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The ground floor plan indicating the
ample car park-
ing facilities which have been provided
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A typical
floor plan showing the layout of the various apartments
west. Considerable excavation was carried out, to an average of 20 feet over the whole site, to gain greater height for the building because of restrictions imposed in the approach zone of Kai Tak Airport.
The walls on three sides of the
Kadoorie Avenue-runs right through relaxed and a few apartment blocks and from south-east down to north- the estate. with branch roads leading have been built in the area. from it so that every lot is accessible
The latest to be completed by car.
"Grand Court." a large block The buildings. which have been apartments at the north end erected under this development.
Kadoorie Avenue, and about 75 feet maintain to the fullest degree the south of Prince Edward Road. promise of exclusiveness and distinc- Although the block tion which such a site deserves. The total of 86 apartments, its bulk does ground floor are actually formed by area as it is today has undoubtedly not detract from the charm of the the retaining walls. The entrance become one of the most desirable re- estate, principally because at the from Kadoorie Avenue goes under sidential districts in the Colony. front it is set back from the road the building into an enclosed court, It was the original intention of the about 20 feet to allow for gardens one of the most important features
and to preserve the existing trees. Company to restrict development on
of the design; it is about 160 feet its estate to houses; since the war. Originally, the site sloped steeply by 70 feet and in its centre is a however, this restriction has been from south-west down to north-east, planted area, which forms the cen-
Another photograph of the model
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GRAND COURT
Detail of the main entrance