Pottinger Street

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The street was originally on the slope between Queen's Road Central and Hollywood Road. This section is entirely covered by stone slabs. Starting up from Queen's Road Central, it crosses Stanley Street and Wellington Street and ends at the eastern end of Hollywood Road, just after it meets Wyndham Street.

Central District underwent several reclamation projects, and extended the street north from Queen's Road Central to Connaught Road Central, junctioning Des Voeux Road Central. Buildings like Man Yee Building, Wing On House, Chinachem Tower and Hong Kong Chinese Bank Building are located at this section. This is the only section that allows vehicular traffic and not being paved by stone slabs.

The first Roman Catholic cathedral of Hong Kong was built in 1843 at the junction of Pottinger Street and Wellington Street{{cite book |title= Streets: exploring Hong Kong Island|last= Wordie|first= Jason|year= 2002|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|isbn= 978-962-209-563-2|page= 62}} and was destroyed in a fire in 1859. It was rebuilt, but subsequently a different site was selected and the current Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Caine Road was completed 1888.{{cite web | url=http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/trails_sheungwan2.php?tid=3 | title=Sheung Wan Route A - Central and Western Heritage Trail | access-date=22 July 2016}}

In the 19th century, Chinese and European residents used to live separately in different neighbourhoods. The street once acts as a rough boundary between the two groups. The Chinese used to mainly live west of the street and westerners to the east. An Air-Raid Precaution Tunnel was built beneath the street in 1940-41 but was abandoned after the Second World War and was filled back in the 1980s.

In the afternoon of 15 December 1941, during the Battle of Hong Kong, a stick Japanese bombs hit the junction of Old Bailey Street and Caine Road, the junction of Pottinger Street and Hollywood Road, Wellington Street and the Central Police Station.{{cite book |title= Not the slightest chance: the defence of Hong Kong, 1941|last= Banham|first= Tony|authorlink=Tony Banham |year= 2004|publisher=University of British Columbia Press |location= |isbn= 978-0774810456|page=80 |url= |accessdate=}} The bombing was part of a systematic bombardment of the Hong Kong Island's north shore that was launched on that day.{{cite web|first=Klemen |last=L. |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/december3.html |title=Chronology of the Dutch East Indies, 12 December 1941 – 18 December 1941 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942}}

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

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• [http://gwulo.com/Pottinger-Street-Hong-Kong Article at gwulo.com]
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