Wing lee street has become a hot spot for photographing and sight-seeing lately because of the award-winning film 'Echoes of the rainbow' that set there.
To me, it's always fascinating to see the steps that lead us to where we are .
Wing lee street is a short street with 12 tenement buildings, you could see the whole street at one glance, but you would be very much attracted by the buildings there, every one of them.
The ground floor of most buildings there were for business purpose, just like other tong lau in hong kong. The business there are mostly in publishing.
The buildings there are typically tong lau (Chinese-style building, typical 1950's post-war architecture, unique to HK and southern China)
There is an indoor playground there which the other photographer I met on that day recommended me to take a look.
That area was indeed under a redevelopment plan but now is preserved due to public pressure.
Old-fashion mail boxes.
Obviously the people there are overwhelmed by the large amount of visitors lately, notices that read "private property, do not enter without permission" are posted on the front door of most of the buildings. Well...it seems that there's a price of being famous...It would be great if the government can turn the whole street into another tourism spot in my opinion, since there are quite a lot to see nearby, and to prevent the people there from being annoyed so often.
Wing Lee Street Full View
Graphic by Henry Wong and Adam Wright, SCMP
Wanna visit the Stanley market again or take some short trips in hk in the coming Easter holiday:D hopefully can get a few buddies to accompany :P
