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Old Wan Chai Police Station 舊灣仔警署

熱度 1已有 970 次閱讀2014-8-17 10:18 |個人分類:Wan Chai 灣仔|系統分類:Travel @ HK

Old Wan Chai Police Station (舊灣仔警署), also known as No. 2 Police Station, is located at No. 123 Gloucester Road (告士打道) in Wan Chai. It was originally a construction at the shore, facing directly Victoria Harbour. Because of urban development and large scale land reclamation in front of the station, it becomes an inland construction.

The old station, built in 1932 and occupying an area of 7500 square feet, is a construction of four storeys and was declared a Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong in 1992. The police station was relocated to Arsenal House Lower Block at 1 Arsenal Street Wan Chai in 2010.

Old Wan Chai Police Station is a typical British colonial architecture. It was a streamlined design. Its traditional stove, stairs, windows and doors were architectural features of the 1930s, belonging to neo-classical building.

The old station and its Wan Chai Police Married Quarters at the back will be partly preserved and partly redeveloped for commercial uses. It is planned to be a hotel or a restaurant.