Bonham Strand (1981)

Many of the tenement buildings that were built in the urban area in the early days were mixed Chinese and Western in style. They were usually three to four storeys high, with tiled roofs, concrete pillars, wooden floors and staircases. Even the pile was made of wood. Except for the shops, the main doors of the residences were batten doors that could be pushed by hand. They usually had small balconies, with iron fences (usually western patterns), and the windows and doors were mostly Romanesque in style, with round arches.