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Title

  • Graham Street Market
Alternative Title

  • 嘉咸市集

  • Graham Market

  • 嘉咸街街市
Date

  • 2007-11-06
Description

  • "Located in Central, Graham Market, being an outdoor market, has been in business for over a century and its origin can be traced back to the early days of Chinese community formation on the Hong Kong Island. During the early development of Hong Kong, uphill streets and roads in Central were often named after British or Hong Kong governors and Generals. These include such as the names of Peel Street, Gage Street and Cochrane Street. Graham Street is named after a British General.

    In early 1900s, Graham Street mainly comprised of shops operating by Chinese residents, and the nearby streets gradually flourished with restaurants, tea houses, tea shops, soy sauce shops, noodle shops, grocery stores selling cereal grains and oil, as well as popular Western restaurants." -- Urban Renewal Authority website
Based near label

  • Hong Kong Island

  • Central and Western
Source

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

  • image/jpeg

  • Photographs
Extent

  • Source format: 39 image files
Language
Rights
Identifier

  • Call No.: HT178.H6 G72

  • Master #: 2008-020