Together with the upper section of Elgin Street, it is the heart of the Soho entertainment area, featuring a number of restaurants, bars and shops.
Aberdeen Street marks the border between Sheung Wan and Central.
Upmarket restaurants and bars opened, catering to the stream of middle class professionals heading home from Central.
13 Staunton Street is the site of the former "Kuen Hang Club", the clandestine headquarters of the revolutionary Revive China Society of Sun Yat-sen.
There is a marker in front of the building, denoting its place in the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail.