Peak Tower
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South face of the building prior to the 2006 alteration, showing the open space beneath the "bowl" which was later glassed in.
Interior of The Peak Tower The Peak Tower is a leisure and shopping complex located at Victoria Gap, near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
It also houses the upper terminal of the Peak Tram.
Both the Peak Tower and the Peak Tram are owned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels group, the owner of Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel and other properties.
The tower and tram are jointly promoted by the collective branding known as The Peak.
The Peak Tower is located at an elevation of 396 m, 156 m below the summit of Victoria Peak.
Because the architects sought a design which would be prominent on the skyline but would not interrupt the natural line of the hills, they chose a site in a dip along the line of the hills, and restricted the tower's height to 428 m above sea level.
The Peak Tram opened in 1888.
A wooden structure was built as its first upper terminus station.
The current Peak Tower is the second on the site.
The first peak Tower was designed by Hong Kong architect Chung Wah Nan.
Construction started in 1971, and it was opened to the public on 29 August 1972.
The Tower Restaurant, a western restaurant, opened in the same year.
It was situated on the top deck while the Peak Coffee Shop was located on the floor below.
Both the upper floors were supported by two columns allowing a clear space between the upper and lower parts of the tower.
This design feature has been retained in the redeveloped tower, but with quite a different shape to the upper section.
On the ground floor of the building, there was a Chinese restaurant.
It has been open until 1981.
The first tower was demolished in 1993 and a groundbreakin...
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