俯瞰干諾道中，怡和大廈，前名康樂大廈，於1972年完工，係香港首座摩天大廈。怡和大廈樓高178.5米，建成時分別地打破銅鑼灣珠城大廈及日本霞關大樓嘅紀錄，成為本港及全亞洲最高嘅建築物。

怡和大廈嘅標誌性圓形窗戶，除咗為減少大廈鋼架嘅厚度，又猶月洞門，結合中國傳統建築特色同西方建築技術，實為香港中西合璧嘅標誌。

怡和大廈以北係郵政總局，為香港郵政嘅總部。 建於1976年，呢棟大廈同樣喺新填海土地上建造，係郵政總局北遷歷史中嘅第四代。其第三代結構已被拆除，為興建港鐵中環站及上蓋環球大廈騰出空間。 

除郵政櫃檯外，地下大廳仲有個展覽，展示香港郵政嘅歷史同相關物品，包括一塊由第三代郵政總局保留落嚟嘅牌匾，其上寫有一段聖經「有好消息從遠方來，就如拿涼水給口渴的人喝」。目前，郵政總局計劃再被拆除，並搬遷到現有中央郵件中心附近嘅九龍灣，以騰出空間興建新辦公大樓。

Overlooking Connaught road Central, Jardine House, formerly known as Connaught Centre, is the first ever skyscraper to be constructed in Hong Kong. Standing at 178.5m tall, it overtook Pearl City Mansion in Causeway Bay and Kasumigaseki Building in Japan respectively to become the tallest building in both Hong Kong and Asia by its completion in 1972. 

Not only were Jardine House’s iconic circular windows designed as such to reduce the required thickness of the structual frame, their circular shape bears resemblance to the traditional Chinese moon gates. Combining traditional Chinese architecture with Western engineering technology, Jardine House truly reflects Hong Kong's identity of the blend between East and West.

Just north of Jardine House is the General Post Office (GPO), the headquarters of Hongkong Post. Built in 1976 also on newly reclaimed land, it is actually the fourth generation in the long history of northward relocation of the GPO, with the third generation structure demolished to make way for the construction of the MTR Central station and also World-Wide House above ground. 

Other than counters for post affairs, the GPO’s ground floor lobby also houses an exhibition that showcases the postal history and related items of Hong Kong. A wooden plaque preserved from the third GPO hangs overhead with the Bible excerpt “As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country” inscribed. The current GPO is once again planned to be demolished and relocated to Kowloon Bay near the existing Central Mail Centre to make way for office buildings.