Two giant teddy bears looking out of the windows of a corner shop-house at Burmah Road/Nagore Road in George Town.
Category: George Town / Island
George Town Street View: Old Abandoned Shop
A noon sunlight piercing through the bare top floor of an old abandoned shophouse in George Town with the signboard “Sunlight Offset & Engraving Co”.
George Town Street View: The Queen Victoria Clocktower
The Queen Victoria Memorial Clocktower located nearby the Betel Nut roundabout in George Town (King Edward’s Place) is one of the famous landmarks in the island. The 60-feet high tower was built by Penang millionaire Cheah Chen Eok to commemorate Queen Victoria’s 1897 Jubilee at that time.
Penang Street Art (Nafir’s Stencil Art)
A stencil art work located within Hin Bus Depot done by Nafir, an Iranian street artist who was one of the several invitees for the Different Strokes Street art festival.
George Town Street View: Old Shophouses
An old barber shop amongst a row of pre-war shophouses near Dato Kramat Road.
Love Lane: Chinese Guild of Carpenters
Serving as both the guildhouse for Chinese carpenters and the temple of the ‘North Duke’, this building was found to be built in the year 1865 and is located along Love Lane, George Town. The Guild of Carpenters was founded back then by the local Chinese Cantonese craftsmen who also worshipped ‘Lo Pan’ (or literally ‘North Duke’), the patron saint of the Cantonese tradesmen.
Penang Street Art (‘Carting Likes’ by Nafir)
Another art piece created by Nafir, an Iranian street artist who was one of the participants of the Different Strokes international street art festival held in Penang a couple of months ago. This wall mural can be found in Nagore Square.
For this street art location, please go HERE.
Penang Street Art (Alexface and Nafir Collab)
A wall art collaboration by Alexface and Nafir, in conjunction with the Different Strokes street art festival in Nagore Square, George Town. Both artists were part of the international participants of the street art festival.
For this street art location, please go HERE.
George Town Street View: Beach Street Cycling
A small kid cycling along Beach Street with a tricycle in George Town.
George Town Street View: Fish Lane
Fish Lane (or Lorong Ikan) is a small street in George Town that got its name due to the locals who were hanging salted fish to dry outside on the street back in the old days. The reasons being the area was close to a nearby marketplace and not many could afford a refrigerator at that time. There is also a wall art sculpture depicting the origin of the area.