Graham Street

Located in Central, Hong Kong Island, the street starts from Queen's Road Central and runs uphill and south to Staunton Street, crossing Stanley Street, Wellington Street, Gage Street, Lyndhurst Terrace and Hollywood Road. The Street Market occupies the section between Queen's Road Central and Hollywood Road.

The market dates back more than 160 years.[http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/shop/city-essentials/best-wet-markets-563207 Best wet markets in Hong Kong] CNN Go. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-09 The street is narrow but allows a row of stalls on either sides and sells various foodstuff.DeWolf, Christopher [http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/play/9-hong-kongs-best-and-worst-tourist-traps-535602 "9 Hong Kong tourist traps -- for better or worse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101001551/http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/play/9-hong-kongs-best-and-worst-tourist-traps-535602 |date=2012-11-01 }} CNN Go. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-03

One of the earliest cinemas in Hong Kong, the Bijou Theatre (比照戲院), opened in Graham Street in 1907.{{cite book |title= The distorting mirror: visual modernity in China|last= Pang|first= Laikwan|year=2007 |publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-3093-9|page= 167}}

Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Governor Murray MacLehose, visited the Graham Street market on 5 May 1975 to speak with locals.

Graham Street was featured in a scene from the 2001 film Rush Hour 2.

The Urban Renewal Authority is redeveloping Graham Street and Peel Street and planning to demolish the market. This will affect over 37 buildings in the process.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ura.org.hk/html/c800000e34e.html |title=Urban Renewal Authority: Peel Street / Graham Street Project |access-date=2009-10-04 |archive-date=2010-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324161356/http://www.ura.org.hk/html/c800000e34e.html |url-status=dead }}

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Category:Roads on Hong Kong Island

Category:Street markets in Hong Kong

Category:Central, Hong Kong

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