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Theatre Lane () is a street in Central,
Theatre Lane () is a street in Central, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island () is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...
, Hong Kong
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. It was named after the Queen's Theatre, which was located at the southern end of the street from 1924 to 2007.
History
Theatre lane was already a thriving commercial establishment before the war. For example, at the north end of the theater, where the Tak Shing Building is now located, there used to be a large British department store calledWhiteaway Laidlaw
Whiteaway Laidlaw was a British department store chain which operated mainly in Asia, including India, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia and China. It was founded in 1882 and continued to operate until the 1960s.
History
Whiteaway Laidlaw ...
. During the Japanese occupation, in accordance with Japanization policy, the company's assets were confiscated, handed over to Japanese zaibatsu for management and Tamaya department store (玉屋百貨) was opened on September 1, 1941 on the site.
Notable buildings along the street
The following is a list of notable buildings along Theatre Lane, but their entrances might be located onPedder Street
Pedder Street is a major thoroughfare in the core of Hong Kong's Central District. It runs south–north from Queen's Road Central, continues through Des Voeux Road Central, and ends at its intersection with Connaught Road Central.
History
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* Pedder Building
*Wheelock House
Wheelock House ( zh, t=會德豐大廈) is a commercial office building located on Pedder Street in Central, Hong Kong. Wheelock House is a Class A office space completed in 1984 and has 24 storeys. One of its architects was Wong & Ouyang (HK) ...
* LHT Tower, formerly Queen's Theatre
See also
*List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of Controlled-access highway, expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, Avenue (landscape), avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to ...
References
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