McNair Street (Lebuh McNair) is a street in George Town that crosses several of the locally known ‘7 streets’ which include Cecil Street, Tye Sin Street and Presgrave Street.
It was named after John Frederick Adolphus McNair, a British who was the acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang in the 1880s.
Passing by Penang’s famous art mural during a rainy evening at Armenian Street, George Town.
Straits Eclectic heritage architectural style houses at Malay Street, George Town.
A large art mural painted on the wall of a shop selling Vespa scooters in Irving Road, George Town. This yellow building can be found at the corner of the junction of Irving Road and Naning Street.
Named after Charles John Irving, the acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang from 1879 to 1880, Irving Road is a rather small street in George Town which can be accessed from Dato Kramat Road.
This part of Chulia Street is where the Little India street exits.
Kampung Malabar is actually a street that links up Penang Road and Cintra Street in George Town. Its name was derived from a Malabari village during the 19th century. The Malabaris were originally from Kerala, India and were artisan construction workers. The area was later dominated by the Chinese and Japanese during the 1900s.
In conjunction with the Urban Xchange street art festival for 2015 in Penang, this giant white tiger mural was painted at a small lane between two heritage townhouses at Stewart Lane, George Town. This mural was painted by Japanese artist TWOONE/ Hiroyasu Tsuri.
The Urban Xchange 2015 street art event is organised by Hin Bus Depot.
Also known locally as the ‘Fifth Street’ in Hokkien or Lebuh Macallum in Malay, Macallum Street was named after Colonel Sir Henry McCallum who was also a British Colonial Engineer of the Straits Settlements during the late 1800s.