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Title

  • 中環荷李活道老店
Alternative Title

  • Old Shops in Hollywood Road (Central)
Date

  • 2011
Description

  • Inscription: Signed and dated "LUI 2011"

  • The alternative title was added by the library

  • "Hollywood Road is one of the first roads built in Hong Kong to facilitate the transport of military supplies. Legend has it that the road got its name from the numerous Holly trees growing on both sides of the road, thus forming “woods”. Later, as the residing population grew in size, a new city emerged from amidst the woods." -- Commissioner for Heritage's Office website
Based near label

  • Original artwork in PolyU Library

  • China

  • Hong Kong

  • Lat Long (22.283077880764157, 114.15367665410383)
Source

  • The images are digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library
Resource Type
Format

  • Drawing

  • image/jpeg
Extent

  • Source format: 24 x 32.9 cm
Language
Rights
Identifier

  • AL_77