Hi Guys,

Well it's taken some time to get around to posting, but here are some of the photos that I took in the last week that I was in HK before moving back to London. This set is all taken from the roof of IFC II, one advantage of working in the building I guess! Anyway, I hope you enjoy the shots, I'll be posting more of HK and the other places I visited around Asia during my three years there asap. Cheers, Jason.


Central with Mid Levels behind
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/CentralwithMidLevelsbehind.jpg

Bank of China and Chung Kong CentreCKC
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/BankofChinaChungKongCentreCKC.jpg

Bank of China and CKC alone
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/BoCCKCalone.jpg

Admiralty, Wan Chai North and Happy Valley
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/AdmiraltyCausewayBayHappyValley.jpg

West Kowloon harbour
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/WestKowloonharbour.jpg

Wan Chai Convention Centre
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/WanChaiConventionCntr.jpg

TST & Kowloon
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/TSTKowloon.jpg

Looking West
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/Theviewwest.jpg

The Summit and Highcliff (behind) apartment buildings at the top of Happy Valley
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/TheSummitHighcliffapartmentbldgsHap.jpg

The Entertainment building, one of my favourites! Looks like it came straight out of a Batman film
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/TheEntertainmentBldg.jpg

The Centre, another of my favourite HK buildings
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/TheCentre.jpg

This shot is The Centre and the Cosco building immediately to the right
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/TheCentrewithCoscoTowertotheright.jpg

A new bridge under construction over the Kowloon port area
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/Newbridgeshippingport.jpg

Mid Levels
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/MiddleLevelsThePeak.jpg

In this shot, the Boc masts are in the foreground, with apartment buildings lining The Peak and the South China Sea in the background
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/MastsofBoCPeakapartmentbldgsSouthCh.jpg

Macau ferry piers and the HK port authority buildings
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/MacauferrypierHKportauthoritybldgs.jpg

Looking east over Admiralty, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, North Point with One Island East under construction in the distance out at Taikoo
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/Lookingeast2.jpg

Looking towards Lantau, Hong Kong's largest island
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/Lantauinthedistance.jpg

ICC & Kowloon West development
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/ICCandWestKowloon.jpg

Density in Central, sorry about the black line through the shot, it was cleaners line, and there wasn't much I could do, couldn't get a better angle, couldn't cut the line!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/DenistyinCentral.jpg

Kowloon West with ICC in the foreground, Langham place in the distance right and around to the left past and behind Kowloon port is Tsing Yi
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/ICCKowloonWest.jpg

The last shot is Happy Valley, the building I lived in was the slim salmon colored building to the right of the picture with a view over the race course. I miss that place!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/HappyValley.jpg

Beautiful thread !!!!!!!!!
Excellent views, too.
Hong Kong rocks.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/MastsofBoCPeakapartmentbldgsSouthCh.jpg

Love this shot the most! Fantastic.

HK looks awsome, I really hope to get there in the next few years; there really is almost nowhere else like it in Asia, or the rest of the world for that matter.

Steve

You`re right about the entertainment building. I`ve always thought it was pretty special. At night it`s lighting is quite subtle, yet suits it quite well. Very nice pix.

The white building with the big ball on top in Sheung Wan would also be a nice building if it had a converging spire like Central Plaza or Entertainment Building instead of a stupid bubble..

Is the building in Sheung Wan a government building now? The views from the `bubble` must be incredible. Anyone know what`s up there?

Wow, nice pics thanks for posting. Hong Kong looks so green from up there with the vast amount of trees covering the steep hills.
Are there ever any problems with landslides?

Wow, nice pics thanks for posting. Hong Kong looks so green from up there with the vast amount of trees covering the steep hills.
Are there ever any problems with landslides?

Landslide prone areas are cemented off to prevent landslides.

Wow, nice pics thanks for posting. Hong Kong looks so green from up there with the vast amount of trees covering the steep hills.
Are there ever any problems with landslides?

Yes, there are problems with landslides. But most slopes are reinforced with concrete covers.

Landslides in Hong Kong:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=523896

Ok thanks for the info. The thread about landslide maintenance is really interesting. Some of the photos are really good aswell :)

Back on topic. I'd love to live in Highcliff apartments especially at the top. The view would be amazing.

Great thread dallas.HK's density and its landscape is fantastic!

Back on topic. I'd love to live in Highcliff apartments especially at the top. The view would be amazing.

Got HK$400,000 a month to pay? ;)

All yours mate :D

Is the building in Sheung Wan a government building now? The views from the `bubble` must be incredible. Anyone know what`s up there?

Yea, read somewhere its closed off to the public because the Chinese officials are inside, or something. Hkskyline can probably shed more light on that...

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/AdmiraltyCausewayBayHappyValley.jpg

Never feel the racecourse is that close from Central.

Amazing photos. I heard that the next Batman was filming in Hong Kong...

Yes, I read that it Time Magazine this week....that should be amazing, the new Gotham! ;) Fantastic city, HK!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/IFC%20Rooftop/AdmiraltyCausewayBayHappyValley.jpg

Never feel the racecourse is that close from Central.

It's zoomed in - IFC itself is quite 'far' from Central.

Thanks for the comments guys, I really loved my time there and think of it often. I'd recommend Honkers to anyone as a place to visit or work, truly one of the worlds most amazing modern cities!

It's zoomed in - IFC itself is quite 'far' from Central.

AIG Tower is in the photo, so it is not zoomed.
I know Central and Happy Valley are quite far from each other; but from that angle, it looks like the two places are in proximity.