Artist / Author / Cartographer:

H.M. Stationary Office

Title:

Hong Kong - Victoria & Kowloon Street Plan

Date:

1952

Medium:

lithograph printed in colour

Size:

45.5 x 61 cm

Description:

Victoria & Kowloon Street Plan & Densities of Population.

 

A fascinating Hong Kong city plan from the early 1950s showing the densities of population in shadings from brown to yellow. Interestingly the three most densely populated areas at that time, late 1940s early 1950s,  are Sai Ying Pun, Taiping Shan and part of Wanchai.

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Item Code:

MA8166

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