual works; photographs; visual works; topographical views
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/30/2009 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10900644
- PID:
- digcoll:1796967