October 27, 2012 - Hong Kong Streetscapes

Ibby · 10-27-2012, 03:48 AM

Presented at least as much as nostalgia - I lived in Hong Kong for a year, my third-grade year of elementary school - as out of artistic appreciation of the photography.

Hong Kong, via Brian Yen

I'll admit it, i'm a sucker for long-exposure urban photography, and a sucker for east asian urban photography. Not the most edifying IOTD i've posted but I wanted to show a bit of Hong Kong urban beauty. Reminds me both of my time in Hong Kong and of my time in Taiwan. I love the geopolitical implications of the dual-language signage, the obvious western colonialist connotations of the mixed-language street signage, the deeply nostalgic double-decker busses in Hong Kong...
I wish I could name the streets photographed, but it's been SO long since I've lived there, I'm afraid I can't name the locales.
I personally like IOTD's informative and educationary possibilities, which is why I tend to post IOTDs of geographic, culturo-historical, and/or artistic sensibility. This one is almost all artistic, while being sadly almost entirely devoid of culture and educatory content. Even still, I like the photography and feel it's worth sharing with the community.

richlevy · 10-27-2012, 04:10 AM

It's funny, but downtown Buffalo, NY has a main street with trolleys and with buildings with the same architecture. Take out the signs and they would be similar.

BTW, I looked at that picture and had a craving for some Asian street food. Maybe a bowl of chicken lo mein.

I'll pass on the chicken's feet, though.

glatt · 10-27-2012, 06:18 AM

double decker street cars. That's so cool. I've never seen that.

Clodfobble · 10-27-2012, 07:16 AM

Pictures 1 and 3 are the same intersection--I wonder why everyone is wearing red in the third one?

orthodoc · 10-27-2012, 08:40 AM

Reminds me of Toronto - streetcars, wind-tunnel highrises, mixed Chinese and English signage ...
Near the downtown Toronto hospitals there was a church basement where we could get phenomenal Chinese food at lunchtime for $1/plate. All the pay-your-own-way med students ate there. Yum.

Griff · 10-27-2012, 09:37 AM

Nice!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2012, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I wonder why everyone is wearing red in the third one?

Commies.

zippyt · 10-27-2012, 09:21 PM

HK is a UBER cool city !! been there twice back in the earlyish 80's ,
Heres a fun fact for you Tallish folks ( 6'+ ) like me , dont want to walk down a side walk in the rain in HK , see all those Umbrellas in pic 2 , all the spines from All those umbrellas are at NECK Height , and yes they ALL are walking that fast !!!
Still an Ubber cool place to wander !!!

Ibby · 10-27-2012, 09:36 PM

yeah - and it rains LITERALLY once a day, like clockwork, for months on end. I was a little'un when i lived there - third grade - but zippy's right, watch out tall folk!

Lamplighter · 10-27-2012, 10:27 PM

Neat pics, Ibby.

You are fortunate to have had the opportunity... good memories.

CaliforniaMama · 10-28-2012, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Pictures 1 and 3 are the same intersection--I wonder why everyone is wearing red in the third one?

My first thought was: red=life (force) so some kind of celebration

My second thought was: marathon

My third thought was: a lot of santas - look to the right side and there are white bands a little lower than waist level - made me think of lady santas

My fourth thought was: a parade or marching band - same reasoning as above with the white bands looking like marching drums to me

Gravdigr · 10-28-2012, 03:03 PM

I'm getting mildly agoraphobic just looking at Hong Kong.

ZenGum · 10-28-2012, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

My first thought was: red=life (force) so some kind of celebration

My second thought was: marathon

My third thought was: a lot of santas - look to the right side and there are white bands a little lower than waist level - made me think of lady santas

My fourth thought was: a parade or marching band - same reasoning as above with the white bands looking like marching drums to me

It's the annual "Where's Waldo?" cosplay convention.

10-27-2012, 03:48 AM	#1
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	October 27, 2012 - Hong Kong Streetscapes Presented at least as much as nostalgia - I lived in Hong Kong for a year, my third-grade year of elementary school - as out of artistic appreciation of the photography. Hong Kong, via Brian Yen I'll admit it, i'm a sucker for long-exposure urban photography, and a sucker for east asian urban photography. Not the most edifying IOTD i've posted but I wanted to show a bit of Hong Kong urban beauty. Reminds me both of my time in Hong Kong and of my time in Taiwan. I love the geopolitical implications of the dual-language signage, the obvious western colonialist connotations of the mixed-language street signage, the deeply nostalgic double-decker busses in Hong Kong... I wish I could name the streets photographed, but it's been SO long since I've lived there, I'm afraid I can't name the locales. I personally like IOTD's informative and educationary possibilities, which is why I tend to post IOTDs of geographic, culturo-historical, and/or artistic sensibility. This one is almost all artistic, while being sadly almost entirely devoid of culture and educatory content. Even still, I like the photography and feel it's worth sharing with the community. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-27-2012, 04:10 AM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	It's funny, but downtown Buffalo, NY has a main street with trolleys and with buildings with the same architecture. Take out the signs and they would be similar. BTW, I looked at that picture and had a craving for some Asian street food. Maybe a bowl of chicken lo mein. I'll pass on the chicken's feet, though. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

10-27-2012, 07:16 AM	#4
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10-27-2012, 08:40 AM	#5
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10-27-2012, 06:18 AM	#3
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10-27-2012, 09:21 PM	#8
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	HK is a UBER cool city !! been there twice back in the earlyish 80's , Heres a fun fact for you Tallish folks ( 6'+ ) like me , dont want to walk down a side walk in the rain in HK , see all those Umbrellas in pic 2 , all the spines from All those umbrellas are at NECK Height , and yes they ALL are walking that fast !!! Still an Ubber cool place to wander !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-27-2012, 09:36 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	yeah - and it rains LITERALLY once a day, like clockwork, for months on end. I was a little'un when i lived there - third grade - but zippy's right, watch out tall folk! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-27-2012, 10:27 PM	#10
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Neat pics, Ibby. You are fortunate to have had the opportunity... good memories.

10-28-2012, 03:03 PM	#12
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