Duddell Street

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Duddell Street
都 爹 利 街
coat of arms
Street in Hong Kong
Duddell Street
View towards the south - listed staircase and historic gas lamps (background Ice House Street)
Basic data
place Hong Kong
District Central , Hong Kong Island
Created 1875-1889
Newly designed 1883 (renovation)
Buildings SCB Tower, 1
St John's Cathedral ,
HSBC Tower ,
Bank of China Tower ,
Jardine House
MTR Airport Express :
- Hong Kong
Island Line :
- Central
Tsuen Wan Line :
- Central
Tung Chung Line :
- Hong Kong
use
User groups Pedestrians, cyclists, motorists
Technical specifications
Street length 150 m

The Duddell Street ( Sino  都爹利街 , Pinyin Dūdiēlì Jie , Jyutping Dou 1 de 1 lei 6 Gaai 1 ) is a street in Central , the central district of Hong Kong . It connects Queen's Road Central in the north with Ice House Street in the south. It is named after George Duddell (1821–1887), an auctioneer and landowner.

Origin of name

The 150 meter long Duddell Street is named after George and his brother Frederick Duddell. The Duddell brothers, especially George Duddell, the auctioneer, were large landowners in the area around Duddell Street , who emigrated from Macau to Hong Kong or settled on the island after the British annexation of Hong Kong in 1841 . The graves of Frederick Duddell and his wife are in the old Protestant cemetery in Macau .

Staircase and gas lamps

At the southern end of the street, a set of stairs leads to Ice House Street. It has been protected as a cultural monument of Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps since 1979 . It consists of 56 granite steps and two landings . In total, the three parts of the staircase are about 18 meters long. It is not clear when the staircase was built, but after analyzing maps it is assumed that it was built between 1875 and 1889. A renovation of the stairs is documented as early as 1883.

At the lower and upper ends of the balustrade there are a total of four gas lamps, which are also part of the cultural monument. It is about 2.5 meters high and equipped with two lights Rochester lamps ( Two-light Rochester Model ) from the company William Sugg and Co. (now Sugg Lighting ). The lamps operated by Hong Kong and China Gas were initially operated manually and now turn on and off automatically between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Since 1967, the four lamps on Duddell Street have been Hong Kong's only gas-powered street lamps . In 1984 the administration had to reorder some parts of the gas lamps (lampshades, etc.) in Great Britain in order to be able to replace them. The staircase is a popular setting for tourists, wedding couples as well as for films and series from Hong Kong . The evening romantic atmosphere under the last gas lamps in Hong Kong is a popular meeting place for couples in love and strollers in the area.

In September 2018, Typhoon Mangkhut caused major damage to the facility. Three of the four gas lamps and parts of the banisters were destroyed by falling trees. Not all damage had been repaired by November 2019.

Other buildings

Most of the buildings on Duddell Street are now primarily used as commercial and office space. The Hong Kong Diamond Exchange was located in the Hong Kong Diamond Exchange Building (8-10 Duddell Street). The luxury fashion brand Shanghai Tang opened a flagship store on Duddell Street in 2012 . Starbucks operates a café in Baskerville House (13 Duddell Street), the design of which is based on the style of the classic bing sutt cafés ( Cantonese 冰 室 ) 2 of the 1950s and 1960s in Hong Kong.

photos

  • Duddell Street

  • Gas lamp details, 2008

  • Looking north, 2010

  • Looking south - corner of SCB Tower 1 , 2018

  • Looking south - typhoon damage , 2018

  • Damage after Typhoon Mangkhut , 2018

annotation
1 SCB Tower - Shanghai Commercial Bank Tower ( 上海 商業 銀行 大廈 )
2 冰室 , Jyutping Bing 1 sat 1 - alternative transcription for Bing Sutt cafe

literature

  • Highways Department - 路政署 (Ed.): Heritage Impact Assessment Report for Feature No. 11SW-B / R93 (Sub-division 1), Duddell Street. Ove Arup & Partners, Hong Kong 2013, PDF file; 19.5MB
  • Endacott, George Beer: A biographical sketch-book of early Hong Kong - 早期 香港 人物 傳略. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong 1962 (English), ISBN 962-209-563-1 or ISBN 978-962-209-742-1 PDF file; 1.5MB

Web links

Commons : Duddell Street  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heritage Trails - Central and Western Heritage Trail. Antiquities and Monuments Office , accessed November 13, 2019 (Chinese, English).
  2. ↑ George Beer Endacott: A biographical sketch-book of early Hong Kong . Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong 2005, ISBN 978-962-209-742-1 , pp. 152–154 (English, 171 pp., [1] - first edition: 1962).
  3. ↑ A Biographical Sketch-Book of Early Hong Kong - 早期 香港 人物 傳略. Hong Kong University Press, accessed November 13, 2019 (GB Endacott, with a new introduction by John M. Carroll).
  4. ↑ Jason Wordie: Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island . 1st edition. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong 2002, ISBN 962-209-563-1 , pp. 46 (English).
  5. ^ Highways Department 2013, p. 17.
  6. ↑ Declared Monuments in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Iceland. Antiquities and Monuments Office , July 31, 2018, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  7. ^ Highways Department 2013, p. 10.
  8. ^ What's the History of the Duddell Street Gas Lamps? South China Morning Post , November 11, 2015, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Highways Department 2013, pp. 11, 25 f.
  10. ^ Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps. Film Services Office, Hong Kong, 2019, accessed November 13, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Historic Duddell Street steps and gas lamps damaged after Super Typhoon Mangkhut. Hong Kong Free Press, September 17, 2018, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  12. ^ Duddell Street Steps & Gas Lamps. Hong Kong Tourism Board, 2019, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  13. ↑ This is how Hong Kong tastes - Duddell Street Starbucks. Hong Kong Tourism Board, 2019, accessed November 11, 2019 (Chinese, German, English).

Coordinates: 22 ° 16 '47 "  N , 114 ° 9' 24.1"  E