History Central Market, Hong Kong
old central market of 1895. access central escalator link alley shopping arcade , central elevated walkway. in jubilee street, @ corner des voeux road central. corridor within central market (central escalator link alley), in 2005. the precursor of market canton bazaar, established in 1842 on queen s road central between cochrane street , graham street. in 1843 known middle bazaar. chinese population later forced relocate central tai ping shan area due series of fires. market replaced residential houses europeans. bazaar moved queensway, present-day high court stands. housed chinese furniture dealers, joiners, cabinet makers , curio shops. due proximity of naval yard , construction of cantonment, bazaar, shops , civil tenement had moved. in 1850s, moved current location on des voeux road (then known praya). name changed central market (中環街市). the market rebuilt in 1858, replaced western marble structure in 1895. rebuilt market three-storey victorian-style structure tower in middle. the...
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