[Leica] More Hong Kong Pictures M8 and 24 Elmarit

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What a city..... The Executive can erect a giant mirror to reflect the
Chi....

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:20 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> 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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