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| Chungking Mansions | |
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重慶大廈 | |
 The front of Chungking Mansions, August 2013 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Composite building |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Address | 36–44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°17′46.94″N 114°10′20.89″E / 22.2963722°N 114.1724694°E |
| Named for | Chongqing |
| Completed | 11 November 1961 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 blocks, 17 floors |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Lamb Hazeland & Co. |
| Developer | Jaime Tiampo |
| Website | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 重慶大廈 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 重庆大厦 | ||||||||||||
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Chungking Mansions is a building located at 36–44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Though the building was supposed to be residential, it is made up of many independent low-budget guesthouses, shops, and other services. As well as selling to the public, the stalls in the building cater to wholesalers shipping goods to Africa and South Asia.[1] The unusual atmosphere of the building is sometimes compared to that of the former Kowloon Walled City.[2]
Chungking Mansions features guesthouses, curry restaurants, African bistros, clothing shops, sari stores, and foreign exchange offices. It often acts as a large gathering place for some of the ethnic minorities in Hong Kong, particularly South Asians (Indians, Nepalis, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Sri Lankans), Middle Eastern people, Nigerians, Europeans, Americans, and many others. Peter Shadbolt of CNN stated that the complex was the "unofficial African quarter of Hong Kong".[3]
The building was completed on 11 November 1961.[4] The developer, Jaime Tiampo, a Chinese-Filipino immigrant, had financed the construction by selling strata title lots off the plan.[5] Many of the buyers were from overseas, leading to a multicultural environment from the complex's earliest days.[6] Now, after more than five decades of use, there are an estimated 4,000 people living there.[7]
- ^ Cheung, Helier (23 December 2013). "Inside Hong Kong's favourite 'ghetto'". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Teh, Yvonne. "The World of Chungking Mansions". BC Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "China, hip-hop and the new Sudan". CNN. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "A fortunate place". multimedia.scmp.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Lo, York (25 January 2019). "Jaime Chua Tiampo (蔡天普) – Developer of Chungking Mansions (重慶大廈)". The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group.
- ^ Orla Ryan, 'No place like Chungking Mansions', FT Weekend Magazine (Financial Times supplement), 28–29 September 2024, p. 15
- ^ Dewolf, Christopher (30 March 2017). "The World Inside a Building: Chungking Mansions". Zolina Citymag.