Another street mural featuring Dr. Sun Yat Sen sitting on a rickshaw. This art work is painted by Yakuzart Creation, and can be found at one of the walls along a small alley leading to the Grand Swiss Hotel at Chulia Street, George Town.
Tag: historical
Stewart Lane Street View: Seven Terraces
Seven Terraces townhouses (on the right) along Stewart Lane, George Town.
Madras Lane: Hu Yew Seah
This Hu Yew Seah old heritage building is located at Madras Lane, George Town. Hu Yew Seah is an institution founded in 1914 that promotes Chinese language education to the English speaking Chinese in Penang.
Passing by the Northam Lodge
The old heritage mansion of the Northam Lodge (also known as Soonstead Mansion) at Northam Road, George Town.
Ayer Itam War Memorial Park
The Ayer Itam War Memorial Park is a small park that was renovated a few years ago to feature the Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial, the World Peace Memorial sculpture, the Penang Chinese Relief Memorial and a large intricately detailed mural depicting relief aids and operations being carried out in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (that was later culminated into World War II).
The white obelisk of the Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial, the park’s original and first memorial, was also built to commemorate the sacrifice and effort of the Chinese people in Penang during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Ayer Itam War Memorial Park is located just beside the Ayer Itam Roundabout in Ayer Itam, Penang.
Presgrave Street View: Kwong Wah Yit Poh Press Building
Kwong Wah Yit Poh is one of the oldest Chinese language newspapers in Malaysia, which was originally founded by in 1910 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen (as one of the movement’s media outlets to overthrow the Qing dynasty of Imperial China at that time). This current building is located at Presgrave Street, George Town. Prior to this location, the newspaper office had been located in several places in George Town including Armenian Street and Chulia Street Ghaut.
View from a Clan Temple
Khoo Kongsi Temple Facade
Intricately decorated front entrance of the Khoo Kongsi clan temple in George Town.
Penang Isle: Tan Kongsi
The Tan clan members’ townhouses.
The Tan Kongsi (or also known as Eng Chuan Tong) is the clan temple of the local Chinese people with the surname Tan in Penang. The old temple is located within a small compound that can be accessed via Beach Street, George Town. The compound itself is called Seh Tan Court and is surrounded by a number of old heritage style townhouses belonging to the Tan clan members. It was revealed that the Tan clan association had its origin back in the early 1800s, making it one of the earliest Chinese clan that settled in Penang. Tan is also one of the most common Chinese surnames in Penang.
Tan Kongsi (view from Beach Street)
Old Shih Chung Branch School Building
The old and derelict building was once a large mansion of five-storeys tall built in the late 1880s at Northam Road, George Town. It is locally known as “Goh Chan Lau” or “five-storeys villa”, with a rich history from its origin till the current state it is now. The mansion was built by local tycoon Cheah Tek Soon as a private residence, and incorporated a mix of Asian and Western architecture styles. It later on became the site of the old Shih Chung Branch School but the school was also eventually relocated years ago.