Heritage style pre-war shophouses in Chulia Street, George Town.
Category: Architecture
Penang Chinese Girls’ High School
One of the biggest and top Chinese schools in Malaysia, Penang Chinese Girls’ High School is located at Gottlieb Road and was founded by members of the Penang Hokkien Chinese community in 1920. The prominent school is usually referred locally here as “Bin Hua”.
George Town Street View: Abandoned Townhouse Facade
The facade of an old abandoned two-storeys pre-war townhouse in George Town.
George Town Street View: Carnarvon Street
The Northam Road Coast
Northam Road or Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, is a road that stretches along the northern coast of the Penang island. Old mansions can be seen along this road, which was once a popular address for wealthy people back in the old days of Penang.
Walking through Heritage II (Five Foot Way)
Old heritage style ceramic tiles with intrinsic pattern filled up the ground of the five foot way of these townhouses along Noordin Street in George Town.
Walking through Ruins (Five Foot Way)
The five foot way of the old ruined shophouses of Maxwell Road, which is now closed for further development.
Walking through Heritage (Five Foot Way)
A walk through a five foot way floored with vintage ceramic tiles.
Five Foot Ways (a form of heritage architectural design) are public spaces in front of most pre-war townhouses in George Town such as this one at Nagore Road. Five Foot Ways roughly describes the width of the walking passage although this may not necessarily be accurate as some passage ways may be wider or more narrow.
Penang Hilltop Mosque
An old mosque at the top of Penang Hill.
Noordin Street View
Noordin Street (in Malay, Lebuh Noordin), is located within the George Town area and locally known in Hokkien as “the second road”. It is part of the locally known “seven roads area”. Noordin Street is named after Habib Marican Noordin, an Indian Muslim merchant who was one of the sponsors of the Kapitan Keling Mosque, and also a former student of the Penang Free School.
