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Of George Town Penano OF GEORGE TOWN PENANO AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PENANG'S CITY &TQEET6 & II16TOQIC by Khoo Su Nin CONTENTS PREFACE THE STREETS Acknowledgments Notes Aboo Siti Lane LORONG ABU SITI Acheen Street LEBUH ACHEH CONTENTS Acheen Street Mosque Shaikh Omar's Residence Introduction Goh Say Eng's Business Premises Historic Communities Ah Quee Street LEBUH AH QUEE Urban Development Madrasah Hamid Arabi Architecture Kew Long Tong Lim Kongsi Street Culture Anson Road JALANANSON The Penang Buddhist Association Argus Lane LOBONG ARGUS Armenian Street LEBUH ARMENIAN Hokkien Tua Pek Kong Temple Yap Kongsi Cheah Kongsi Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Penang Base Syed Alatas Mansion Ayer Itam Road JALAN AIR ITAM Kek Lok Si Penang Hill Station Jade Emperor's Pavilion Mausoleum of Sheikh Omar Basheer Anti-War Memorial Rama Temple Suffolk House Ayer Rajah Road JALAN TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN Tunku Abdul Rahman's Residence Bangkok Lane LORONG BANGKOK Batu Gantong Road JALAN BATU GANTONG Penang Turf Club Beach Street LEBUH PANTAI Logan's Buildings Kongsoon House 1886 Building Ban Hin Lee Bank ABN-AMRO Bank Ceramic shard chien nien (cut and paste craft) gable decoration, Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, Leith Street The Standard Chartered Bank India House Gudang Acheh Badjenid & Sons Koe Guan Office Bishop Street LEBUH BISHOP San Wooi Wool Koon Brick Kiln Road JALAN BRICK KILN The Diamond Jubilee Sikh Temple Bridge Street JALAN C.Y. CHOY The Temple of the City Protector Burmah Lane LORONG BURMA Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Church Street LEBUH GEREJA Temple Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram Chung Keng Kwee Ancestral Hall, Hai Kee Chan, Office & Residence Burmah Road JALAN BURMA Cintra Street LEBUH CINTRA Loke Thye Kee Kuan Yin See College Square MEDANMAKTAB Loh Leong San's Family Residence Dato Kramat Road Church of Immaculate Conception JALAN DATO KERAMAT Campbell Street LEBUH CAMPBELL Haji Kassim Mosque Campbell Street Market Brown Memorial Cannon Square MEDAN CANNON Datuk Keramat Smelting Khoo Kongsi Penang Hindu Sabah Carnarvon Street LEBUH CARNARVON Downing Street LEBUH DOWNING Li Teik Seah Building Drury Lane LORONG DRURY Seh Teoh Kongsi Esplanade Road Che Em Lane LORONG CHE EM JALAN PADANG KOTA LAMA Cheapside CHEAPSIDE Farquhar Street LEBUH PARQUHAR China Street LEBUH CHINA St. George's Church Cheng Ho Seah Francis Light Memorial Chettiar Lodge State Museum & Art Gallery, Penang China Street Ghaut GAT LEBUH CHINA The Eastern & Oriental Hotel Wisma Kastam Cathedral of the Assumption Glugor Road JALAN SULTAN AZLAN SHAH Chowrasta Road JALAN CHOWRASTA Batu Uban Mosque Chulia Street LEBUH CHULIA Green Lane JALAN MESJIDNEGERI Yen Keng Hotel Japanese Club Gurney Drive PESIARAN GURNEY Nagore Shrine Hutton Lane LORONG HUTTON Noordin Family Tomb Jelutong Road JALAN JELUTONG Penang Teochew Association Khie Heng Bee Mills Yeoh Kongsi Huttenbach Godowns Central Fire Station Syed Sheikh Al-Hadi's Residence United Association of Cantonese Mesjid Maqbul Districts Detail, Love Lane shophouse 9 Light Street LEBUH LIGHT Fort Cornwallis Seri Rambai Foo Tye Sin's Mansion Koh Seang Tat's Fountain The State Assembly