Central, Soho, Mid Level - Hong Kong (4K Ultra HD) | Full 4K Walking Tour | Vlog 2020
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Central, Soho, Mid Level - Hong Kong (4K Ultra HD) | Full 4K Walking Tour | Vlog 2020
The Central-Mid-Levels escalator was built in 1993; the now vibrant character of SoHo is attributed to the creation of the escalator system, which at the time was the longest escalator system in the world. Prior to the escalator construction, the area was populated by many elderly locals, old go-downs and porcelain shops.
The area now consists of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, art galleries and antique stores of Staunton Street and Elgin Street. SoHo also is home to the first full-time comedy club in Asia, The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong. Hong Kong taxi drivers usually regard "SoHo" to mean either Staunton Street or Elgin Street.
Buildings in the SoHo area are a mix of commercial/residential, with the commercial businesses on the lower floors, and residential above the First Floors. Around the same time the Mid Levels Escalator was built, a few foreigners started to move into the area, taking up both commercial premises and renting flats. At the time the flats were cheaper than other expat areas in Hong Kong, and only a few minutes' walk from the business district.
The name SoHo was first mentioned in a 1996 article in the South China Morning Post newspaper attributed to Elgin Street restaurant owner Thomas Goetz, who came up with the acronym. Goetz was also instrumental in forming SoHo's first business group, and The SoHo Association Limited (TSAL) was established in 1998 to represent its members in relation to difficulties they were experiencing with the local government departments in relation to licensing, and to collectively promote the area. The first Chairman was Jean-Paul Gauci, who had opened many businesses in the area.
However, in 2000, Democratic Party member Kam Nai-wai wanted to see SoHo formally renamed the "Elgin/Staunton Street Themed Dining Area", and Kam and some long-term residents associated the name SoHo with being a place of disrepute, with red light district associations. The irony is Elgin Street was known in the 1860s as "Hung Mo Giu Gai," or "Foreign Girls Street," due to the vast number of European-staffed brothels. It was renamed after Lord Elgin, British envoy to China, during the Second Opium War (1857-1860). For several years the Democratic Party fought an ongoing battle against the new bars and restaurants in the area, and also against formal adoption of the name "SoHo", preferring instead the descriptive "Staunton/Elgin Street Themed Dining Area" so as not to associate the area with alcohol consumption. The name "SoHo" could also cause association with the London area of the same name.
Like much of Hong Kong, this district treads a precarious balance between preserving the Chinese and colonial culture that shaped it, and recent modern developments. The escalator is a quintessential symbol of modernity which has encroached on the residential neighbourhood, bringing with it expats and the bars, cafes and boutiques which help cocoon some from Cantonese traditions.
The contrast between the past and present enriches the area and makes for great sightseeing on foot. The newly signposted Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail guides visitors along 16 points of historical interest from The University of Hong Kong to Central, taking in century old steps and leafy residential lanes. Unfortunately, most of the sites from Dr Sun's past have long been razed, replaced by concrete skyscrapers that are characteristic of 21st century Hong Kong. Even the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum's grandiose facade off Caine Road is easy to miss, perched as it is upon Castle Road which turns up through Mid-levels, surrounded by modern blocks.
Nowhere is the contrast more apparent than on the northern edge of SoHo, on Hollywood Road itself where the brand new multistorey Centre Stage upscale residential complex towers alongside the historic Man Mo Temple.
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i miss hong kong
I miss Hong Kong so much since I moved to Switzerland
I love HK, I wish I could retire there! Don't think I can get dual citizenship anymore.
Thanks for the walk. I hope you get to put some more up soon 👍
thx a lot to record this city , i miss it a lot after i came to london
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Great tour of Hong Kong
Thank you
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down memory lane 4 me visited this area ,HSBC ,bank of china ,old prison .....was there in from Jan.10 to 15th 2020.....
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Is that an actual payphone? Wow, I have not seen pone of those since I was a kid.
I’ v been there when I was 9, really clean, impressive
Con que camara se grabó este video?
Best tour of escalators and public stairs in Hong Kong 😐 Maybe more walking around the actual streets of SoHo next time, please?
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What month was this taken?:)
What is the Soho? Is it one of districts of Hong Kong?
The city is almost empty. Most people are in the masks.
Film the skyscrapers.
*I have not seen one of those since I was a kid.
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