Lin Heung Tea House, at the corner of Aberdeen Street and Wellington Street.Gage Street, at its junction with Aberdeen Street. The red sign commemorates Yang Quyun.Former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters at the corner of Hollywood Road and Aberdeen Street.Kwong Hon Terrace Garden viewed from Aberdeen Street.Caine Road at its junction with the upper end of Aberdeen Street. The building on the right is Albron Court.
In the early days after 1841, while Choong Wan was planned to be business centre of Victoria City and an area of Westener population, Chinese population was removed from Choong Wan to the area around Tai Ping Shan Street in Sheung Wan and Sheung Wan became the area of Chinese population.
After reclamation of island north, Aberdeen Street was extended in the north by Wing Kut Street (Chinese: 永吉街), a pedestrian lane which hosts a street market.
Features
The following list follows a north–south order. (W) indicates the western side of the street, while (E) indicates the eastern side.
Located at 160–164 Wellington Street,[3] at the corner with Aberdeen Street. The restaurant opened in 1928 and changed location several times before opening at its present location.[4] It serves dim sum for breakfast and lunch and traditional Cantonese dishes for dinner.[5]
(W)> junction with Kau U Fong (九如坊)
(W) Lan Kwai Fong Hotel
Located at No. 3 Kau U Fong, at the corner with Aberdeen Street.[6] Despite the name, it is not located at Lan Kwai Fong.
The compound occupies the block west of Aberdeen Street, between Hollywood Road and Staunton Street.[8] It is located on the site of the former Central School. The school had been established in 1862 at Gough Street and moved to the Aberdeen Street location in 1889, while being renamed Victoria College.[9] At that time, the school was one of the largest and most expensive buildings in Hong Kong. It was renamed Queen's College in 1894. The campus was destroyed during World War II, and the school was subsequently relocated. The buildings at Aberdeen Street were demolished in 1948 and the Quarters were opened in 1951. They were completely vacated in 2000.[10] It has been revitalised as a creative hub for local design talents in 2014.
The current building occupies the site of a former two-storey-mansion of the same name, that had been built in the 1870s for H.N. Mody. A gatepost of the mansion remains in front of the building on Caine Road.[2]
(E) St. Margaret's Girls' College, at the corner with Caine Road
