Harbour City (Hong Kong)
Harbour City is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It occupies the lower levels of a series of office blocks and hotels, comprising several parts: Marco Polo Hotels, Ocean Terminal, Ocean Centre, the Gateway and the Pacific Club Kowloon. The complex is located along the west side of Canton Road, stretching from Star House and the Star Ferry Pier in the south to China Hong Kong City in the north.
| Harbour City | |
|---|---|
海港城 | |
 | |
  Location within Hong Kong | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 22.297778°N 114.168056°E |
| Completed | 1966, with additions and alterations 1969, 1977, 1983, 1999 |
| Renovated | 1986-1989, 2001-2003, 2012-2015 |
| Demolished | Ocean Gallery: 1992 |
| Owner | The Wharf (Holdings) Limited |
| Harbour City | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 海港城 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 海港城 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
History
The centre is built on the site of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown, one of colonial Hong Kong's original commercial wharfage and dockside warehousing complexes. Harbour City is still owned by The Wharf (Holdings) Limited (九龍倉集團), or Wharf (九倉) in short, a company founded in 1886 in Hong Kong. As its name suggests, the company's original business was in running wharfage and dockside warehousing, and it was originally known as The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited and founded by Sir Paul Chater. The company adopted its current name in 1986. The current major holder of the company is Wheelock & Co., which was formed in 1886 to operate the godown but has since grown to be a major commercial force in Hong Kong.
Features
The mall features many branded boutiques, such as Cerruti 1881, Gieves & Hawkes, Kent & Curwen, D'Urban, MCM (Mode Creation Munich), Louis Vuitton, Salvatore Ferragamo, Shiatzy Chen, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Polo Ralph Lauren, Versace, Burberry, and Hugo Boss. The mall also has two cinemas at both ends, the Grand Ocean and the Grand Gateway; both are operated by Golden Harvest. It is home to the largest Toys "R" Us location in Hong Kong, and there is a large Lane Crawford in the Ocean Terminal portion of the mall. The outlet includes a new look and new features compared to its other stores by the group. The 3rd floor of Ocean Terminal was converted in the early 2000s into LCX, a collection of retailers targeted at younger demographics. c!ty'super, is located in Harbour City.
In popular culture
In Top of the Lake season 2, Detective Griffin (played by Elisabeth Moss) was to investigate a case in Harbour City. (Shooting was set to begin in December 2015.)[1]
References
- Shechet, Ellie (June 23, 2015). "Season 2 of Top of the Lake Will Take Place in Sydney and Hong Kong". Jezebel.
