City Garden is a
private housing estate
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Popular throughout the United States a ...
in
Fortress Hill
Fortress Hill or Pau Toi Shan () is a hill and an area on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Fortress Hill includes the western part of North Point lying west of Oil Street, and the eastern part of Causeway Bay. There are a number ...
, Hong Kong. It was built from 1983 to 1986 by
Cheung Kong Holdings
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Limited. It consists of 14 blocks, each 28 storeys tall. Part of the site was occupied by the
North Point Power Station
North Point Power Station () was a power station in Hong Kong located on Electric Road in North Point and near Fortress Hill, to the west side of where the City Garden housing estate is now located. It was built to replace the inadequate Wan Ch ...
before 1983.
Structure
City Garden is located at 233
Electric Road
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, Fortress Hill, Hong Kong. It is located beside
Victoria Harbour
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. It consists of 14 residential buildings with 28 levels each. Phase 1 includes Block 1–6 while phase 2 includes Block 7–14. There are 2,393 residential units which accommodate more than 9,000 residents. City Garden's lot is approximately in size. City Garden Road is a two-lane road which serves as the main thoroughfare through City Garden.
Facilities
City Garden facilities include:
* 3-level basement carpark
* Park
* Residential club, which has an indoor swimming pool, a fitness room, squash courts, sauna room, and a guest club
* Shopping mall
*
Wellcome
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supermarket
* City Garden Hotel, Hong Kong
Security
Cayley Property Management Limited provides 24/7 security service for City Garden. Security guards are allocated at each residential building's lobby, the park and the basement carpark. A password, set by management, is needed to enter the residential buildings. As of 1 March 2007, a registered
Octopus card can also function as entrance permit into the residential building.
Transportation
MTR Exit B of
Fortress Hill station
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, which is on the
Island line Island Line or Island line may refer to:
* Island line (MTR), one of the lines of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong
* Island Line, Isle of Wight, a railway line on the Isle of Wight, England
** Island Line (brand)
Island Line is a brand of the ...
is the MTR station for City Garden.
Tram
Fortress Hill Road stop serves City Garden.
;Bus
There are many bus routes, both local and cross-harbour, that service City Garden. They include,
* Routes: 2, 2A, 8H, 8S, 8X, 10, 18, 18P, 18X, 19, 19P, 23, 25, 25A, 27, 38, 41A, 42, 42C, 63, 65, 77, 81, 81P, 85A, 99, 102, 106, 110, 112, 116, 307P, 601, 603A, 619, 619X, 671, 678, 680, 680A, 680B, 680P, 690, 962E
* Overnight routes: N8, N8X, N72, N118, N122, N619, N680, N691, NA11
* Airport Bus: A11,
Electric Road
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Market bus stop (18th) city-bound; Fortress Hill Station bus stop airport-bound
*
Disneyland Resort
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route: R11, Electric Road Market bus stop (17th) city-bound; bus runs frequently after 8 pm; R8, Lantau Link Toll Plaza stop, interchange to A11, Electric Road Market bus stop (18th) for whole-day service
Mini-bus
Mini-bus
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are another way of transportation. The routes that serve City Garden include 19S, 49M, 56, 69
Taxis The
red taxi serve City Garden. There is a taxi stand beside City Garden Hotel.
See also
*
South Horizons
South Horizons () is a private housing estate located in Aberdeen at the western end of Ap Lei Chau ( Aberdeen Island), in the Southern District of Hong Kong. Note: the author of this dissertation was a member of the management team of ...
, built on the site of the
Ap Lei Chau Power Station
The Ap Lei Chau Power Station was an oil-fired power station in Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
History
The power station was commissioned in 1968 and was the largest power station in British Hong Kong at that time. The power station was decommission ...
References
External links
City Garden Hotel Official Website
North Point
Private housing estates in Hong Kong
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