Friday, April 19, 2013

13. Central Plaza



Height: 341 meters
Floor: 78
Country: Hong Kong
City: Hong Kong
Complete: 1992

Central Plaza is a high skyscraper in Hong Kong Monday. Central Plaza is 374 meters tall, 78 floors and completed in 1992. The Center is one of the few skyscrapers in Hong Kong are fully structural steel and reinforced concrete core.

The building is located on Queen's Road Central in the Central & Western, between the station MTR Island Line's Sheung Wan and Central. The Center is notable for its hundreds of neon lights arranged as bars in increasing numbers from the bottom to the top of the tower to create the color spectrum in the night. At Christmas, the neon lights of the buildings are arranged in a festive motif and look like Christmas trees. If the translation from the Chinese name of the building called Central Center for buildings located in the Central district of Hong Kong.

The building is a project of the Center for Land Development Corporation to build it, the center had to tear down several buildings and alleys of old. The Central irregular shape because surrounding buildings located in Queen's Road Central, Jubilee Street, Des Voeux Road Central and Gilman's Bazaar were re-planned. The alley and road including Gilman Street, Wing On Street, Tung Man Street, Hing Lung Street, Tit Lung Hing Hong Laneva Streetda be shortened. In addition, a number of ancient structures had been removed. Many clothing stores located on Wing On Street, also known as Cloth Alley, were moved to the Western Market (western markets) are Eu Yan Sang - a pharmacy ships - were also moved to the area near the Stag Building (Stag building) to continue the business.

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