Star House
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Star House (Chinese: 星光行; Jyutping: seng1 gwong1 haang4) is a commercial building facing Victoria Harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The building is located on Salisbury Road and Canton Road.
Star House has 50,800 square feet (4,720 m2) of commercial space.
The building's name is linked to the nearby Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier used by the Star Ferry. The ferry terminal is owned by The Wharf (Holdings).
History
[edit]The first Star House (Godown) was a two-storey warehouse structure built in 1923 for The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited and demolished around 1963 to make way for the current 19-floor retail and commercial concourse, which was completed around 1967.[1]
From 1975 to 1983, the Hong Kong Museum of History was housed in a 700 m2 rented space within Star House.[2][3]
Tenants
[edit]- McDonald's – basement[4]
- Eslite Bookstore – 2-3rd floor (Star Annex of Harbour City)
- Peking Garden Restaurant – 3rd floor
- Consulate General of Cambodia in Hong Kong – 6th floor.[5] It is one of two foreign missions located outside of Hong Kong Island.[citation needed]
Transport
[edit]The building is accessible within walking distance South West from Tsim Sha Tsui station of the MTR.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Godown / Star House (1st generation) at gwulo.com
- ^ "A Review of the Development of the Hong Kong Museum of History in the Past 30 Years", Hong Kong Museum of History website
- ^ Stokes-Rees, Emily (22 May 2014). "Recounting History. Constructing a national narrative in the Hong Kong Museum of History". In Knell, Simon; Aronsson, Peter; Bugge Amundsen, Arne (eds.). National Museums: New Studies from Around the World. Routledge. p. 341. ISBN 9781317723141.
- ^ McDonald's Star House on OpenRice
- ^ Diplomatic Missions of The Kingdom of Cambodia Abroad
External links
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