Buildings The Convent Light Street The Government House Supreme Court Building Logan Memorial Love Lane LORONGLOVE Sun Tak Association Carpenters' Guild Kampong Deli KAMPONG DELI Lumut Lane LORONG LUMUT Kampong Kolam KAMPONG KOLAM Sheikh Zachariah Basheer & Sons Kapitan Kling's Tomb Macalister Road JALAN MACALISTER Kampong Malabar KAMPONG MALABAR The Baobab Tree Katz Street LEBUH KATZ Philomatic Society Madras Lane LORONG MADRAS Kedah Road JALAN KEDAH Hidayathul Muslim Association Hu Yew Seah Magazine Road JALAN MAGAZINE Kelawai Road JALAN KELAWAI Jimmy Boyle's House Hui Aun Kong Hooi Kimberley Street LEBUH KIMBERLEY Malay Street LEBUH MELAYU King Edward Place Market Street LEBUH PASAR PESARA KING EDWARD Muntri Street LEBUH MUNTRI Victoria Memorial Clock Tower The Goldsmith's Association King Street LEBUH KING The Hailam Association & Temple King Wan Association Chong San Wooi Koon Tua Pek Kong Temple Northam Road JALAN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH Toi San Nin Yong Hui Kwon The Protestant Cemetery & Wu Ti Meow Runnymede Ng See Kah Meow Shih Chung School Tseng Lung Fui Kon Hardwicke Kar Yin Fooi Koon Soonstead Lee Sih Chong Soo Asdang House Chin Si Tong Soo The Aloes Poe Choo Seah Woodville Former Ho Seng Society Base Leong Yin Kean Mansion Ku Chen Hooi Homestead Larut Road JALAN LARUT Pangkor Road JALAN PANGKOR Limburg Peel Avenue LEBUHRAYA PEEL The Wesley Methodist Church Penang Road JALAN PENANG Leith Street LEBUH LEITH Seh Ong Kongsi Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion Wing Look Restaurant Leith Street Ghaut GAT LEBUH LEITH St. Xavier's Church Detail, upper Beach Street 10 Penang Street LEBUH PENANG Kwangtung & Tengchew Association Anglo-Indian Godown Yin Oi Tong Koil Vidhu P. Ramlee Road JALAN P. RAMLEE P. Ramlee House The Japanese Cemetery Perak Road JALAN PERAK Ariff Mosque State Chinese Penang Association Phuah Hin Leong Road JALAN TENGKU KUDIN JALAN PHUAH HIN LEONG Udini Road Tunku Kudin House Pitt Street JALAN MESJID KAPITAN KELING Kapitan Kling Mosque Victoria Green Road JALAN PADANG VICTORIA Goddess of Mercy Temple Chinese Recreation Club Prangin Lane LORONG PRANGIN Foochew Association Victoria Street LEBUH VICTORIA Boon San Tong Khoo Kongsi Prangin Road JALAN DR. LIM CHWEE LEONG The Penang Hair-Dressing Waterfall Road JALAN KEBUN BUNGA & Hair-Waving Association Penang Botanic Gardens Prangin Road Market Dewan Mahatma Gandhi Soo Beng Dispensary Waterfall Hilltop Temple Nattukkottai Chettiar Temple Queen Street LEBUH QUEEN The Opium and Spirit Farm Offices Weld Quay PENGKALAN WELD Mahamariamman Temple Paterson Simons Godowns Boustead Block Residency Road JALAN RESIDENSI Clan Jetties The Seri Mutiara General Hospital Western Road JALAN UTAMA The Western Road Cemetery Rope Walk JALAN PINTAL TALI Penang Sports Club Ghee Hin Hall of Heroes Masonic Temple Sen Tan Court MEDAN SEH TAN Yahudi Road JALAN ZAINALABIDIN Soo Hong Lane LORONG soo HONG Jewish Cemetery Stewart Lane LORONG STEWART York Road JALAN YORK Sri Bahari Road JALAN SRI BAHARI York Road Mosque Tanjong Tokong Road JALAN TANJUNG TOKONG Selected Bibliography Tua Pek Kong Temple Street Index Toh Aka Lane LORONG TOH AKA Maps Transfer Road JALAN TRANSFER Keramat Dato Koya United Muslim Association Detail, lower Beach Street 11.
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