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Stair Quest workshop
Please join us for the second round of the Stair Quest game workshop! And this time, we will collaborate with photographer, architect Hans Leo Maes. Date & Time: 01 June, 3-6pm, rain or shine (Bring your umbrella just in case!) Meeting point | Magic Lanes, Shop 7...
Always at the edge of things and between places – Exhibition opening success!
Many thanks to the artists, collaborators, staff and visitors who helped to open the exhibition! A selection of photos can be found at http://stairculture.com/archive/exhibition/ Stay tuned for news about our upcoming events, workshops and publications!
Opening 13 May – Always at the edge of things and between places 永遠在邊緣永遠在過渡
Please join us for the opening of Always at the edge of things and between places 永遠在邊緣永遠在過渡 on Saturday 13 May 2017 from 18-21h The exhibition will run from 14 May to 03 June at Connecting Space Hong Kong. Open daily from 10-19h. Workshops, tours, events and talks...
A selection of the HKSA’s archival photos are available online
A selection of archival photographs are available on Scott Dietrich's website, Itinerant Photo. Produced for the HKSA project in a collaboration with Scott and photography students at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), this initial set of...
On the magic of Hong Kong stairs with Metro Pop
Ming Pao’s report on citizen mapping movement in Hong Kong
HK Magazine writes about Hong Kong’s stairs
HK Magazine wrote about Google Street View’s recent documentation of 15 stairs in Hong Kong, including parts of Ladder Street (below), Duddell Street and its historic gas lamps, and the Central Mid-Level Escalators. Melissa was interviewed for the story as well. As...
New article on HK’s Stair Culture by Christopher DeWolf in Zolima City Magazine
DeWolf's article "Stair Culture: Digging Into the Past and Present of Hong Kong’s Ladder Streets" gives a brief overview of the Hong Kong Stair Archive project and the importance of stairs to HK's history and culture....
Pound Lane Escalator, take 3
We dug up the official document from the Central and Western District Council concerning "Proposed Pound Lane Escalator Project: Findings of Public Consultation and Preliminary Refined Scheme". It's short on detail, in particular concerning the various public...
Say No! to Pound Lane Escalator
Say No! To the Pound Lane Escalator …is the focus of this facebook group, which is, as it clearly states, quite against the building of the Pound Lane escalator
Pound Lane PR website
The Hong Kong SAR Government Highways Department has a website up, presenting the Pound Lane Escalator project in detail. The page states that currently there is some effort for garnering feedback under weigh, following the QR3 2013 public consultation on the...
Pound Lane Escalator, take 2
Hong Kong Magazine (online) hosts this article, further examining the proposed Pound Lane escalator project. The new escalator has yet to be built, perhaps a sign that the developers and government city planners are taking more time to research the project, whether it...