As a matter of fact, the redevelopment of the block
(an Urban Renewal Authority project, affecting 37 buildings and 78 shops)
was announced long time ago, so you know this day would come.
Yet when you witnessed these shops closed and the familiar faces gone......

I was lucky to have got a nice photo to remember the scene: http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy/image/129286109/original

Gage Street, Central, Hong Kong