Tag: townhouses
George Town Street View: Muntri Street Heritage Shophouses
Muntri Street, George Town.
Muntri Street and The Little Girl in Blue
Can you spot the street art mural at Muntri Street?
A View of Campbell Street
Campbell Street Facades
Campbell Street is one of the popular streets in George Town and is accessible from Penang Road and a number of other smaller streets. The street was found to be named after the Penang Inspector General Sir George William Robert Campbell, who was also the acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang between 1872 and 1873. Also called “Sin Kay” in Hokkien by the locals, this street now becomes a shopping street for the locals and tourists to shop for various items such as food produces, clothing, bags, watches and shoes. Several cafes have also opened for business along this street. This is evident by the number of signboards leaning out from the shophouses along the street.
Muntri Street View: Heritage Townhouses
Pre-war townhouses featuring Straits Eclectic architecture style found at Muntri Street, George Town.
George Town Street View: MUNTRI STREET
Muntri Street is one of the old streets in George Town, and was named after a person called Ngah Ibrahim. Ngah Ibrahim was appointed the “Orang Kaya Mantri of Larut” in 1858, and the word Muntri was derived from Mantri or Menteri, a Malay word for a government Minister. Ngah Ibrahim was the administrator of the district of Larut in the late 1800s.
George Town Street View: Presgrave Street Townhouses
Heritage pre-war townhouses along Presgrave Street, George Town.
Townhouses of Church Street
Colourful heritage style windows of the Church Street, George Town.
Toh Aka Lane and its Street Art
Toh Aka Lane is a small alley within the inner city of George Town. A number of the old heritage townhouses here are owned by the Cheah clan members as they have been living here since the 1800s.