An old and ruined townhouse in George Town.
Category: Architecture
An Abandoned Facade of Heritage
Penang Street Art (The Rotan Cane Sculpture)
This steel rod art sculpture can be found beside the wall of a rattan shop in Chulia Street, George Town. The caricature depicts a mother buying a rattan cane while a boy was hiding behind the bush, for fear of the cane (or locally known as “rotan”). The rattan cane was commonly used as a ‘disciplinary tool’ back at home and in school during the old days.
Inside an Old Coffeeshop
A coffeeshop or locally known as kopitiam, can be found all over Penang with a number of them serving great hawker food and local coffee.
Penang Road: The Mini R&R
Penang Road: A Glimpse of the Street
A Window of Heritage
George Town Street View: The Old and the New
The contrasting facades of an old heritage townhouse versus a modern office building in George Town.
Hutton Lane Street View
Contrary to being named a ‘lane’, Hutton Lane (Jalan Hutton) is actually one of the busy streets in George Town. It is named after James Hutton, a British who also happened to be one of the first doctors in Penang.
Penang Street Art (The Blessed Tree)
A large mural painted on the wall of a building in Kampung Kolam, George Town. This art work depicting what appears to be called the Borton Tree, or the Sahabi Tree, an ancient sacred tree in the Muslim world.