Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] Tai Kwun - Main Police Station Restoration
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 09:29:31 +0530
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Wonderful photograph, highlighting the old and the new!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 8:10 AM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
>
> Yesterday I went on a mini photo safari with old friends to Tai Kwun ?Big
> Station? -
> the restored Central Police Station on Hong Kong Island. Through daughter
> Katie
> from her work at Architectural Conservation at the University of Hong Kong
> we know the supervising architect of the restoration and it is fabulous.
> Which it should
> be given that nearly US$500 million was spent getting it right over 8
> years! Thanks to
> the Hong Kong jockey club.
>
> Details on the restoration are here:
>
>
> https://www.lifestyleasia.com/culture/art-design/everything-need-know-tai-kwun-hong-kongs-new-cultural-hub/
>
> And the pictures - mostly a series of panos taken with the Fuji X100F and
> the Fuji X H1 with the 18 - 55 zoom
> are here - together with one Leica surprise.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Tai+Kwun+2018+Hong+Kong/Tai-Kwun-Reflection_.jpg.html
> >
>
> Please shift left to see the remaining 7 photos:
>
> Can be viewed large, C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard
>
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