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==Surrounding buildings== ;South The [[HSBC Building (Hong Kong)|HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building]] is located along the southern side of the square, across [[Des Voeux Road Central]]. The site was previously occupied by the old [[Hong Kong City Hall|City Hall]] (built 1869, demolished 1933) and smaller earlier generations of the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building. ;East * [[Court of Final Appeal Building|Legislative Council Building]], along the eastern side of the southern section of the square * [[Hong Kong Club Building]], along the eastern side of the northern section of the square ;West Several buildings with names reminiscent of British royalty were built on the western side of the square. Prince's Building and Queen's Building were built directly along the square (southern section and northern section respectively), while the others were built further west. * [[Prince's Building]] 1904β1963, replaced by the current Prince's Building (1965) * [[Queen's Building]] 1899β1961, replaced by the [[Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong]] hotel (1963) * [[King's Building (Hong Kong)|King's Building]] 1905β1958, home to Marconi Wireless{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} and now part of the footprint for [[Chater House]] * St George's Building (θδ½ζ²»ε€§ε») 1904β1966, home to Millington Limited{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} and replaced by the current St. George's Building office tower (1969) * Alexandra Building (δΊζ·ε±±ε€§θ‘) 1904β1950, named for Princess of Wales, later [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]], replaced by modernist Alexandra Building (1952β1974) and now [[Alexandra House]] (ζ·ε±±ε€§ε») (1976) ;North The square was initially bordered by [[Victoria Harbour]] on its northern side, but following [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|land reclamation]], it is now separated from it by [[Edinburgh Place]], which housed [[Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier|the Star Ferry pier]], among others, until 2007.
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