13 Streets

Area in Hong Kong April 2019 April 2019 13 Streets 十三街 Area Ma Tau Wai 2009.jpg 13 Streets (foreground) Hong Kong 22 19 18.84 N 114 11 33.04 E Country People's Republic of China Special administrative region Hong Kong District Kowloon City Place Ma Tau Kok Metric auto HKT +8:00 The 13 Streets (十三街) is an area in Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. It consists of rows of late 1950s tenement buildings along 11 parallel short streets named after auspicious animals. The area is known for its abundance of ground floor garages (repair works). History In 1900, the area was a timber yard. It was subsequently purchased by the Hong Kong Rope Factory to build a new factory in 1924. After World War II, a cotton mill and a vacuum flask factory replaced the rope factory.https://www.heritage.gov.hk/filemanager/heritage/en/content_246/kowlooncityfinalreport.pdf HISTORICAL CUM SOCIAL STUDY ON KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT IN CONNECTION WITH KAI TAK AREA December 2009 80–90 During the mid-1950s to early 1960s, Hong Kong witnessed a sharp increase in population, stimulating real estate developers to build more domestic units. It was in this period from 1959 to 1961 that San Nam Yang Construction and Investment Company Ltd. Built a large cluster of seven-storey residential blocks at the 13 streets. Originally alphabetically named Block A to L, many of the residents of these blocks come from grass-roots class backgrounds, units are often subdivided and rented to more than one tenant. Although the blocks were designed mainly for residential purpose in mind, in the 1960s the ground floors of these blocks were filled with garages.13 Dec 2012 Industrial development in To Kwa Wan: distributions of factories and of industries https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/oral_history/All_Items_OH/oha_119/records/index.html Hong Kong Memory some of these garages still remain in operation today.Kowloon City Stories / Urban Planning - 13 Streets https://kowlooncitywalkingtrail.hk/en/story/details/thirteen-street/ 7 Nov 2024 kowlooncitywalkingtrail.hk Orientation thumb|left|Map of the 13 Streets area. It consists of 11 parallel short streets, bordered by Kowloon City Road (west), To Kwa Wan Road (east), Mok Cheong Street (north) and Ma Tau Kok Road (south). Their names are related to auspicious animals or legendary creatures, namely dragon, phoenix, deer, unicorn, eagle, lark, egret, cicada, swallow, horse, and crane."A Helping Hand for Hong Kong's Old Private Buildings", CIH Asia Pacific Branch 40th International Housing Conference, pp. 7,8 There are 83 buildings in the 13 Streets area, built between 1958 and 1960. They contain a total of about 2,500 residential flats and 418 shops at the street level. Due to lack of maintenance, the buildings are in a dilapidated condition. thumb|Section of the 13 Streets, viewed from the vicinity of the Cattle Depot Artist Village, across Ma Tau Kok Road. thumb|Pang Ching Street. The 11 parallel streets are, from west to east: Lung To Street (zh 龍圖街) Fung Yi Street (zh 鳳儀街) Luk Ming Street (zh 鹿鳴街) Lun Cheung Street (zh 麟祥街) Ying Yeung Street (zh 鷹揚街) Pang Ching Street (zh 鵬程街) Hung Wan Street (zh 鴻運街) Shim Luen Street (zh 蟬聯街) Yin On Street (zh 燕安街) Tsun Fat Street (zh 駿發街) Hok Ling Street (zh 鶴齡街) Redevelopment Due to deteriorating building conditions, since 2014-15 redevelopment of the 13 Streets have been proposed by the Urban Renewal Authority. But due to lack of sufficient funds, and various difficulties including safety hazards from the adjacent Ma Tau Kok Gas Plant, redevelopment plans have been delayed.18 Jul 2023 土瓜灣十三街重建料蝕60億　市建局指重建油旺需萬億　要私人參與 https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/920750/%E5%9C%9F%E7%93%9C%E7%81%A3%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E8%A1%97%E9%87%8D%E5%BB%BA%E6%96%99%E8%9D%9560%E5%84%84-%E5%B8%82%E5%BB%BA%E5%B1%80%E6%8C%87%E9%87%8D%E5%BB%BA%E6%B2%B9%E6%97%BA%E9%9C%80%E8%90%AC%E5%84%84-%E8%A6%81%E7%A7%81%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%83%E8%88%87 HK01 zhYeo Rachel 24 Jul 2022 Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority looks into feasibility of redeveloping 2 old areas in Kowloon City, cites planning challenges https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3186418/hong-kongs-urban-renewal-authority-looks-feasibility subscription South China Morning Post Residents' opinions on the 13 streets redevelopment have been mixed. Some residents who have been living there since the 1960s oppose the redevelopment, saying that they are used to their established communities.8 May 2013 A mixed community sentiment towards To Kwa Wan https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/oral_history/All_Items_OH/oha_118/highlight/index.html Hong Kong Memory Conversely, in 2024, a DAB campaign to urge authorities to speed up the redevelopment process amassed 1000 signatures from To Kwa Wan residents.14 May 2024 土瓜灣爭取重建「十三街」，居民與發展局及市建局代表會晤 https://www.dab.org.hk/post/%E5%9C%9F%E7%93%9C%E7%81%A3%E7%88%AD%E5%8F%96%E9%87%8D%E5%BB%BA%E3%80%8C%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E8%A1%97%E3%80%8D%EF%BC%8C%E5%B1%85%E6%B0%91%E8%88%87%E7%99%BC%E5%B1%95%E5%B1%80%E5%8F%8A%E5%B8%82%E5%BB%BA%E5%B1%80%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E6%9C%83%E6%99%A4 DAB 民建聯 zh Some residents blame the deteriorating conditions of the flats on the government's neglect, fearing a similar disaster to the collapse in 2010.25 Jul 2023 十三街重建 懶懶閒 居民飽吃驚風散 https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E8%A1%97%E9%87%8D%E5%BB%BA-%E6%87%B6%E6%87%B6%E9%96%92-%E5%B1%85%E6%B0%91%E9%A3%BD%E5%90%83%E9%A9%9A%E9%A2%A8%E6%95%A3-214500980.html 東方日報 See also Cattle Depot Artist Village References External links Map showing the 13 Streets within the Kowloon City District Drone photos of the 13 Streets area Category:Ma Tau Kok