Dedicated to the shophouses that gave KL the jump start. :cool:

Balconies ( do you guys see that Bumiputra Commerce Bank menipu pekerja dan anda banner? Some sabotage thingy I guess ;))
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/shophousekl1.jpg

Chinese Characters
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/130772597kDOZmK_ph.jpg

Classics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/135183880YcRXBB_ph.jpg

Big
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/135184039JsmLRn_ph.jpg

Moorish style
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/135184054KlBmmQ_ph.jpg

More pics later ;)

vERY CLASSIC. i LIKE TO SEE MORE OLD SHOPHOUSES.....Before they gone.

More KL ones :)

High forehead
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/31771249.jpg

Bright and the other rustic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/157674635LzUdrN_ph.jpg

Very nice! :okay:

Anymore?


The first two pictures are not really shophouses.
They're row buildings.Like Ogilvy Centre.
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/300tocr.jpg

Very nice! :okay:

Anymore?


The first two pictures are not really shophouses.
They're row buildings.Like Ogilvy Centre.


I am really sure those are not row buildings.....those are shophouses ;)

Some shophouses in KL (like the first picture) have rich owners building em in 3s and then they rent out all 3 individual units to different tenants. All 3 shophouses are seperate entity ;)

The McDonald's shophouse in the second picture is actually a corner unit so it looks like a row building but in actual fact it is a shophouse. It is actually not that big but just that it is fronting Central Market and a busy street making it looks grand and big :)

I dun really have any colonial row building pictures here but I could name a few (which people might mistaken them for shophouses) :

- Straits Building
- Chow Kit Building
- HSBC Building (demolished in the 70s)

Dedicated to the shophouses that gave KL the jump start. :cool:

Balconies ( do you guys see that Bumiputra Commerce Bank menipu pekerja dan anda banner? Some sabotage thingy I guess ;))
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/shophousekl1.jpg



Baq...well, actually the banner is true. Not some sabotage thingy kind of stuff.

Ah ... shophouses! :)

I first became familiar with the term "shophouse" in the Singapore forum. There are quite a few that have survived there, and they are sooooo beautiful! :cool:

I did not know that Malaysia also has shophouses, although I don't see why not. ;) Somehow the shophouse buildings I've seen in this thread so far look quite different from those in Singapore ... again I don't see why not, because after all they have every right to be different, no?

I am warmly hoping that the shophouses in last picture of baq's opening post will be restored ... they look so sad and abandoned! :angel1:

Nice pix of KL's shophouses... I always pass by the Lebuh Pasar-Central Market area when going to the Sultan Ismail precinct but yet never seem to be able to appreciate these heritage buildings...

Btw, what's the difference between row building and shophouse? Getting quite confused here...

at masjid jamek/little india.
Selamat datang/Welcomes
My pics.

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/9797DSCN5109.JPG?7525

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/9797DSCN5110.JPG?4255

Oriental Building is nice, if not for the track running near it.

Some old pics

Chow Kit Building compeleted in 1905

http://metro.thestar.com.my/oldkl/images/rc27.jpg

Market Street
http://metro.thestar.com.my/oldkl/images/kl87.jpg
http://metro.thestar.com.my/oldkl/images/kl83.jpg

Market Square
http://metro.thestar.com.my/oldkl/images/kl21.jpg

Petaling Street (Chinatown)
http://metro.thestar.com.my/oldkl/images/kl18.jpg

WOW! Is the white one on the right now the UDA ocean??
http://metro.thestar.com.my/oldkl/images/kl25.jpg

Weld Road
http://metro.thestar.com.my/oldkl/images/kl44.jpg

Thanks for digging up those old photos, baqthier! :)

I suspect many of those buildings don't exist any more ... :cry:

more SHOPHOUSES of KL.

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/9797klm.jpg?7851

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/9797kl_.jpg?8042

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/9797gh.jpg?1751

The top one isn't a shophouse.

There some old ones across Puduraya Bus Station. Any pics?

Excellent pics in this thread! Post more!

http://srv.fotopages.com/2/2073099.jpg

http://www.redang.de/malay/kl/kl01.JPG

http://www.gnarfgnarf.com/Malaysia/Malaysia%20Large%20Pictures/Colonial%20KL.jpg

http://www.qsl.net/dl2jbd/img/photo/nz1997/nz1997_640/kl04.jpg

http://www.gnarfgnarf.com/Malaysia/Malaysia%20Large%20Pictures/Colonial%20KL.jpg

http://www.burdenski.net/urlaub/Australia2001/DSC01914.JPG

http://www.burdenski.net/urlaub/Australia2001/DSC02000.JPG

those first two on this page look like theyve received lovely restoration works!

the pink one looks like Stamford House in Singapore :cool:

Market Square
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/old3.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/kllk.JPG

http://p.vtourist.com/1845779-Attractions_Activities-Kuala_Lumpur.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/1846420-Attractions_Activities-Kuala_Lumpur.jpg
http://p.vtourist.com/1846432-Attractions_Activities-Kuala_Lumpur.jpg

the last pic looks like its in Europe:D

:eek:


Btw anyone has pics of the row opposite Puduraya Bus Station?
I'd like to see them again after 2 years...

