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 Deserted Historic Church from 1950s An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted church. In 1952, a priest and 4 nuns went to a village in the hills to build a church, a medical practice and a school. In the 1970s and 1980s, villagers and religious groups started to leave the village. It was deserted since 1999 and listed as a Grade II historic building in 2016. The government has not revitalised and preserved the church after taking over the land. Furniture and fixture are mostly cleared. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 28 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Villa in the Hills An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted villa. The 2-storey villa in the hills belonged to a distinguished gentleman who was a lawyer, legislator and founder of a private university in Hong Kong. Apparently, it has been deserted since 2006. Furniture and personal items are scattered throughout the building. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 27 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Gold Dealer Shop from 1940s An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted gold dealer shop. The 3-storey building was completed in 1945. The nett area ranges from 357 to 400 sq ft. Apparently, it has been deserted since 2020. Furniture and fixture, including 5 safes, plus a large number of personal items, such luggage, clothing, lingerie and plush toys, are scattered throughout the building. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 26 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Tong Lau from the 1950's An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted Tong Lau (Chinese Tenement). The 4-storey building was completed in 1955. There is 2 blocks with 8 residential units. The nett area ranges from 737 to 798 sq ft. Apparently, it has been deserted since 1996. Furniture and a large number of personal items, such as a pipa and an erhu (Chinese musical instruments), lingerie, plush toys and photos, are scattered throughout the building. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 25 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Senior Home An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted senior home. The building is 3 storeys high. Word from the neighbourhood is that it was intended to be a senior home but something went wrong. Part of the building was taken over by an illegal occupier who appears to have a strong religious fervour. Personal belongings and furniture are scattered and graffiti is on many walls. This house has been deserted for a while. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 24 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Village Mansion An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted village mansion. The 2-storey building is located amongst fields. Apparently, it has been deserted since 1974. Items found are from the 1970s, including many bamboo baskets, an oil lamp, fire crackers, blankets and traditional Chinese baby sling carriers, etc. A bamboo baby bed hangs from the ceiling. Furniture and personal items are scattered throughout the house. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 23 Feb 2023  Preservation of Historic Tong Lau An avid urban explorer ventures into a historic Tong Lau (Chinese tenement building) which is being prevserved. The 4-storey building with 2 units on each floor was completed in 1951. It was the residence of the founder of a prominent local newspaper that started in 1925 and stopped publication in 1995. Designed by famous Portuguese architect A H Basto, the building also housed a dormitory for some of the newspaper's employees. The area had been designated by the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) for re-development, but this building was saved from being redeveloped after concern groups opposed and fought many years for its preservation. It was rated a Grade II historic building in 2019. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 22 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted City-Centre Apartments An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted apartment complex. The apartment complex is 3 storeys high with 6 blocks, 4 of which are modern and some have interior spiral staircase and fireplace. 2 older blocks has single-storey units. It is a stone throw away from the nearest MTR station. They have been deserted for a while. Furniture and personal items have been mostly cleared. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 21 Feb 2023  Deserted Pre-war Villa An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted villa. The 2-storey villa was built on a compound of 7.3 hectares before the war by a famous rice merchant. There is a large outdoor swimming pool, a fountain and expansive garden. The gorgeous red window grilles all around the house give it a distinct look. Apparently, it has been deserted since 1996. Furniture and personal items are largely intact. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 20 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Elegant Hakka Mansion An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted Hakka mansion. Built in 1932, the elegant traditional Hakka mansion, has been long deserted, hidden behind bushes. It is typical of the Hakka 'two-halls two-horizontal' residential building. It is the only single residential building in Hong Kong listed as a Grade I historical building. It has been deserted for decades. Most of the furnitures are gone. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 19 Feb 2023  Deserted Village School from 1940s An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted village school. The school was established in 1947 and moved to this campus in 1956. It was closed in 2005 due to insufficient students. It was subsequently used by a kungfu (martial art) school. Lots of materials for lion dance are found inside. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 18 Feb 2023  Dangerous Dinner by Sacha in Deserted Century-old Mansion Sacha Yasumoto, an interior architectural and spatial designer, holistic lifestylist and urban explorer, organised a wildly successful “Dangerous Dinner” at a deserted mansion built in 1902 somewhere in the New Territories on 14 January 2023. To keep the location secret, the 30 diners were blindfolded for the last half-hour of their shuttle bus journey. The century-old colonial building in a empty raw shell of concrete was transformed into a dazzling setup styled by Heaven Scent Events with lavish velvet drapery, profuse blood-red roses and crystal candelabras with matching candles. An amazing sumptuous 5-course champagne dinner was prepared by Cordon Bleu chef of Mayu's Kitchen with no electricity nor running water. Live music was curated by Wong Ki-chung, a violinist from Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, as part of a string trio, throughout the event. P H Yang, the official photographer, is an award-winning photojournalist whose work is licensed by Lonely Planet in their travel guides and formerly by Dragonair. His photos for the event are posted on social media, including Instagram @dangerousdinnershk and Facebook of Sacha Yasumoto with hashtag #dangerousdinnershk #dangerousdinnershk_sacha #ddhk_sacha Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 17 Feb 2023  Jewellery Box @ Deserted Village House An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted village house. The house has 2 storeys with wooden stairs leading to the first floor inside. Apparently, it has been deserted since 2013. Furniture and personal items, including jewellery boxes, pictorial magazines, music CDs, etc, are scattered throughout. