Nos. 190-204 & 210-212 Prince Edward Road West, Grade II historic building in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong.
Nos. 190-204 and 210-212 Prince Edward Road West is a two-story building complex from the 1930s with traditional shophouse architecture and detailed facade elements. The structure features shops at ground level with living quarters above, typical of the shophouse design of that period.
The row of sixteen shophouses from Nos. 190 to 220 (even numbers) Prince Edward Road West was built in the early 1930s by the Belgian firm Crédit foncier d'Extrême-Orient. Post-war rebuilding removed part of the row, leaving ten pre-war shophouses, which the Urban Renewal Authority took on for conservation and revitalisation in 2008. The surviving block was graded a Grade II historic building in 2010.
The name comes from the Belgian developer Crédit foncier d'Extrême-Orient, whose French name is still associated with the site. The arcade columns and the area above the main entrance carry geometric Art Deco reliefs that visitors can spot from the street. The ground-floor shops and upper floors show the shophouse arrangement of the 1930s.
The complex stands on the even-numbered side of Prince Edward Road West, split into two blocks at Nos. 190-204 and 210-212, so walk the stretch between them to see all ten remaining shophouses. The arcades run along the pavement, letting you view the facades at street level; the upper floors are residential and not open to visitors.
The facade retains original features from the 1930s while ground-floor shops operate with modern purposes today. This side-by-side existence of old and new is typical of many historic neighbourhoods in Hong Kong.
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