and with our Hong Kong trip in a couple of months,
we were looking forward to seeing lots of them, but one that has been around for some 37 years we will miss seeing in it's original location,
it is the sign for Sammy's Kitchen in Queen's Road West, Sai Ying Pun, it was
taken down on the 6th of this month after the Buildings Department ruled it was an illegal structure, even though it had hung there for 37 years, but instead of being dumped in a landfill, the sign was
rescued by M+, the visual culture museum to be opened in the West Kowloon
Cultural District in 2019, it is the first neon sign to be acquired for the
museum's growing collection, Aric Chen, design and architecture curator at M+, said the
sign is the latest addition to the M+ collection, which now has about 4,500
pieces, including some 1,000 design and architecture works, I just hope the Buildings Department leave some of these iconic signs up until after our visit!
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