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The former Wan Chai Market () building was constructed in 1937. It is located at 264 Queen's Road East, at Wan Chai Road crossing, opposite Stone Nullah Lane in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island.〔(List of FEHD Public Markets and Cooked Food )〕 It is a Grade III Historic Building.〔(A Study on Historical and Architectural Context of Wan Chai Market )〕 Its architectural style is influenced by Streamline Moderne (also known as Streamlined Moderne or Art Moderne) architecture, a popular style of building of the 1930s. It is often erroneously referred to as a Bauhaus-style building.〔(Film Service Office: Wan Chai Market )〕〔(Lee, Ho Yin and DiStefano, Lynne, "Wan Chai Market: Rediscovering Streamline Moderne Architecture", Architectural Conservation Programme, University of Hong Kong (2 May 2009) )〕 Wan Chai Market, the wet market housed in the old market building since 1937, has moved into the new market complex on the lower levels of "The Zenith", a newly built residential development located just opposite to the market building, in September 2008. The Wan Chai Market was initially a wet place where merchants would sell their belongings. It was also used as a garage for Bullock Carts and thus was called 濕車庫, which means ‘Wet Garage’. It was named in 1917. ==History== During Japanese occupation, the basement of the Wan Chai Market was occupied by the Japanese troop for the storage of corpses.〔 In 1961, the Market underwent a renovation to improve its facilities and environment so that the Market could compete with other market places in the district.〔 The Land Development Corporation obtained approval from the Executive Council to acquire land in Wan Chai, including this site, for redevelopment as part of an urban renewal project. A consortium was formed comprising Chinese Estates (40%), Kwong Sang Hong (25%), Chi Cheung Investment (20%) and Peregrine Group (15%).〔Joshua Fellman, (LDC gets approval for Wan Chai site development ), The Standard, October 5, 1996〕 Chinese Estates, controlled by Joseph Lau Luen-hung, agreed with the Urban Renewal Authority in 1996 to jointly redevelop the site into a luxury residential-commercial complex. Phase two of the project, which requires the demolition of the building, was scheduled to start early 2008 and completion by mid-2011.〔Una So & Stephanie Tong, (Hopes raised for historic market ), The Standard, August 4, 2007〕 In 2007, the Urban Renewal Authority and the Development Bureau jointly announced that the facade and the front part of the historic market building will be preserved in the redevelopment project; the front part will be used as a shopping centre. A residential building will stand at the back of the market building.〔(Wan Chai facelift to save historic market ), The Standard, December 21, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wan Chai Market」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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