HKFP Lens: ‘Love at last sight’ – bidding farewell to Hong Kong’s modernist General Post Office after 50 years

When the General Post Office was built in Central half a century ago, conservationists mourned the loss of the building it replaced. The old General Post Office was a marvel of Edwardian architecture: sweeping archways and granite veranda pillars beneath a distinctive façade of rose-coloured Amoy brick – the gold standard for durability on the […]