Causeway Bay Backstreets

The Jardine Noonday Gun sits behind a high fence on the Causeway Bay waterfront, marked by a brass naval cannon mounted on a concrete pedestal. Since the eighteen sixties, Jardine Matheson employees have fired this three-pounder every day…

Jardine's Crescent is a narrow street packed with stalls covered by low-slung, colorful fabric awnings. It occupies the site of a former muddy creek that sat between the shoreline and the old Jardine Matheson warehouses. When the merchant…

The red brick walls and distinctive Chinese-style tiled roof of Saint Mary’s Church stand out against the glass towers of Wan Chai. When the building opened in nineteen thirteen, it served the growing local congregation by blending…

The Tai Hang Fire Dragon Heritage Centre occupies a red brick building with arched windows that once served as a school for the local community. For over a century, the people of Tai Hang have performed a fire dragon dance every Mid-Autumn…

The Bing Kee Cha Dong sits under a green corrugated metal roof tucked into a narrow alleyway between residential towers. It began as a dai pai dong, one of the open-air food stalls that once defined Hong Kong street life. While government…

The Lin Fa Kung temple in Tai Hang features a distinctive curved roof topped with a pair of ceramic dragons. Built in the nineteenth century, this temple serves as a shrine to the goddess of mercy, Kwun Yum. Local legend tells of the…

The Tin Hau Temple in Causeway Bay sits behind a stone wall, marked by two tall, brightly painted lion statues guarding the entrance. The building began as a small shrine founded by the Tai family, a clan of local fishermen who discovered…