A street graffiti spotted at a carpark located along Chulia Street, George Town.
Tag: street
Penang Street Art (The Angel)
An angel painted by Norway’s artist Martin Whatson for the Different Strokes international street art festival which was held a couple of months ago. This beautiful mural can be found on a wall of a building located along the street of Nagore Square.
For this street art location, please go HERE.
George Town Street View: Brick Kiln Road
Brick Kiln Road or also known as Jalan Gurdwara (Gurdwara Road), George Town. This road was named after a brickkiln (a furnace in which bricks are baked or burned) which was built in this area back in the old days.
Toh Aka Street View
Penang Street Art (Watering the Potted Flowers)
Likely drawn during the Different Strokes street art festival, this little mural can be found at a corner shophouse of Noordin Street and Brick Kiln Road (or Gurdwara Road), George Town. This mural was painted by Thai artist Muebon (or Bon).
Chulia Street Old Shophouses
Heritage style pre-war shophouses in Chulia Street, George Town.
George Town Street View: Abandoned Townhouse Facade
The facade of an old abandoned two-storeys pre-war townhouse in George Town.
George Town Street View: Carnarvon Street
Noordin Street View
Noordin Street (in Malay, Lebuh Noordin), is located within the George Town area and locally known in Hokkien as “the second road”. It is part of the locally known “seven roads area”. Noordin Street is named after Habib Marican Noordin, an Indian Muslim merchant who was one of the sponsors of the Kapitan Keling Mosque, and also a former student of the Penang Free School.
George Town Street View: Chetty Lane
Chetty Lane (or Lorong Ceti) is a small street in George Town which is located off Noordin Street in George Town. The lane is reportedly only as long as around 35 meters and populated by Southern Chinese Eclectic Style town houses.
Chetty is a South Indian title used by various mercantile castes in India though it is not known if the name of the lane actually refers to the same term.