Stone Slabs Street

On location oil sketch at Pottinger Street. It is one of the oldest streets built in the 1850s in Hong Kong, probably the only one maintaining its original looks. Because of its steepness, it was paved, unevenly, with stone slabs to make it easier to ascend and descend and to allow rainwater to flow down either side. It was named Pottinger Street in 1858 after Hong Kong’s first governor. It is more commonly known as ‘Stone Slabs Street’.