THE
PARK
HOTEL
Architect:
Edward W. K. Lee
B. SC. (ARCH),
The Park Hotel, now being erected estimated at over $11,000,000. The future road width of 100 feet) it will at the
the junction of Cameron and approximately 22,000 square foot site stand its full sixteen storeys high, and Chatham Roads in Kowloon, will be lies between Cameron Road and include a covered rooftop.
in the Far East.
This splendid new
one of the biggest and most modern Granville Circuit, forming a roughly A very striking effect will be pro- rectangular block. The main frontages duced by the use of large, fixed win- building is along Cameron and Chatham Roads dows and coloured glass tile fascia to about 200 feet and 109 feet cover the entire facade, with the designed especially to cater for tourist are business and provide that premier respectively.
exception of a narrow tier of rounded class accommodation of which there is The structure will rise ten storeys bays above the main corner entrance still a considerable shortage in the along the Cameron Road side, where mosaic tile will replace the Colony. When completed it will house being then set back to conform with coloured glass. A wide canopy will well over a thousand guests in four the regulations governing the height cover the footpath along both main hundred and thirty rooms of inter- of buildings along this thoroughfare. frontages, where marble-faced pillars In the central portion and along divide evenly-spaced, wide plate-glass
Cost of building and site together is Chatham Road (where there is a
national residential standard.
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KIL
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KIL 536
INTERNATIONAL
HOTEL
537
CAMERON
GRANVILLE CIRCUIT
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windows,
From the canopy to the fifteenth floor, on either side the cen- tral bay, long continuous vertical fins rise in parallel at intervals between the windows, serving to emphasize the height of nearly 200 feet.
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On the corner of Chatham and Cameron Roads is the main entrance, with covered waiting spaces on either side of its porch to shelter vehicles loading or discharging passengers and their luggage.
A large basement is being provided to house storerooms, air-conditioning equipment, etc. Owing to the near- ness of the sea, especial attention is being given to making it watertight.
On the ground floor, the reception desk will be opposite the revolving doors of the main entrance. On the Chatham Road side will be a large lounge and
and cocktail bar intended
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