Showing posts with label Harbour View Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harbour View Street. Show all posts

Monday, November 16, 2015

Soldier, Soldier - Robson Green (1992) - Central Waterfront, Central

At the end of the Lost and Found episode we are shown a  section of the waterfront between what was then Blake Pier and the Vehicular Ferry Pier.

Blake Pier in the background

This whole area has since been reclaimed and redeveloped into the IFC and this short waterfront pathway area was turned into Harbour View Street sitting between Exchange Square and the IFC. In fact, earlier in the year I posted some screen grabs from Yellowthread Street that showed this whole area from a higher angle.

Here's the reminder: http://hongkongandmacaufilmstuff.blogspot.hk/2015/01/yellowthread-street-tv-series-central.html

In case you are curious as to how much this area has changed, I've taken a Streetview image of the place from around the same place as the lower screen grab.I think you'll agree it's quite a change! At least the street's name makes some sort of sense even though there is no longer a view.

Monday, January 12, 2015

Yellowthread Street (TV Series) - Bruce Payne (1990) - Central Vehicular Ferry Pier, Hong Kong

In the spirit of true nostalgia, here is a sequence from the beginning of Chinese Boxes in which we see the camera pan from Blake pier down to the vehicular ferry pier in Central - neither of which are around today (largely because the water here has also been replaced by land!).


Above we see the familiar angled shape of the final version of Blake Pier with the two Star Ferry piers behind it. As the camera moves downward we can see the small flyover that led from the upper deck of the vehicular ferry. On the right is Exchange Square which means the small road in front (with several walkways across it) is today's Harbour View Street. The waterfront next to it now occupied by the IFC complex and Hong Kong Station.


The vehicular pier itself - at the end of Harbour View St - was sited where the smaller IFC tower now stands.