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Tag: Farquhar Street
George Town Night View: St George’s Church
George Town Heritage View: The Cathedral
St. George’s Church at No.1, Farquhar Street.
A Vintage Heritage Facade
Facade of Lim Lean Teng Mansions at Farquhar Street, George Town.
On a Trishaw Along Farquhar Street
Tourists on a trishaw at Farquhar Street, George Town.
Farquhar Street: Old Pedestrian Bridge
The old ‘Honda’ pedestrian bridge at Farquhar Street, George Town. Farquhar Street was named after Robert Townsend Farquhar, the Lieutenant Governor of Penang during the 1800s. The pedestrian bridge is just right outside St. Xavier’s Institution.
Penang Isle: TPO Friendship Park
TPO Friendship Park is a small landscape park lying in the middle of Farquhar Street, George Town with planted Bucida Variegated trees. The park is dedicated for the 68 Asia Pacific region city mayors who came to Penang for the 5th Forum of the Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asia Pacific (TPO) which was held from 17 to 20 September 2012. The park is right in front of the City Bayview Hotel and Wisma Boon Siew building.
Penang Isle: Eastern & Oriental Hotel
Located at the UNESCO Heritage zone of George Town, Eastern & Oriental Hotel is a luxury hotel established in 1885 during the British colonial times by four Armenian brothers, the Sarkies. Having survived over a century to this day, the hotel is claimed to have been visited by famous people such as Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Noel Coward, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham and Hermann Hesse. Eastern & Oriental Hotel is located along Farquhar Street, George Town.
