Wednesday, September 25, 2013

I Spy (TV Series) - Robert Culp (1965) - Argyle Street, Mongkok

Another big thanks to Thomas Ngan for nailing this one as Argyle Street courtesy of some very impressive detective work concerning a pawn shop seen in the background.

So first off, here is a reminder of the scene from Affair at T'sien Cha. The key to the identification of the area was the white building with red writing on the right in the first screen grab.


Just as a reminder, here are the comments Thomas made with regards to these pictures:
[see top picture] There was a Pawn Shop in the background (同昌大押)。 The pillars of this pawn shop had been relocated to Stanley. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/horizon616/5492025308/) The Flickr album also mentioned the Pawn Shop was in Shanghai St, around the present day Langham Place.
So, armed with that knowledge, we can say that the camera was looking east along Argyle Street.The old pawnshop was demolished to make way for the Langham Place Office Tower. The original pawnshop pillars now adorn the pavement outside the reconstructed Murray House in Stanley.

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