History Needs Help
The Bangkok Post Settled between massive green warehouses of Yangon’s Jetty Wharf, Burma Railways’ historic colonial-era Keighley Street Goods Office is in disrepair. Much has changed however. Today, the signage
The colonial history of the Golden City
The Bangkok Post Settled between massive green warehouses of Yangon’s Jetty Wharf, Burma Railways’ historic colonial-era Keighley Street Goods Office is in disrepair. Much has changed however. Today, the signage
BBC Here, on Bogolay Zay Street amid the moss-covered, weather-stained, early-20th Century facades in the historic center of the city, the history of the colonial buildings that make up old
Continue reading…The struggle to save Yangon’s architectural heritage
Deutsche Presse Agentur Yangon’s streets have an air of cinematic unreality, with rain clouds hanging low and mildew lacing the facades of hundreds of fading colonial-era buildings as great crowds
Al Jazeera Three years ago, tens of thousands of vehicles flooded into Myanmar’s largest city after international economic sanctions on the country were eased. Now, Yangon’s asphalt arteries are gridlocked.