Comments on: Crossing Salisbury

By: gweipo

gweipo — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:26:55 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I was there on Sunday amidst a horde of tourists looking like the lost tribes of babylon.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:47:37 +0000

I wondered that, Phil, but it was such a good headline I guess someone else was bound to think of it as well 🙂

By: Remnants of the old KCR Terminus, East TST « Hidden Hong Kong (& Macau)

Remnants of the old KCR Terminus, East TST « Hidden Hong Kong (& Macau) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:20:29 +0000

[…] has gone into this whole area (see Pete Spurrier’s nail-on-the-head rant about Salisbury Road here) whereby the station was demolished and the rail terminus moved to Hung Hom, only to be moved back […]

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:31:43 +0000

so did HK Mag rip you off then Pete?

http://hk-magazine.com/feature/crossing-salisbury

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:05:52 +0000

Tram linking TST & west kowloon, good idea Pete! But guess that’d need another century to do that… The mentality of HK people’s never the same when tram first introduced, though 🙁

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:30:44 +0000

Nothing is permanent, Susan, so I hope common sense will prevail at some point in the near future and street-level access will be restored.

TST shouldn’t have so much road traffic anyway — Nathan Road seems a natural corridor for a tram system. Why not link TST to the future West Kowloon Cultural District by tram?

By: Susan Blumberg-Kason

Susan Blumberg-Kason — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:23:26 +0000

Wow, this is really sad. Part of the fun of walking down Nathan Road was to approach the harbourfront and view the skyline (through the museum buildings) as one got closer. Now it all sounds so unappealing. I bet businesses in lower TST will suffer in the long run. I know I’d think twice about staying in TST!

By: LT

LT — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:18:17 +0000

Quite agree about TST – it should be a wonderful area for tourists to wander around ‘finding’ interesting streets and shops (e.g. Korean food and shops around Kimberley) but apparently it’s more important to the govt. to have bigger roads for cars and as you’ve said tunnels to guide people to brand shops in malls.
That new ghetto of fancy watch shops that used to be the Marine Police HQ is now 1881 Bullshite and whilst quite attractive has very little grass and is given over to the same shops available in large malls on streets either side. It would have been a jewel for locals and tourists with a bit more thought – it could have been greener, offered great views of the harbour and showcased HK crafts & art.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:11:35 +0000

Thanks lads. Good idea Phil! I could include recommendations about the best spanners to use for dismantling railings.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:24:50 +0000

maybe that should be your next book?

“The Frustrated Hikers Guide to crossing Salisbury Road”