Besides the typical tourist trap waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui and the newly opened West Kowloon Cultural District promenade, the eastern part of Hong Kong Island does offer a waterfront view of Kowloon. This part of Victoria Harbour is not often photographed or shown so here it is :

This promenade is located just off the Tai Koo Shing residential development, one of the largest private housing estates from the 1980s. At the height of the property boom, a family-sized apartment here costed US$1 million.

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Cross the bridge and you're at the harbour side.

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Kwun Tong lies on the other side of the harbour. The tall blue skyscraper is the newly opened APM development. The top of the building bears a Bank of East Asia sign.

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Residential skyscrapers in the Yau Tong area, connected by the new Tseung Kwan O subway line.

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Harbourfront Landmark now has some company, with Langham Place to the right and another skyscraper under construction next to that.

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Another new skyscraper in the Kowloon Bay area is Enterprise 3.

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Parts of this promenade are closed for redevelopment. Here is what the future beholds :

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It's hard to believe a highway and a maze of residential skyscrapers lie nearby.

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Time capsule :

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The eastern end of Kowloon does yield to some wilderness.

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Some photos of Tai Koo Shing :

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Other Hong Kong Series Threads
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Part 1 : Central (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=260175) | Part 2 : Tsing Yi Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264122)
Part 3 : Aberdeen (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264123) | Part 4 : Bank of China Observation Deck (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264513)
Part 5 : Kwun Tong Grit (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265015) | Part 6 : Kwun Tong Grit Continued (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265019)
Part 7 : Langham Place & Olympian City (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265420) | Part 8 : Sham Shui Po Grit (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265444)
Part 9 : Fun & Sun in Stanley (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=267741) | Part 10 : Cruise to Lamma Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=267910)
Part 11 : Downtown @ Night (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=267928) | Part 12 : Tai Hang Road - Rich & Poor (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=269601)
Part 13 : Hiking Lamma Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=270044) | Part 14 : Exploring Mongkok's Streets (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=272164)
Part 15 : A Bus Ride Through Kowloon (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=272336) | Part 16 : Repulse Bay - Beachside Living (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=273950)
Part 17 : Night-Time Bonanza (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=274121) | Part 18 : Hopewell Centre Top Floor (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=274810)
Part 19 : Wan Chai's Redevelopment Woes (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=275314) | Part 20 : A City of Contrasts (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=275889)
Part 21 : Streets on the Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=276803) | Part 22 : Sham Shui Po Ghetto & Street Life (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=278975)
Part 23 : Po Toi O Fishing Village (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=278980) | Part 24 : Skyline During Sunset (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=279319)

I'm truly stunned by all these pics! :)

hkskyline... thank you so much :-) I've been waiting for these :-) I havn't seen my hometown for so long :-) I love Tai Koo Shing it's such a nice place to live :-) On several pics you came really really close to my building (Wah Shan Mansion) hehe

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btw this is Kornhill, a public housing development, right next to, but not part of Tai Koo Shing.

I think Kornhill is part of Tai Koo Shing since the Tai Koo MTR station have exit there.

City Plaza is my favorite in Tai Koo Shing. Especially when I was a kid I would go to Whimsy.

kai ku shing also has that really large ice rank !! love going there.

haha yeah... anyone still remember the lil roller coaster in Whimsy? it's the coolest...

and the ice rink... I used to take lessons there.. still skate like a crab tho (I tend to go at an angle no matter how hard i try to stay straight :-D)

City Plaza has a nice ice skating rink. In fact, there used to be a roller skating rink on the top floor. I don't know if it's still there though.

They really need the zamboni to resurface the ice. I tried both Cityplaza and Festival Walk's ice rinks and they're terrible for skating!