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Rodney Street (Liverpool Ward)
Rodney Street is a street in the following cities: *Rodney Street, Liverpool, in Liverpool, England *Rodney Street, Hong Kong Rodney Street () is a street in Admiralty East, Central and Western District, Hong Kong. It connects with Queensway in the south and Harcourt Road in the north. Namesake The name Rodney Street comes from HMS Rodney as Admiralty was once the Nav ... (樂禮街), in Admiralty, Hong Kong * Rodney Street, Brooklyn, a frontage road to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in New York City {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Street, Liverpool
Rodney Street in Liverpool, England, is noted for the number of doctors who practise there and its Georgian architecture. It is sometimes referred to as the "Harley Street of the North". Together with Hope Street and Gambier Terrace it forms the Rodney Street conservation area. There are over 60 Grade II listed buildings on the street and one Grade II* former church. History Rodney Street was laid out in 1783–1784 by William Roscoe and others. It was named after George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, who, in 1782, secured a naval victory over the Comte de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes. It was developed piecemeal up to the 1820s with houses for the affluent, escaping the old town centre. A few houses have five bays, with central doors, but most are three bays. They were erected in pairs or short runs by different developers which led to an inconsistent roof line. Sometimes referred to in local media as the "Harley Street of the North", some buildings on Rodney Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Street, Hong Kong
Rodney Street () is a street in Admiralty East, Central and Western District, Hong Kong. It connects with Queensway in the south and Harcourt Road in the north. Namesake The name Rodney Street comes from HMS Rodney as Admiralty was once the Naval Dockyard Admiralty Dock, the headquarters of British Navy in Hong Kong. Rodney comes from Baron Rodney, in which the famous is George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney in the 18th century.Hong Kong PlaceStreets named for vessels in Hong Kong (香港以船隻命名的街道, in Chinese)/ref> Nearby Sights * United Centre * Admiralty Centre * Queensway * Harcourt Road * Harcourt Garden Transport * Admiralty (East) Public Transport Interchange * Admiralty (Rodney Street) Bus Terminus * Admiralty station (MTR) Admiralty () is a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station in Admiralty, Hong Kong. The station's livery is blue and white. Served by the largest number of lines of any MTR station at four: the , the , the , and the , Admiralty is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
