A striking aspect of the Hong Kong cityscape is its labyrinth of elevated pedestrian walkways. Connecting and extending high-rise buildings like a giant maze, their scale and scope astound many, to the point that academics have dubbed Hong Kong a ‘city without ground’. It all began in the 1970s, when developer Hongkong Land connected a clutch of Central office buildings. The idea took off, expanding from Sheung Wan to Admiralty and being replicated in new town developments such as Sha Tin and Tseung Kwan O. While navigating these webs of bridges, tunnels and lobbies may be disorientating, they alleviate street traffic and pedestrian congestion, and are convenient in shielding people from the elements en route to destinations such as MTR stations, malls and apartments. A miniature model of the system as it exists is on display in the Main Hall Galleries of M+ museum.