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Table of contents
1_Arch Angel Antiques |
Better than a museum
2_Art Supermarket |
Pick up a picture
3_Avenue of Comic Stars |
The hands that created them
4_Beef & Liberty |
All about burgers and gridiron buttons
5_Betsy |
Homecoming of an old lady
6_Bibo |
Art picked off the streets
7_Blue House |
Power to the people
8_Bridges Street |
Water, but not a bridge in sight
9_Casadei |
Rediscovering a forgotten artist
10_Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
A corner of Italy in Hong Kong
11_Cattle Depot Artist Village |
The wide arch of history
12_Central Ferry Pier |
A building with a moving history
13_Central Market |
Classic Streamline Moderne architecture
14_Chancery Lane |
A small alley behind the prison wall
15_Chater Road |
The first steps onto new land
16_Chinese Arts & Crafts |
Chinese craftsmanship at its best
17_Chu Wing Kee Store |
Made with pride in Hong Kong
18_Chungking Mansions |
Home to the world
19_Colonial Mailboxes |
A piece of living history
20_Comix Homebase |
Starting point of the Wan Chai Heritage Trail
21_Discovery Bay |
Where golf carts go for US$129,000
22_The Double Oval |
A widely travelled sculpture
23_Duck Shing Ho Bakery |
What makes people queue at 4.30 in the morning?
24_Duddell Street |
Rats and lanterns
25_Financial District |
Very different at weekends
26_The Flying Frenchman |
The hidden angel on the promenade
27_Foo Tak Building |
Art on the up and up
28_Former Kowloon British School |
Hijacking the spirit of education
29_The Fringe Club |
Theatre and all that jazz
30_Government House |
The big puzzle
31_Gutzlaff Street |
A German language genius on a larger mission
32_The Helena May |
The legacy of the suffragettes
33_HKWalls |
If you have the wall, they have the art
34_The Horizon Plaza |
Bargain hunting in an old factory building
35_The HSBC |
The cathedral of capitalism
36_Hysan Place |
A change of perspective
37_IFC Mall Roof Garden |
Out in the sunshine in the middle of town
38_Jamia Mosque |
An oasis of calm
39_Jao Tsung-I Academy |
A different computation of time
40_Jardine House |
The house of a thousand coins
41_The JCCAC |
Myriad artists under one big roof
42_The John Osborn Statue |
The story of a hero
43_The Kadoorie Farm |
A tangerine tree and its consequences
44_Kau Ling Chung |
A most secluded campsite
45_Kom Tong Hall |
A not-so-thoroughly classical monument
46_Kubrick and Broadway |
The mecca of film aficionados
47_Kwan Tai Temple |
The art of the potter
48_The Lily |
Asias richest woman and her feng shui master
49_Lin Heung Tea House |
A tradition with a difference
50_Lock Cha Tea House |
A paradise for tea lovers
51_Lugard Road |
The higher the better
52_Lui Seng Chun |
A much-loved building
53_Mama Chau |
Heavy on heat, light on the wallet
54_Maritime Museum |
All hands on deck
55_Mavericks |
Beach life in Pui O
56_Methodist Church |
In the end, churches are just companies
57_Mini Great Wall |
The Cheung Chau Family Trail
58_Mui Wo |
The art of slowing down
59_Murray House |
What became of the old barracks
60_Nan Lian Garden |
Breathtakingly beautiful
61_Nathan Road |
In praise of the neon tube
62_Ngong Ping |
An architect with a vision
63_Oi! Art Space |
Creative freedom at US$2.50 per square metre
64_Old Mental Hospital |
The 111th monument
65_Old Stanley Police Station |
Tiger hunting in Hong Kong?
66_Old Trees |
Afforestation English style
67_Opus Hong Kong |
Where you would be happy to own a closet
68_Pak Tai Temple |
The most beautiful picnic table in Hong Kong
69_Pak Tsz Lane Park |
Cutting off the old pigtail
70_Parsee Cemetery |
A very pragmatic solution
71_Peng Chau Island |
Looking back on a long history
72_Ping Shan |
Discovering Hong Kongs first heritage trail
73_Police Married Quarters |
Perfect conditions
74_Possession Point Hill |
Where Hong Kong became British
75_Qing Stone Tablet |
Fighting back against authority
76_Queens Road West |
Honouring the ancestors
77_Rednaxela Terrace |
Chinglish and other confusions
78_The Repulse Bay Hotel |
The Riviera of the Orient
79_The Rock Carvings |
It began long before the British
80_St Andrews Church |
A rare group of buildings in neo-Gothic style
81_St Josephs Church |
All good things come in threes
82_Sammys Kitchen |
Wheres the beef?
83_SARS Memorial |
Heroes in white coats
84_Sha Tin Heritage Museum |
A visit to the opera
85_Shanghai Street |
An El Dorado of culinary hardware
86_Shek Kip Mei |
A fire and a very rare find
87_Signal Hill |
A hill with a German past
88_Silvermine Waterfall |
No silver, but an outhouse
89_The Sing Lee Factory |
No construction site, even if it looks like one
90_The Stoep |
The oldest South African restaurant in Hong Kong
91_The Tai Chi Series |
In serenity is strength
92_Tai O Heritage Hotel |
Nine bullet holes
93_Tai Ping Shan |
The telegram was faster
94_Taikoo Artwalk |
Kevin Fung - living the dream
95_Taikoo Shing |
Skating, sachets of sugar and a cable car
96_Tak Sun School |
Bruce Lees yellow jumpsuit
97_Tamar Park |
A park with a past
98_Tanka Boat People |
A life at sea
99_To Tsu Kok |
A curious little shop on Peng Chau
100_Tonys Photo Shop |
A small shop with a long history
101_Trappist Monastery |
Contemplating the silence
102_Tsui Wah |
The Cantonese take on European food
103_The Tung Wah Group |
More than just a hospital
104_Vertical Art Space |
Keep-fit arts trail
105_Wang Fu Restaurant |
Dumplings la carte
106_Whampoa Shopping Centre |
On the site of the old docks
107_Wing Lee Street |
How a film saved a street
108_Wing Wo Bee Farm in Sha Tin |
Honey and clever bees
109_The Wishing Tree |
Wishing on a plastic tree
110_Wontonmeen |
Ambassadors of design
111_Yau Ma Tei Theatre |
Cantonese operas and erotica
111 Places in Hong Kong That You Shouldnt Miss
Kathrin Bielfeldt and Raymond Wong
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