George Town Street View: Kampung Kolam

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Kampung Kolam
Kampung Kolam is actually used to be a small village that was named after a large granite tank that was present back in the old days of the house of Kapitan Keling. Kapitan Keling was the head of the local Tamil Muslim community during that time and the tank had been supplying water to the poor back then.

Penang Street Art (Penguin Thugs Graffiti)

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A wall painting or graffiti depicting three penguins in gangster style; one holding a gun, another wearing a chain and the third spray-painting the wall.
This painting can be found at a small alley along Armenian Street and is located at the wall facing the Rats Catcher mural.

Link to the mural location; http://travel2penang.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/penang-street-art-map-part-8/

Light Street: Bank Negara Building

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Bank Negara @ Light Street
A street view of Light Street with the Bank Negara (National Bank) at the foreground, and the Penang state court house at the farther end. The Bank Negara building was reportedly built with the Brutalist architecture style in the late 1970s.