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This house caught my attention the other day when we passed by one of the tiny streets in Penang. Every piece of the wall and floor tiles look so beautiful. Unfortunately, not many owners of such heritage buildings know how to appreciate the uniqueness. Many have demolised them for development.
I wish the State Governent or Municipal Council will draw up some guidelines for the preservation of such buildings. Otherwise, we end up with multi-coloured buildings. The photo above is one of the better ones. There are some with about 5 unit of buildings which come in purple, green, orange, siren blue, pink, red colour! Horrible!
I had been to Italy and found Florence breathtaking because it seems like they have a magical air there. Time seems to stood still. Bad plumbing and all.
Posted by on July 13th, 2005 under Sights
July 13th, 2005 at 9:38 pm
Wonderful old building, I agree! I love the doors and the window-vents on each side. Please post more pics like this!
July 14th, 2005 at 11:39 am
I love old buildings but it’s sad how KL does not seem to preserve them unlike Penang and Malacca.
July 14th, 2005 at 2:43 pm
boo – We are greedy, knock down all the old buildings and build skyscrappers. Really lost the heritage. Sad ya?
EJP – You like these sort of photos? Nice! I have reasons to stop by every old building and snap a photo. Over here, people don’t appreciate it that much.
July 15th, 2005 at 11:18 am
In Malacca, you can even buy the tiles. They dig them out and clean them. People frame them up or use it in new homes.
July 15th, 2005 at 12:16 pm
hey! the first one is a NEOH family home!
July 16th, 2005 at 1:40 am
I agree absolutely with you.
The Penang State Government and the Municipal local government periodically argues that the repeal of the Rent Control Act was inevitable, landlords can’t be expected to mantain their properties at the dismal rent they could charge. Whilst there is logic in that argument, the illogical lies in their failure to come up with anything that would have protected these buildings and the communities living in them, whilst at the same time they still harbour the thought of getting Georgetown recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because it has (if we’re not careful, had) the world’s largest collection of pre-war shophouses in the manner so brilliantly capture in your photos).
In European cities, medieval cities, entire towns have been preserved, including the people that gives name and trade to those cities. People and government there do not complain that laws enacted to protect heritage are detrimental to the building’s maintenance cost. I suppose, at the end of the day, it’s up to Penangites to ask themselves and decide, what do we want our local government councillors to do? What do we want our state legislative representatives to do about it?