The Bridges Street Market is a The layout of the two floors is four openings to the street are fitted two-storey building, built on a site similar in plan, having an island with collapsible steel gates. located at the junction of Bridges block of stalls in the centre of each Street and Shing Wong Street, on the diagonally opposite corner from the Asiatic Police Quarters.
floor, surrounded by wide access External walls are cement rendered, passages, with additional stalls but the wall to the left of the main around the perimeter of the building. entrance is finished with Shanghai On the ground floor, there are 19 plaster. Internally, the walls have a Unlike the Hunghom and Cheung stalls for the sale of fish, 7 poultry 6'6" rubbed grano dado, while above Sha Wan Markets, this market is a stalls, an ice store, a scalding room, this the pointed brickwork has been permanent building. The former are and two general stores. The first floor left unplastered. Surfaces of columns single-storeyed temporary structures contains 9 beef stalls, 13 pork stalls, and beams are finished with Celotex with pitched roofs of corrugated 2 fruit stalls, 9 vegetable stalls, and insulating board. Floors are finished a store. The 59 stalls vary in size with a one-inch cement screed. The from 7'6" by 8'3" to 10'0" by 8'3", each main roof has a " cement screed being fitted with a counter.
over it, covered with roofing felt; the roof of the penthouse has a " screed with limewash.
asbestos cement sheeting laid on light
wooden roof trusses in contrast to the reinforced concrete flat roof of the Bridges Street Market. However, Government has evolved a standard A wide staircase in the north-east market plan, which has been adapted corner of the building provides easy to the size and shape of the different circulation under most crowded con- sites and to the requirements of the ditions between the two floors. particular districts in which the Lavatory accommodation is provided markets are located.
on each floor.
was took
The cost of the building $145,000.00, and construction four months to complete. The building was designed by the Archi- tectural Office of the Public Works The building occupies an area of
The penthouse, which is reached Department under the supervision of approximately 4,700 sq. ft., and has a from the first floor by a small stair- the Chief Architect, Mr. A. M. J. frontage on the north of over 100 ft. case in its south-east comer, is Wright, A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.C.S., and the Apart from the food stalls and located at the back of the building. Acting Chief Architect, Mr. G. P. auxiliary rooms on the two main It contains a room for four coolies. Norton, A.R.I.B.A. floors, it also contains staff quarters with kitchen and bathroom; and a flat for the caretaker consisting of a large combined bed-living room, kitchen and toilet facilities.
in a penthouse.
The main entrance, on the ground floor, is from Bridges Street; there are secondary gates from Bridges The building is of reinforced con- Street and from the scavenging lane crete frame construction with brick at the rear of the building. Owing walls. Instead of installing steel to the difference in levels of the two windows, it was decided to economise streets, it has been possible to incor- by using pre-cast concrete louvers, porate a further entrance over a which not only protect the interior bridge to Shing Wong Street, leading from weather, but also allow ample directly to the first floor.
light and free circulation of air. The
Architect: Mr. H. Y. Chan
General Contractors: Ping Kee
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Electrical Installation; Gordon,
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