Tag: Heritage
German Heritage Trail in Penang
A vintage looking sign with the German inscription “Deutscher Kulturerbe-Pfad in Penang” at Logan Heritage building.
The German community’s history in Penang is recognised with the launch of the German Heritage Trail in 2012, where it will highlight more than 10 sites in George Town with a number of signboards. The initiative was also sponsored by the German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. It was said that before the World War I, the German-speaking community arguably formed the second largest European trading community in Penang after the British. Each signboard will document the German heritage of the site in Bahasa Malaysia, English and German.
The Empty Shophouses
Botanic Gardens Road’s Townhouses
George Town Street View: Where Pigeons Rest
A townhouse along Cecil Street.
George Town Street View: Cecil Street
Cecil Street (or Lebuh Cecil) is one of the streets located at an area known as the Seven Streets Precinct, a working class neighborhood. The street was named after Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, the Governor of the Straits Settlements back then. The street is also locally known as the “7th road” in Chinese Hokkien.
George Town Street View: China Street
China Street (or Lebuh China), is one of the main streets within the heritage area of George Town. The Kuan Yin temple of Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt Street) faces this road directly.
Muntri Street Townhouses
Old pre-war townhouses along Muntri Street in George Town.
Love Lane Townhouses
Old pre-war townhouses such as these are a common nostalgic sight if one walks along the heritage street of Love Lane in George Town.
A Penang Floral Trishaw
An old ‘trishaw uncle’ with his floral decorative ride cycling under the hot afternoon sun in George Town.