St. John's Building () is a

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on Hong Kong Island of

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. Owned and operated by

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, it is built on the slope beside Garden Road and

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. The ground floor serves as the Garden Road terminus of the

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History

In 1889, the Garden Road station for the Peak Tram opened. In 1935, a new lower terminus was built along with the St John's Apartments: a reinforced concrete building, with eight studio flats and a two-bedroom penthouse. In 1964, the apartments were demolished and a modern 14-storey commercial and residential building was erected in its place. This was in turn replaced by the current 22-storey building. This building won the Silver Medal of the

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in 1983. It was designed by Kwan, Ng, Wong & Associates and built by Hip Hing Construction.

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