Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building
| Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 油麻地停車場大廈 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 油麻地停车场大厦 | ||||||||||
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Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building (Chinese: 油麻地停車場大廈) was a public multi-storey car park located at No. 250 Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei, Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong.[1] Built in 1970,[2] the building is scheduled for demolition in 2021.[needs update]
History
[edit]The Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building and the nearby Yau Ma Tei Government Office occupy the former site of an old market, after which the adjacent Market Street (街市街), considered one of the oldest streets in Kowloon, is named. The market was relocated to the Yau Ma Tei Market (油麻地街市), built in 1957 along Kansu Street.[3][4]
The Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building opened in early 1970.[2] In 1977, the Gascoigne Road Flyover was built to bypass existing surface road and go through the building.
A contract for works including the demolition of the Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building was signed on 6 March 2018 between the Highways Department and Build King-SKEC Joint Venture.[5] The car park was closed in phases starting on 1 November 2020, and finally on 1 January 2021.[6]
Features
[edit]The Gascoigne Road Flyover, part of the West Kowloon Corridor, passes through the building.
Yau Ma Tei Car Park has 770 parking spaces for private cars and 76 parking spaces for motorcycles.[1]
The building also houses or has housed government offices and facilities, as well as non governmental offices. They include:
- Yau Ma Tei Public Library on the lower floors
- Government offices on the uppermost storeys
- Hong Kong branch of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 9th floor.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Government car parks managed by Transport Department". Transport Department.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong Annual Report for 1969".
- ^ "Heritage Impact Assessment Report of Yaumati Theatre and Red Brick Building" (PDF). Antiquities and Monuments Office. Architectural Services Department. October 2008. pp. 7, 11.
- ^ "Yau Ma Tei Market". Docomomo Hong Kong.
- ^ "Contract signed for Central Kowloon Route". Hong Kong Government press release. 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Transport Department - Carparks".
- ^ "2014 global report. Income and expenditures" (PDF). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
