Bridges Street Market () is located at No. 2

Bridges Street Bridges Street () is a 300-metre two-way street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Location On the east, the street intersects Shing Wong Street and Staunton Street. On the west, it intersects Square Street. The west side of the street ends with a sta ...

, at the corner of Shing Wong Street, in

Sheung Wan Sheung Wan (Chinese: 上環) is an List of places in Hong Kong, area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central, Hong Kong, Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Weste ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. It is a

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style market building, originally opened in 1953, and has been renovated and open in 2018 as a news museum.

History

Bridges Street Market was partly built on the site of the former American Congregational Mission (presently the China Congregational Church) w Preaching House at which Dr

Sun Yat-Sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...

was baptised into Christianity and given the name "Yat-sun" in 1883.

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Original Site of the American Congregational Mission Preaching House, 2 Bridges Street
. The name was later changed to "Yat-sen". Dr

has also lived in the on the third floor of the building in 1884-1886 during his time studying in

Central School A central school was a selective secondary education school with a focus on technical and commercial skills in the English education system. It was positioned between the more academic grammar schools and the ordinary elementary schools where m ...

. In 1901, the church was relocated to No. 68 Bridges Street. After the

Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of British Hong Kong, Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. His surrender occurred after Batt ...

, the

Urban Council The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

built a new building, to replace the old market destroyed during the war. The new market was opened in 1953. In 1969, part of the first floor was repurposed and converted into an indoor children's playground, with two bridges constructed to connect the area to the adjacent Wing Lee Street.The market contained 26 stalls for selling fish and poultry on the ground floor and 33 stalls on the 1st floor mostly selling beef, pork, fruits and vegetables.

Conservation

Bridges Street Market is part of the

Central and Western Heritage Trail The Central and Western Heritage Trail is a Heritage Trail in Hong Kong, that was designed by the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It covers the Central and Western District of Hong Kong and consist ...

and the

Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail The Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail () was set up in November 1996 by the Central and Western District Council to commemorate the 130th birthday of Sun Yat-sen. It includes 16 spots in the areas of Central, Hong Kong, Central and Sheung Wan in Ho ...

. It was listed as a Grade III historic building in 2011.New items in addition to 1,444 historic buildings already assessed
(as of 18 April 2016)

References

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