Duddell Street (Chinese: 都爹利街; pinyin: Dūdiēlì Jiē; Cantonese Yale: dou1 de1 lei6 gaai1) is a street in Central, Hong Kong, bounded by Ice House Street and Queen's Road Central.
This short street includes at its southern end a flight of granite steps, built between 1875 and 1889, leading to Ice House Street. It was named for George Duddell, an auctioneer and ultimately a significant property owner in the area around the present Duddell Street in the mid-19th century. Coordinates: 22°16′49″N 114°09′27″E / 22.28017°N 114.15749°E / 22.28017; 114.15749
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“If you would learn to write, ‘t is in the street you must learn it. Both for the vehicle and for the aims of fine arts you must frequent the public square. The people, and not the college, is the writer’s home.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)