Category: Architecture
A Yellow Townhouse
A recently restored and repainted pre-war townhouse in George Town’s heritage zone.
George Town Street View: Klang Street
Klang Street (Lebuh Klang) is a small road in the heart of heritage zone in George Town, Penang. The street was named after the Klang, a former capital town of the Selangor state.
A Beach Street Vintage Building
George Town Street View: Green Hall
Green Hall (Jalan Green Hall) is a small road in George Town which is connected to Light Street via a T-junction in George Town. It is a dead end on the other end of the road, which faces the coastal waters of the island.
King Street Old Shophouses
German Heritage Trail in Penang
A vintage looking sign with the German inscription “Deutscher Kulturerbe-Pfad in Penang” at Logan Heritage building.
The German community’s history in Penang is recognised with the launch of the German Heritage Trail in 2012, where it will highlight more than 10 sites in George Town with a number of signboards. The initiative was also sponsored by the German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. It was said that before the World War I, the German-speaking community arguably formed the second largest European trading community in Penang after the British. Each signboard will document the German heritage of the site in Bahasa Malaysia, English and German.
Bishop Street: Lighthouse Coffee
Lighthouse Coffee is a small cafe (and one of the earlier one of such cafes in George Town) located within the Logan Heritage building and facing Bishop Street. The cafe also provides coffee making or latte art classes for those who want to try their hands as a barista.
For more info, you may visit its website http://www.lighthouse-coffee.com.my/ or its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lighthouse.coffee.pg.
Penang Street Art (A Granddaughter’s Whisper)
This recent art mural is painted by a local artist, Simon Tan, is located at the side wall of Pinang’s Art Cafe at Kinta Lane. It depicts an old man laughing over something whispered by presumably his granddaughter.
This art work is located side by side with another existing mural drawn by another local artist named Louis Gan as shown above.
For the murals’ location map, go HERE.
The Empty Shophouses
