[Leica] More Hong Kong Pictures M8 and 24 Elmarit

[leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)]

this way, howard, you'll soon have an article for the National  
Geographic on hk to-day.

changes galore!

b.

On 30-apr-2009, at 14:20, H&ECummer wrote:

> Hello Luggers,
>
> After a long negotiation I managed to gain access to the upper deck  
> of the HSBC Building in Central Hong Kong and here are three  
> photos, one regular and two panos, taken from that vantage point:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/ 
> EastLippo2pano24ElW.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/d3ngnp
>
> Sir Norman Foster's HSBC Building is more like a giant mechano set  
> than a building and the supports make for interesting angles,
> Here is a view East toward the Lippo Center and Pacific Place. IM  
> Pei's sharp angled Bank of China is in the upper right with a  
> window washer
> making his way along the edge of the building - distant upper right.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/ 
> GovResM8El24W.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/c2ah6o
>
> Center bottom is the Governor's (now Chief Executive's) Mansion.  
> The Japanese added the tower during their occupation of Hong Kong  
> 1942 - 45
> thinking perhaps the original building wasn't stately enough. After  
> the 1997 handover the first Chief Executive, Tung Chi Hwa, refused  
> to live in the residence
> because of bad feng shui (the sharp angles of the Bank of China  
> tower cut into the residence). The second CE ("Sir" Donald Tsang)  
> lives there
> and has installed a big goldfish pound. Perhaps his 35 years in the  
> Hong Kong colonial service overcame his feng shui concerns.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/ 
> Midlevels5panM8El24W.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/d2tchu
>
> Here is the view from the Bank looking south toward the mid levels  
> (where I used to love when the company paid the rent)
> and the Peak.  There are lots of places for rent there now as this  
> used to be expatriate banker territory.
>
> C&C always welcome
>
> Cheers
> Howard
>
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