Tai Kok Tsui. A place whose name carries a hint of its past. “Big Corner Mouth”. It speaks of a time before reclamation, when Tai Kok Tsui was a prominent cape jutting out from the Kowloon Peninsula. This “mouth” opened to a cove, later filled in between 1867 and 1904, reshaping the landscape forever. Imagine the granite hill, once a defining feature, now buried beneath layers of development. The bustling heart of Tai Kok Tsui has continued to evolve. The Cosmopolitan Dock, once a mainstay of the area, thrived until the 1960s. Its legacy lives on in the Cosmopolitan Estate. More recently, the arrival of the Airport Core Programme in the 1990s brought large-scale reclamation and a wave of revitalization. This transformation birthed a new name for a section of Tai Kok Tsui: Olympic. This moniker is a nod to the nearby MTR station and the gleaming Olympian City shopping centre. This blend of old and new coexists in Tai Kok Tsui. From older residential buildings making way for modern high-rises to trendy restaurants and bars popping up alongside traditional shops. It’s a place where whispers of the past intermingle with the vibrant pulse of the present, a testament to Hong Kong’s ever-changing landscape.
Центральный дом работников искусств
Step through the grand wooden doors of the Central House of the Workers of Art, and you’ll be transported to