Showing posts with label Sa Po Road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sa Po Road. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - More Kai Tak

I thought these images deserved a bit more attention because they show the view from the Kai Tak Airport carpark over to Sa Po Road in Kowloon City. In the far distance on the right hand side (bottom image) you can see the old (recently demolished) Block 22 of the Tung Tau Estate. The bamboo scaffolding structure in front of it was most likely a Cantonese Opera tent being erected for either Chinese New Year or perhaps a Da Jiu festival for the nearby village. This space was later occupied (and still is) by the former Regal Airport Hotel that was connected to the airport Terminal building by a footbridge.

None of these buildings along Sa Po Road exist anymore. A few of the buildings in the image had already been replaced by the 1970s and now even the rest of this whole block has just been demolished for a U.R.A rejuvenation project.

There is a similar era (but less oblique) view from the I Spy series here.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

I Spy (TV Series) - Robert Culp (1965) - Prince Edward Road East, Kowloon City

A similar shot (probably reused) from No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise, showing the view from Kai Tak airport looking over Prince Edward Road East towards Kowloon City. This was filmed at a time before the Regal Airport Kowloon Hotel was built and also before the single lane exit/entrance ramps were built.

This one is another one of AP's rather excellent panorama stitches which show a nice wide angle from the end of Nga Tsin Wai Road on the left to the buildings lining Sa Po Road on the right. The car park at the front of the terminal building can be seen in the bottom of the picture.


It seems that the only building that has survived the past 50+ years is the one on the far right (between the orange/red  and blue signs). It's a nameless building that occupies 43 - 49 Sa Po Road. Everything else has been demolished and redeveloped. Here's an approximation of the same angle using Streetview. 


Yep, lots of changes road-side as well. The flyover is the aforementioned single lane exit ramp from the airport carpark which pretty much blocks any kind of useful view. I have no idea if the flyovers will remains once the former airport area is finally redeveloped.