Old Wanchai Market Building
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灣仔街市 | |
Old Wanchai Market Building in 2008 | |
The building in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Streamline Moderne |
| Classification | Grade III Historic Building |
| Location | Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island |
| Address | 264 Queen's Road East |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Completed | 1937 |
| Relocated | September 2008 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 灣仔街市 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 湾仔街市 | ||||||||||||
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The Old Wanchai Market Building was constructed in 1937. It is located at 264 Queen's Road East, at the Wan Chai Road crossing, opposite Stone Nullah Lane in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island. It is a Grade III Historic Building.
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.
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 the 'Wet Garage' (Chinese: 濕車庫). It was named in 1917.