🌱種出霓虹燈的土壤 - 「綜合用途建築物」/
五十年代的城市肌理，正是霓虹燈生長的土壤。早在轉角唐樓的介紹裡有提過[註1]，五十年代的政府為了回應戰後的人口膨脹和經濟復甦，修改了《建築物條例》，城市出現了大量「綜合用途建築物」，像彌敦道兩側盛放著霓虹燈的便是「商住兼容」的大廈群。當時政府並沒有刻意規管霓虹燈牌的大小、形狀和高度。七、八十年代經濟起飛之時，商家爭艷鬥麗，務求將街上的行人帶到自己的樓上舖。加上香港獨有的樓高街窄，才成就了其人人皆曉的霓虹場景 - 繁華盛世。
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🆕新市鎮:住宅與商業空間的分離/
但隨著七八十年代後的城市發展以新市鎮為主，住宅與商業空間都清晰地分隔開，一個個大型屋苑與底座的商業空間分散於城市各處。加上以馬路優先規劃和住宅密度增加，街道減少了，取而代之是商場外牆的廣告面，霓虹燈失去所需的土壤，同時候政府設立了不同的條例和計劃（下個post會講，🔔開定通知等），清拆違例招牌同時，所有新建的招牌進出受更嚴格的監管。霓虹燈牌逐漸成為「舊區」的景象，卻未能遷移到新市鎮裡繼續繁殖。
我港專訪 Kongcept Talk： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szt7aHsWREY
Composite Building acted as the soil for breeding neon light/
The urban fabric in the 1950s formed the soil where neon light grew. As mentioned in the introduction of the Corner Tong Lau [Note 1], in the 1950s, the government revised the "Building Regulations", and a large number of "Composite Building" emerged in the city. Neon signages on both sides of Nathan Road are on buildings compatible with commercial and residential purposes. At that time, the government did not deliberately regulate neon signs' size, shape and height. Then, when the economy took off in the 1970-80s, the street was like having a beauty contest; gorgeous signages were installed to bring pedestrians upstairs. Then became the famous HK neon scene, with large volume&density.
The detach between commercial and residential space/
However, as the urban development from the 1970s was dominated by new towns, where residential and commercial spaces were separate, and the commercial spaces of large housing estates and pedestals are scattered in the city. Also, the priority of road planning and the increase in residential density have reduced the number of streets and replaced them with advertising surfaces on the facades of shopping malls. As a result, neon lights have lost their soil and are seeking a wonderland.
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