^ cannot find pic ;)

Around Market square

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/klshophouses1.jpg

Many posted here aren't shophouses but examples of row and corner buidlings....

ok..just changed the title. Either has similar architecture anyway ;)

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/klshophouses2.jpg

UDA
http://www.rotherforth.com/singapore/pink.jpg

http://www.gockelranch.de/singapore/kl/images/kuala_lumpur_084.jpg

Little India
http://www.chemie.unibas.ch/holder/fotos/thai3/images/d094.jpg

http://www.gockelranch.de/singapore/kl/images/kuala_lumpur_084.jpg
This pic looks funny for some reason... :lol:

Boom-Boom Club!
http://www.wherespedro.com/gallery/albums/KL/IMG_4397.jpg

I love this
from virtualtourist.com
http://p.vtourist.com/1629418-Kuala_Lumpur_Street-Kuala_Lumpur.jpg

Boom-Boom Club!
http://www.wherespedro.com/gallery/albums/KL/IMG_4397.jpg
Boom Boom?
Hit by explosions ah? :lol::jk::jk::jk:

Needs some restoration outside...:yes:

Boom Boom?
Hit by explosions ah? :lol::jk::jk::jk:

Needs some restoration outside...:yes:


Actually it is not called the Boom Boom Club but it is the Boom Boom Room ;)

It is the most happening club in the early 90s - like the Zouk and Beach Club of today's KL. It was closed in the late 90s. Now this building is empty and that is why it is not restore or anything. :(

http://www.gockelranch.de/singapore/kl/images/kuala_lumpur_084.jpg

This pic produces 2 opposite reactions in me..what I can say that it is a very provoking pic! :D

http://p.vtourist.com/665533-Bintang_Warisan_Hotel-Kuala_Lumpur.jpg

http://www.andiweitweg.de/assets/images/db_images/db_KL_Stadtimpressionen81.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/665533-Bintang_Warisan_Hotel-Kuala_Lumpur.jpg


The 'shophouse' facade in front of Bintang Warisan hotel is fake. There is not even any shophouse there bofore the construction of the hotel. I believe they did the fake shophouse facade to make the hotel sellable as an exotic hotel hehehe ;)

Originally that row got shophouses lah but now mostly converted into others. I think somewhere oppossite BB Plaza's entrance is where the original facades are..i think left only 4 lots. But the warisan one got some facelift into a more kampung look lor.

Originally that row got shophouses lah but now mostly converted into others. I think somewhere oppossite BB Plaza's entrance is where the original facades are..i think left only 4 lots. But the warisan one got some facelift into a more kampung look lor.


Nope.....I personally saw the construction of the hotel when I frequented BB during my teenage years. There are no shophouse WHERE THE HOTEL NOW STANDS. I did not say BB got no shophouselah so no need to explain lah :bash:


In fact the most impressive of shophouses there is opposite KFC. It is now a miserable carpark after they torn down the whole thing :rant:

Or else BB could be a much much better place ....more aesthetically pleasing ;)

Bumped ....because Redstone can't see this thread hahaha :lol:

You guys can suggest a particular area for conservation....

The 'shophouse' facade in front of Bintang Warisan hotel is fake. There is not even any shophouse there bofore the construction of the hotel. I believe they did the fake shophouse facade to make the hotel sellable as an exotic hotel hehehe ;)

The shophouse frontage integrated with a modern development is quite popular in Singapore hotels.

I believe you saw some as you drove past Balestier Rd at night while you were in Singapore :)

The shophouse frontage integrated with a modern development is quite popular in Singapore hotels.

I believe you saw some as you drove past Balestier Rd at night while you were in Singapore :)

Too bad those at InterCon are replicas, as those at Bugis.... :(
I don't even know if they are exact replications.... :(

Ocean building..original frontage preserved

http://img13.exs.cx/img13/6351/shophouseklolder19bc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Only the frontage left..at the back..car park

http://img55.exs.cx/img55/7052/pedekl99gv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Can you take more (colour) pic please? :colgate:

http://www.baum.com.au/Dr_J_Baum/cgi/brouzdat/small/cd-Lhy/22236_.jpg

Oh, a new building with old shophouse row facade?

^ yes, and if you notice those are new cars with vintage looks! :D

Huh?
Which photo?

Huh?
Which photo?


Uh? You're seriously confusing all of us. I think Baq tot that you are referring to the latest picture you posted with this question: "Oh, a new building with old shophouse row facade?".....but obviously you're not.

Aiyoh.....next time point or quote which post or picture you're referring to so people won't get confused mah! ;)

"New cars with vintage look" in which photo? :D

"New cars with vintage look" in which photo? :D


Wei....you seriously dunno or are you trying to be sarcastic with his sarcasm? :D

I dunno lah.... :bash: :D

Baq tot you're trying to be funny with him so he's a bit sarcastic. He's referring "new cars with vintage looks" to the picture he posted in post #53 ;)

That is an old picture of KL :)

I think Redstone was just playing along… :hahano: err right? :)

Anyway, here are some pics I took :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/argory/Kuala%20Lumpur/Picture_0376.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/argory/Kuala%20Lumpur/Picture_0377.jpg

^^^ Nice pics Argory! :okay:

And do not underastimate the 'blur power' of Redstone! :D

Taken in 1940.

http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/3263979.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=91BB7253835BA093DC912CAB758D674F

Can't see.....

http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/3263979.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=91BB7253835BA093DC912CAB758D674F

click!

What's going on there? :eek:

Those are the Ocean row?

Not sure..it looked like it's near the river. Gott ask szehoong ;)

I think you guys need this.