19-638: First Street or 1st Street may refer to: First Street (Hong Kong) 1st Street (Los Angeles) Anyang 1st Street First Street station (disambiguation) , train stations of the name First Street, a store brand operated by the Smart & Final grocery chain First Street, Singapore, a road in Siglap Mercer Street (Manhattan) , formerly called by that name First Street Foundation,
38-529: A 10 acres (4.0 ha) area. Thousands of residents were left homeless. Nevertheless, the devastated ruins were recycled for reclamation adjacent to the area (modern-day Bonham Strand ). After the Great Fire of 1878, Queen's Road become home to some of Hong Kong's most expensive land and famous buildings. Queen's Road West (皇后大道西) runs from Sheung Wan to Shek Tong Tsui. It begins in Sheung Wan at
57-476: A nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn, NY that is dedicated to making climate risk information accessible and useful for individuals, businesses and governments. See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with First Street All pages with titles containing First Street First Avenue (disambiguation) List of highways numbered 1 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
76-668: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages First Street (Hong Kong) First Street ( Chinese: 第一街) is a street in Sai Ying Pun , an early suburb of Hong Kong . The street is part of the planned layout of the early development. High Street , Third Street , Second Street and First Street run east to west horizontally on a slope while Centre Street , Western Street and Eastern Street run north to south steeply. First Street runs one way from Eastern Street, crossing Centre Street and Western Street to Pok Fu Lam Road in
95-570: The British Crown colony of Hong Kong . During the transition period before sovereignty transfer , there were rumours that all streets and roads named after the British and Commonwealth colonial figures, such as Queen's Road, would be renamed in honour of the Chinese communists . Lo Ta-yu , a local songwriter, and Albert Leung have therefore composed Queen's Road East in 1991. This song
114-640: The British Empire . It was mistakenly translated into Chinese as 皇后, meaning " queen consort ", instead of referring to the sovereign ruler (女皇). When Hong Kong was founded as a British Crown Colony in 1842, Queen's Road was the hub of the island's activity. The development of this island had been haphazard: winding paths connected the Hong Kong Club for tai-pans and ran along squatter huts, military encampments and taverns. The first governors built their homes along Queen's Road; subsequently,
133-526: The Agency for Volunteer Service Elderly Centre, Centre Street Market, including, the cooked food centre, public toilet, refuse collection point, and an escalator to Sai Ying Pun Market . Queen%27s Road, Hong Kong Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island , in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria City . It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed by
152-464: The British between 1841 and 1843, spanning across Victoria City from Shek Tong Tsui to Wan Chai . At various points along the route, Queen's Road marks the original shoreline before land reclamation projects permanently extended land into Victoria Harbour . The four sections of the roads are, from west to east: Queen's Road West ( Chinese: 皇后大道西), Queen's Road Central (皇后大道中), Queensway (金鐘道), and Queen's Road East (皇后大道東). The road
171-539: The buildings on First Street. This lane runs from Eastern to Centre Street, and is for foot traffic only. Businesses on these lanes include 2 Philippine products shops, an electrician, a metal folding shop, and a tea shop on the corner with Eastern Street. Most buildings along this street are around 5 or 6 stories, but there are a few high rise apartment blocks of over 20 floors including the Shun Tai Building, Island Crest, Chun King Building, Charming Court, and
190-529: The first post office and Christian churches soon arrived. Instead of a properly paved road, newcomers to Hong Kong found Queen's Road as a pocked dirt path that was prone to dust clouds and puddles of mud. On Christmas Day 1878, a fire broke out and destroyed a large area of the slums along Queen's Road. An eyewitness account was recorded by Constance Gordon-Cumming in her 1886 book Wanderings in China . The fire raged for 17 hours and burnt down 400 houses across
209-452: The junction with Possession Street and ends where it meets the coastal road, Kennedy Town Praya. Queen's Road Central (皇后大道中) runs from Central to Sheung Wan . It was one of the first roads, along with Hollywood Road to be built by the British. The road became an important infrastructure to Queen's Town, which was later renamed the City of Victoria . Queen's Road Central intersects with
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#1732776122405228-651: The rear of Western Garden. Totally, there are 528 units in 60 buildings with First Street addresses. In the First Street are many small businesses . The Western District Junior Police Call clubhouse is under the Western Garden building. Larger enterprises include the Bank of China branch, a Wellcome supermarket, Government offices (Drainage, Labour and Social Welfare) in the Western Magistracy,
247-410: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Street&oldid=1245298971 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
266-422: The same way and then via Breezy Path , Hospital Road , Second Street and Centre Street. Paid half-hour parking and motorcycle parking is available towards the west end. Side lanes include Algar Court, going down to Queen's Road West , between Western and Centre Street. There is also an unnamed lane going down to Queen's Road West, between Centre and Eastern Streets. This gives access to a back lane running behind
285-596: The similarly named Queen Victoria Street , a short street perpendicular to the road and leads to a few blocks away from the International Finance Centre . At the western end of Queen's Road Central, the name changes to Queen's Road West. At the eastern end, it merges with Des Voeux Road Central to become Queensway at the junction of Garden Road . When Hong Kong was occupied by the Japanese Empire from 1942 to 1945, Queen's Road Central
304-453: The west. It is about 250 metres long. The northern side of the street has odd numbers and is on the lower side of the slope. Vehicles can drive from east to west. Taxis frequent the street. Green mini bus route 45A has its terminus on the south side of the street between Centre and Western Streets. This bus runs up Western Street, Bonham Road , Lyttelton Road, Babington Path , Robinson Road , Kotewall Road to Conduit Road , and then returns
323-468: The western end, Queen's Road East starts at a fork junction with Queensway and Hennessy Road near Justice Drive . Although situated inland and south of five trunk routes ( Gloucester Road , Jaffe Road , Lockhart Road , Hennessy Road and Johnston Road ) from the Victoria Harbour, Queen's Road East runs along the old, original shoreline of Hong Kong Island . Queen's Road has become an icon of
342-497: Was briefly renamed Meiji-dori, after Emperor Meiji, by the Japanese occupation government. Queensway was originally the westernmost section of Queen's Road East. After the development of Admiralty as a business district next to Central, this section was renamed Queensway (金鐘道) in 1967. It links Queen's Road Central to Queen's Road East and Hennessy Road . Queen's Road East (皇后大道東) runs between Wan Chai and Happy Valley . At
361-517: Was originally 4 miles (6.5 km) long. The Royal Engineers built the first section to Sai Ying Pun with the help of 300 coolies from Kowloon (Hong Kong), then a territory of China. This section of Queen's Road ran parallel to the beach where Sir Henry Pottinger set up his tent in 1842. Originally named Main Street , it was officially renamed Queen's Road in March 1842 after Queen Victoria of
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