Oil Street Artist Village (Chinese: 油街藝術村) was an artist community occupying the former Government Supplies Department Headquarters (GSDH) at Oil Street, Fortress Hill, Hong Kong from 1998 to 2000.
[2] The Hong Kong Government had initially planned to sell the compound for commercial purpose, but suspended land sale temporarily in 1998, following a downward trend in the real estate market as a consequence of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
The land was instead rented to local artists and organisations on a short-term lease with a low rental fee of HK$ 2.5 dollars per square foot in July 1998.
[1] They were temporarily relocated to the Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir and the site of the former airport at Kai Tak as well as several factory buildings.
[3] The Oil Street Government Supplies Department building that had been rented to artists was finally demolished years later, after land sale had been further postponed.