Traditional Chinese 雲咸街 Hanyu Pinyin | Simplified Chinese 云咸街 Major cities Hong Kong | |
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Wyndham Street is a one-way street in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of the earliest colonial streets, once known as Pedder Hill.
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Map of Wyndham St, Central, Hong Kong
Location
It starts at the junction with Hollywood Road and Arbuthnot Road, near the Central Police Station, and heads downhill to terminate at Queen's Road Central, near the Entertainment Building.
History
Lieutenant William Pedder the first lieutenant of the Nemesis was the first harbour master of Hong Kong, and established Pedder Street as the centre of Victoria City's commerce in the early colonial days. Pedder had his office built on the rocks above what is now Wyndham Street. For many years, the site on the top was known as Pedder's Hill.
In the early 20th century, Wyndham Street was nicknamed "Flower Street" because of the numerous stalls selling flowers. In 1928, the flower stalls were moved to D'Aguilar Street and the "Flower Street" name became attached to the new location. Incident 18 August 1997, in "Sailormoon Super S" Broadcast Day, the Mitsubishi Lancer in Wyndham Street was crashed, and in 3 deaths and 10 injuries on the incident.