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 16 Feb 2023  Peach Blossom Blooming at Tsz Shan Monastery Peach blossoms are blooming at Tsz Shan Monastery, a large Buddhist temple located in Tung Tsz, Tai Po District. It consists of grand Tang-style buildings nestled against the quiet environment of the Pat Sin Range overlooking the Plover Cove Reservoir. It covers an area of about 500,000 square feet. It is constructed by the Li Ka-shing Foundation for more than ten years. As of 2019, Mr Li Ka-shing contributed over HK$3 billion to cover development costs and operating expenses. The core of Tsz Shan Temple include: A 76-metre-high (equivalent to about 25 storeys) outdoor bronze and alloy Ruyilun Guanyin statue in white, the second tallest in the world. The statue holds a water vase in her left hand and a cintamani gem in her right hand. An 18-metre-high Main Buddha Hall covers an area of about 1,027 square metres: it enshrines the Buddha Shakyamuni, the Medicine Buddha and the Amitabha, with a golden lotus canopy on top of the Buddha. A Guanyin Hall covering an area of about 333 square metres. It was officially opened to the public in April 2015. Tai Po . Hong Kong | 2023 15 Fen 2023  Exploring Deserted Chic Cafe An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted cafe. The building was completed in 1958 and one of the units was converted into a chic Taiwanese- style cafe specialising in fruit teas. It was first closed due to COVID and subsequently because the building was sold. Furniture and items, including a steam foaming machine was left behind. There is a Japanese style stone lamp.One of the glass walls was shattered. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 14 Feb 2023  Fog Over Hong Kong A humid easterly airstream brought foggy weather to Hong Kong. Tsimshatsui . Hong Kong | 2023 13 Feb 2023  Deserted Mall in City-Centre An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted shopping mall in city-centre, just a few minutes from the newest MTR station. The 14-storey building was completed in 1966. The shopping mall occupied the first 4 floors with a nett area of 10,000 sq ft. A restaurant, which was famous among dim-sum customers in the 1970s, was located here. Since the restaurant closed in 1992, only a mahjong club, a sauna, and a private kitchen have briefly opened there. The mall has been deserted since 2016. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 12 Feb 2023  Deserted Century-old Quarters in Upscale District An avid urban explorer ventures into deserted quarters in the most upscale district in Hong Kong. Built in 1896, the building perches on the hill and is now hidden in the bushes. Little information is available on the building but from the layout and design, it is most likely a government quarters for foreign workers. There is a fireplace in each of the rooms. The roof has collapsed and only open space remain where windows were. Roots and vines have intertwined with the structure. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 11 Feb 2023  Deserted Tong Lau from the 1950's An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted Tong Lau (Chinese Tenement). The 7-storey building was completed in 1959. There is 1 blocks with 14 residential units. The saleable area of ranges from 474 to 581 sq ft. It has been deserted for a while. Furniture and a large number of personal items, such as a wedding dress, mural, lingerie, plush toys and photos, are scattered throughout the building. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 10 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Villa from 1920s An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted villa. The villa was built in 1924. First used as a nurses quarters for a hospital in the area. It is 2-storeys high with an eclectic layout and an outdoor swimming pool. Personal belongings and furniture are scattered throughout the house. It has been deserted since 2021 after the owner passed away. The villa was rated a Grade III historic building in 2010. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 9 Feb 2023  Abandoned WWII Underground Bunker An avid urban explorer ventures into an abandoned underground bunker from WWII. The underground bunker consists of several rooms and is located near a battery. There is A mural and other graffiti painted on the walls. Furniture and fixtures have been mostly removed. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 8 Feb 2023  Deserted Tong Lau from the 1950's An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted Tong Lau (Chinese Tenement). The 6-storey building was completed in 1958. There is 1 residential unit of 976 sq ft on each floor. It has been deserted for a while. Furniture and personal items, such as printer, electric rice cookers and plush toys are scattered throughout the building. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 7 Feb 2023  Deserted Staff Quarters An avid urban explorer ventures into a block of deserted staff quarters. The block includes four 4-storey buildings served as government staff quarters in the hills. Apparently, it has been deserted since 2015. Furniture and personal items are scattered throughout. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 6 Feb 2023  Deserted School from 1950s An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted school. The school was founded in 1953. It has classrooms sponsored by and named after local businesses and organizations. There is a separate library building and a computer room. It was closed in 2006 and the campus was used by a government school. It has been deserted since 2012 after the government school moved to a new campus. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 5 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Chic Cafe An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted cafe. The building was completed in 1958 and one of the units was converted into a chic Taiwanese- style cafe specialising in fruit teas. It was first closed due to COVID and subsequently because the building was sold. Furniture and items, including a steam foaming machine was left behind. One of the glass walls was shattered. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Taiwan | 2023 4 Feb 2023  Exploring Seaview Luxury Villa An avid urban explorer ventures into a block of luxury villas. The 2-storey villas enjoys expansive seaview with 2 huge outdoor swimming pools. There are 23 units of 3- and 4-bedroom villa with saleable area of 1,450-12,000 sq ft. There is a clubhouse for entertainment. Urban exploration is based on the principles of only taking pictures, leaving no traces, and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 3 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Tong Lau from the 1960's An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted Tong Lau (Chinese Tenement). The 9-storey building was completed in 1962. There is 1 blocks with 83 residential units. The saleable area of ranges from 316 to 839 sq ft. It has been deserted for a while. Furniture and a large number of personal items, such as sewing machine, piano, lingerie, plush toys and photos, are scattered throughout the building. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 2 Feb 2023  Exploring Deserted Luxury Seaview Houses An avid urban explorer ventures into a block of deserted luxury houses. The block has 13 units of 3-storey apartment with gorgeous view of the waterfront. It received its occupation permit in 2013, yet it appears to be unfinished. The walls, floors and stairs are still in raw concrete. A fully-furnished model house and a clubhouse are included. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2023 1 Feb 2023 Archive: Jan 2023 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2022 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2021 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2020 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2019 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2018 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2017 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2016 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2015 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb 2014 |
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