皇都戲院的標誌性屋頂 Iconic Roof of State Theatre|楊必興 P H Yang

擁有68年歷史的地標皇都戲院，因數十年的疏忽而殘破不堪。2015年有人擔心將來被拆除。過去15年，民間曾發起多次保育行動，2017年成功爭取一級歷史建築評級，具有「拱橋式」支架設計的獨特屋頂結構。

擁有68年歷史的地標皇都戲院（State Theatre），曾因數十年的疏忽而殘破不堪，它以前是香港北角的一家電影院。在2015年有人擔心它可能會在不久的將來被拆除。過去15年間，民間曾發起多次保育行動，終於在2017年3月，成功為皇都戲院爭取一級歷史建築評級，具有「拱橋式」支架設計的獨特屋頂結構。

2019年10月，擁有該建築群95％的新世界發展公司申請購買該大廈，併計劃對其進行部分重建。新世界指「重建過程中會積極考量如何把前皇都戲院精髓予以保存」，但有關方案一直未有公布。

皇都戲院擁有1400個座位，前身名為璇宮戲院（Empire Theatre），1952年落成。它於1957年關閉，並在進行大規模翻修後於1959年重新營業，改名皇都戲院，於1997年關閉。

The State Theatre, the 68-year-old landmark that’s been left dilapidated by decades of negligence, is a former cinema in North Point, Hong Kong. Concerns were raised in 2015 that it may be demolished in the near future. In the past 15 years, the community has fought for conservation. Finally, in March 2017, the building was listed as a Grade I historic building with a distinctive parabolic roof trusses.

In October 2019, New World Development, which owns 95 percent of the complex, applied to buy the building with plans to redevelop portions of it. They will “actively consider how to preserve the essence of the former State Theatre.” But the relevant plan has not been announced.

The 1,400-seat cinema opened in December 1952 as the Empire Theatre. It closed in 1957, and reopened in 1959 as the State Theatre, following extensive renovations. The State Theatre closed in 1997.

楊必興 P H Yang

專業攝影師。人生上半場在IBM、惠普和匯豐銀行等跨國公司擔任高級技術及管理層的IT人。數十年後，楊必興改變了軌跡，選擇追求他對攝影的終身熱愛。楊必興屢獲殊榮，在美國三藩市，首都華盛頓，北京和香港曾舉辦十多場個人攝影展，包括香港 PMQ 之開幕攝影展。作品經常在國際媒體的首頁刋登 - 包括 CNN，CrowdSpark（前Newzulu，Citizenside）和Demotix；三藩市紀事報；Hong Kong Free Press；香港 01；香港信報月刊；明報；蘋果日報；TVB 等。他的作品授權 Lonely Planet 旅遊指南和港龍航空機上雜誌《絲路》刊登。 2015年榮獲香港人權藝術獎。 Professional photographer. After decades working as an IT professional in senior technical and management positions with multinationals such as IBM, HP and HSBC, P H Yang changed tack and chose to pursue his life-long passion in photography. Award-winning photographer Yang is an exhibited and published artist in North America and Asia. His work is frequently featured on the front page of international media – CNN; CrowdSpark (formerly Newzulu, Citizenside) and Demotix; San Francisco Chronicle; Hong Kong Free Press; Hong Kong 01; Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly; Ming Pao; Apple Daily; TVB... His work is licensed by Lonely Planet travel guides and Dragonair's in-flight magazine Silkroad. Yang has held over 10 solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Washington DC, Beijing and Hong Kong including PMQ's opening photo exhibition. Yang won the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize in 2015. 網站/Web phyang.org 電郵/email info@phyang.org IG @phyang81

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