MacDonnell Road

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in Hong Kong in January 1975, and the name was chosen because it represented a "well-known local street".

[13] Before World War II, the area below Victoria Peak was home to people from a number of ethnic backgrounds.

[14] During the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941, the headquarters of the 2/14th Battalion, Punjab Regiment was located on MacDonnell Road.

The 2/14 Punjab were part of the West Brigade, and their tactical area of responsibility stretched along the northwestern shore of Hong Kong Island from Causeway Bay to Belcher's Point, including the defense of the Governor's House and of Major General Maltby's headquarters.

[15] In April 1957, the Chinese name of the road was renamed from "麥當奴道" to "麥當勞道", likely because of the negative implication of "奴" as in "slave" in English.

Western end of MacDonnell Road, at its junction with Garden Road . The building on the right is St. John Tower, which houses the headquarters of Hong Kong St. John Ambulance .
YWCA Hong Kong headquarters at No. 1 MacDonnell Road.
View of MacDonnell Road near its western junction with Garden Road .
View of MacDonnell Road near MacDonnell Road Bridge.
Hong Kong Branch of the First Church of Christ, Scientist along MacDonnell Road.
Entrance of St. Paul's Co-educational College on MacDonnell Road.
MacDonnell Road crosses the tracks of the Peak Tram at MacDonnell Road Bridge, near MacDonnell Road stop . The current bridge was built in 1938, replacing an older bridge.