Stubbs Road is a road located in Mid-Levels East,
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
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,
Hong Kong, which connects
Happy Valley to
The Peak area on
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
, Hong Kong, through an area near the
Wong Nai Chung Gap. It runs uphill from
Queen's Road East
Queen's Road East is a street in Wan Chai, in the north of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, connecting Admiralty, Hong Kong, Admiralty in the west to Happy Valley, Hong Kong, Happy Valley in the east. Queen's Road East is one of the four ...
and goes through a residential area of luxurious high-rise tower blocks. The road is named after the 16th
Governor of Hong Kong,
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs.
Features
Stubbs Road is an example of the city's "cultural diversity": one of Hong Kong's tallest residential buildings,
Highcliff, and the historical Chinese style building,
King Yin Lei, are situated on this road.
Opus Hong Kong, a 12-story residential block designed by
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, , FAIA (; ; born ) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions.
His works are considered ...
is located on 53 Stubbs Road. The location on Stubbs Road has been owned by the
Swire Group for 60 years. It originally was the home of the most senior executive in Swire.
Frank Gehry's first China project: 'The building designed itself'
By ''CNNGo'' 13 September 2011.
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital is located along the road.
See also
* Lingnan Primary School
Lingnan (; Vietnamese: Lĩnh Nam) is a geographic area referring to the lands in the south of the Nanling Mountains. The region covers the modern Chinese subdivisions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as modern northe ...
* Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple
Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple is a Gurdwara in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong, on the junction of Queen's Road East and Stubbs Road, Hong Kong Island. It was re-opened on 8 September 2022 by Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive, John Lee Ka-chiu, af ...
* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. S ...
* Stone wall trees in Hong Kong
Masonry wall trees refer to trees grown from openings in masonry stone retaining walls. In alleviating hazards from landslides, many slopes adjacent to main roads and developments on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong needed to be secured. Between the 1 ...
* Rosaryhill School
Rosaryhill School () is a Private school, private co-educational primary school in Hong Kong. It relies on government funding from the aided secondary school.
History
The school was founded by the Dominican Order, Dominican Fathers in 1959.
...
* Bradbury School
References
Wan Chai District
Roads on Hong Kong Island
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