by Payal Uttam
Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary digs in the historical Po Hing Fong. It's now a bakery.There's a new funky neighborhood in Hong Kong around Po Hing Fong, in Sheung Wan District.
?We call it 'PoHo,' says designer Sirkka Hammer. "The whole area has a lot of buildings which start with ?Po.? It means 'treasure' [in Chinese] so we say it's like a treasure hunt because there are so many interesting shops and artists here."
Hammer was the first Western outlet in the PoHo area, which refers to Po Hing Fong and the area surrounding Blake Gardens.
With her husband Andreas Aigner, Hammer started the art and fashion exhibition space, Hammer Gallery, with an Austrian caf� next door called Caf� Loisl.
Loisl has become a big hit, bringing coffee-lovers to the old neighborhood that unfolds across a series of tree-lined terraces and staircases.
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