Hong Kong General Post Office to be demolished after 50 years
They publishedHKFP Lens: ‘Love at last sight’ – bidding farewell to Hong Kong’s modernist General Post Office after 50 years
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Who
What
- The modernist General Post Office in Central was built in 1976 and is set for demolition.
- Conservationists once mourned the loss of the previous GPO replaced by the modernist building.
- The new mega-mall plan includes a basement GPO, signaling its relegation from prominence.
- The piece notes a shift in Hong Kong’s architectural taste toward utilitarian structures.
- Ackbar Abbas, a local scholar, described the GPO with the phrase 'love at last sight'.
Where
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topics: Internet Culture · language: eng
topics: Internet Culture · language: eng
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published 5 Sept, 02:00Z
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