Nathan Road đánh giá

Nathan Road was built before the signing of the Beijing Treaty in 1860. The road was originally named Robinson Road in memory of the Governor of Hong Kong at that time. In 1887, Nathan Road ranged from south to middle and north to Austin Road. In 1904, Sir Nathan, Governor of Hong Kong, vigorously developed the Kowloon Peninsula, expanding Nathan Road into a major avenue and extending it to Waterloo Road. On March 19, 1909, in order to avoid confusion between the road and the street of the same name on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Government decided to rename the road Nathan Road in commemoration of Sir Nathan, the Governor of Hong Kong who expanded the road. In 1911, British Crown Prince George V was crowned King of England. To commemorate this event, the Hong Kong government named the new road just completed from Waterloo Road to Argyle Street as Coronation Road. In 1926, Coronation Road was extended to Boundary Street, and the Hong Kong Government decided to merge Coronation Road and Nathan Road into Nathan Road. The Kowloon Peninsula was still a sparsely populated area when Nathan Road was initially expanded into a six-lane road and trees were planted on both sides of the road. People at that time called Nathan Road a foolish Nathan (Nathan s Foo). But Sir Nathan's vision has been proved. Before the 1960s, Nathan Road was a tree-lined Avenue on both sides. Later, most of the trees were sawn off because they hindered the double-decker bus, leaving only a small section of Kowloon Park with the big trees planted that year.