Berwick Street Sitting-out Area

沿著被視為深水埗和石硤尾分界線的巴域街走到北端斜坡盡頭，有一個呈階梯狀的三角形休憩處，是嘉頓山南端山腳延伸至夾於路德會救主學校和美荷樓之間的邊角地帶。因應地勢高低，沿場地東側的巴域街，休憩處設計成五層退臺，拾級而上，每層都設有梯形或平行四邊形花圃，最高的三層設有遮陰迴廊或涼亭，西面則為混凝土護土坡，面向美荷樓。休憩處建於1990年代，見證了石硤尾邨的清拆重建，和香港最早期、碩果僅存的H字形徙置大廈美荷樓的改建與活化。如今，在休憩處的涼亭上，視線投向西方只能默默注視深水埗另一個歷史地標——嘉頓中心的消亡。

Berwick Street divides Sham Shui Po and Shek Kip Mei. Located on a slope at the northern end of Berwick Street, the Berwick Street Sitting-out Area occupies a terraced triangular-shaped land, extending from Garden Hill’s southern foothill to the corner between Saviour Lutheran School and Mei Ho House. The sitting-out area is designed as a five-level setback due to the steep terrain and Berwick Street on its east. On each level are trapezoidal or parallelogram-shaped flowerbeds, whereas the topmost three levels have shaded corridors and pavilions. On the west end is a concrete retaining slope facing Mei Ho House. The 1990-built sitting-out area witnessed historical events of Shek Kip Mei Estate’s demolition and reconstruction, as well as the reconstruction and revitalisation of the only remaining H-shaped resettlement project, namely, Mei Ho House. Now, looking west from the pavilion, the sitting-out area can only silently watch the demise of the Garden Centre, another historical landmark in Sham Shui Po.