Old heritage facade of the back view of some townhouses in George Town.
Tag: Heritage
George Town Street View: A Little Window
George Town Street View: Boon San Tong Khoo Kongsi
Located along Victoria Street and built in 1878, Boon San Tong Khoo Kongsi is an ancestral clan temple for the Khoo clan people in Penang. It is one of the two Khoo clan temples in Penang and also the smaller and less popular one compared to the main Khoo Kongsi at Cannon Street, George Town.
George Town Street View: Victoria Clock Tower
The old historical Queen Victoria Clock Tower on a raining day.
George Town Street View: Armenian Street Ghaut
Armenian Street Ghaut is an extension area of the popular Armenian Street (seen in the far background with lanterns hanging along the street). Several street art murals can also be found along this street, notably Skippy the Giant Cat mural.
Armenian Street Vendors
A walk through Armenian Street, the most popular heritage street in George Town. Vendors selling various handicrafts and tourist gifts along the street.
George Town Street View: A Heritage Town Hall
The facade of the old heritage town hall in George Town, Penang.
Dato Kramat Road: The Brown Memorial
The Brown Memorial is an old monument erected at Padang Brown to commemorate David Brown, a Scotsman who came from Longformacus, a small village in Berwickshire, Scotland. David Brown, who was born in 1778 and later passed away on a ship while en route to Malacca, was once the largest land owner in Penang during his time. He took over the estate of his business partner, James Scott (who took over Francis Light’s estate), following the death of Scott in 1808. A known philanthropist who helped developed Penang, David Brown also married a local wife named Nonia Ennui.
Penang Street Art (The Lady of Flowers)
This beautiful and colourful art mural can be spotted from the street of Magazine Road Ghaut in George Town. It is one of the three murals painted on some of the old heritage houses there.
George Town Heritage View: The Cathedral
St. George’s Church at No.1, Farquhar Street.