So, Queen's Road East is the main road that we can see running from centre left to lower right. The prominent brown coloured building is the - only in Hong Kong - "Greatmany Centre", and as Arthur mentioned in his comment the smaller building to it's right is the low rise building of 117 Queen's Rd East on the corner of Ship Street.
Many of the low rise buildings in this area have been replaced and more upheaval has been ongoing for the past few years as Hopewell Holdings flattens the area around Ship Street to make way for its new so-called Megatower project.
Anyway, here is Arthur's comment as he includes a bit more detail:
For the...aerial photo, my guess is the crossroad in the lower center of the pic is Queen's Road East x Ship St. The twin brown buildings and apartment building with 4 windows in a row to its right are still there.
For the crossroad at the top right corner, it is probably Johnston Road x Lugard Road (google map: 22.276470, 114.171511) You can compare the interestingly oriented facade of the build where the Boston Restaurant now is in both pics.
Another possible evidences are those buildings with large roofs - may be able to match the movie theaters once dotted this area of Wanchai.
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Hi Phil,
There is another landmark on the upper right. There should be the junction of Johnston & Luard. Street view should show the shape of the extra wide pavement is a bit different today. The Boston Restaurant there was a bit bigger back then, with more floor space and tables. They used to occupy both ground floor and the second floor.
Thanks & Best Regards,
T
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