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The Pottinger Hong Kong
Hong Kong · Sino Hotels · Accessible Luxury
The Pottinger takes its name from the stone steps beside the door. Those granite slabs on Pottinger Street date from the 1850s, Grade I with the Antiquities Advisory Board, known locally as Stone Slab Street and named for Sir Henry Pottinger, Hong Kong's first governor. Sino Hotels opened the 68 rooms in June 2014 at 74 Queen's Road Central, entrance on Stanley Street, with interiors by Suzy Annetta and photographs by Fan Ho of the Central he walked in the 1950s.
- 68 rooms
- Opened 2014
- Neighborhood: Central
- Rooms from 248 sq ft (23 m²)
- Interiors: Suzy Annetta
About The Pottinger Hong Kong
- Suzy Annetta has said she brought Hong Kong history into the rooms even though the hotel building itself is not historic.
- Six studio suites take the names of nearby streets, including Wellington, for Arthur Wellesley, and Li Yuen, for Kam Li Yuen, who won a land auction here in 1891.
- A 75-metre air-raid tunnel under Pottinger Street was built in the war, never used, and filled in during the 1980s when engineers feared it might collapse.
- Fan Ho, born in Shanghai in 1931, was given a Rolleiflex at 14, moved to Hong Kong in 1949, and between 1958 and 1965 was named eight times among the Photographic Society of America's top ten photographers.
- Entry-level rooms start at 248 sq ft (23 m²).
History
Sino Hotels opened The Pottinger on 11 June 2014, a 68-room boutique at 74 Queen's Road Central with the main entrance at 21 Stanley Street. The name belongs to Pottinger Street, the 1850s granite step street graded Grade I and known as Stone Slab Street, after Sir Henry Eldred Curwen Pottinger, Hong Kong's first governor. Interior consultant Suzy Annetta of Studio Annetta has said the building is not itself historic, so the history is hung on the walls: Fan Ho's photographs of old Central, and six studio suites named for neighbouring streets. Queen's Road marks the original shoreline, before the reclamations that pushed the harbour north.
The setting
The postal address is 74 Queen's Road Central. The door guests use is 21 Stanley Street, beside the stone steps of Pottinger Street in Central, a short walk from Central station and the lanes up toward Hollywood Road.
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