李雲迪音樂會海報~拍攝於通利琴行
今天在享用早餐時，
古典音樂台正播放著李雲迪彈奏的蕭邦鋼琴奏鳴曲。
在忙碌到心跳加速的閒暇時光，
告訴自己該休息一下下，
就和大家分享一些這趟旅行中的藝文畫面吧!
願我們永遠是文藝青年---
通利琴行於地鐵站的廣告右下角很吸引人
找路的同時，我注意到路面上特別的部份，
西港城（Western Market）是一座商場，位於香港上環德輔道中323號。
關於這美麗建築
以下介紹文字來源於維基百科：
Western Market (Chinese: 上環街市; currently, 西港城) is one of the oldest structures in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The current structure was the North Block of the original Western Market. It is the oldest surviving market building in the city[1]. The former South Block was replaced by the Sheung Wan Complex in 1981
History
The Western Market came into business in September 1844[2]. Western Market later consisted of two separate blocks: South Block (demolished) and North Block (the current "Western Market").
The South Block at Queen's Road Central was built in 1858 and demolished in 1980.[3] It was replaced by the Sheung Wan Complex in 1981.[2]
The North Block, smaller and more compact in design, was preserved and renovated by Land Development Corporation. This Edwardian-style building was built in 1906[3] as an extension of the then existing Western Market. It was the former site of Harbour Office that had been moved to a reclamation area in Central District for a larger space to cope with its increasing workload. The old building of Harbour Office was pulled down to build the North Block of Western Market.[4]
It operated as a food market until 1988. In 1990, it was declared a historical monument[4] and the renovated market building re-opened as "the Western Market" in 1991. Further refurbishment work was conducted in 2003.[1
中文版:
北座大樓
西港城的前身是舊上環街市北座大樓，大樓建於1906年，採用英國愛德華式建築風格，以紅磚砌成，花崗石作地基，底層入口有大型圓拱，具有歷史價值。大樓最初是船政署總部舊址，後來才改建為街市。1983年上半年，街市南座因興建地下鐵路港島綫第二期建築工程而遷出，原址興建上環市政大廈。街市北座而1989年1月起空置。
在1990年，它被港英政府的古物古蹟辦事處列為香港法定古蹟。1991年，由土地發展公司（今市區重建局）把大樓進行全面修葺，並改建成具有香港文化特色的傳統行業及工藝品中心。在2003年由市區重建局再進行活化工程，增添主題餐廳及幾家特色商店。[1]
場內部分商舖原為附近一帶的老字號，當中包括古玩與特色手工藝品店等。2樓的布匹專賣店，皆從已遷拆的花布街(中環中心現址)搬遷至西港城。
西港城原本有上下2層，在修葺後加建了2層，成為共4層的建築，頂層開設了懷舊舞酒樓。
而舊上環街市南座大樓則於1981年拆卸，重建為上環市政大廈，即現時的上環街市。
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