http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pcb692aef546a607f13308cbabfecf23c/f72c9b25.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pd024091fb843696d0f2411c781e31faa/f72c9d14.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pfcff448af57e7b93b3e72944155a331e/f72c9e39.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pde2f244ce6be8fb0524a176f8ce57018/f72c89e9.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pc44ad71d6c006617875f0b1bb51aecab/f72c89d4.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/pa1b4f1b858efbcf73fd25d66cc464cb2/f82b1db7.jpg

i like thouse old (how do you spell it? pitoresque?) houses

I think those old-style houses look beautiful. we should preserve them. actually the govt. is doing a great job around Ratanakosin island.

Old-style houses in Bangkok look beautiful.

Good stuff Isan! :okay:

I hope all of these will be preserved and kept well maintained. Well, they prolly will :)

Maybe we can move this thread to the "Architecture and Urban Facilities" forum and keep adding to it?

Good stuff Isan! :okay:

I hope all of these will be preserved and kept well maintained. Well, they prolly will :)

Maybe we can move this thread to the "Architecture and Urban Facilities" forum and keep adding to it?

Good idea from Jo

CHAD as I think he would be helping to move it :)

does anyone here have a picture of that dragon building on langsuan?? its a hardrock pub

"dragon building"?? do u mean the club that played Heavy Metal music on Langsuan?? I think called "Metal Zone?" not sure if its still open, lots of construction in that part of Langsuan

yeah thats right, heavy metal music. I really wanna see that building , really awesome.

OK if I pass it soon I'll take a pic :) hope its still opened...

wow, thx speed :)

Rayman, here's some pics of "Metal Zone" on Soi Lang Suan :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0119.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0122.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0121.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0117.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0118.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0116.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0115.jpg

thx a lot speed :) such a cool little building that is

yeah, eye-catching ;) and music rocks too when you are in the mood for heavy metal :dj:

Cool place!

I still :cry: over the loss of The Rock, at Hollywood Street. My local rock pub.

Cool place!

I still :cry: over the loss of The Rock, at Hollywood Street. My local rock pub.

The Rock ยังอยู่นะครับ
ตอนนี้ Hollywood street ถูกรื้อเฉพาะด้านถนนเพชรบุรีเท่านั้นอ่ะครับ

I am sad that they took away planet hollywood :cry:

The Rock ?????????????
Oh okay, that's good! I'm not in Bkk and just assumed it was gone :tongue2:

edit: hmm... my computer converts the Thai text into questionmarks, even if I change the browser encoding to Thai. Oh well :(

I am sad that they took away planet hollywood :cry:


Well we still have "Hard Rock Cafe" in Siam Square if you like that style :) Planet Hollywood is having problems everywhere (financial) oh well.... it would have been alittle out of place anyway in the new Gaysorn Plaza which has turned so upmarket after the last renovation

Well we still have "Hard Rock Cafe" in Siam Square if you like that style :) Planet Hollywood is having problems everywhere (financial) oh well.... it would have been alittle out of place anyway in the new Gaysorn Plaza which has turned so upmarket after the last renovation

Nah I dont really like those places that much , I just liked that planet hollywood globe on gaysorn plaza :laugh:
but yeah it looks nicer now.

Hardrock cafe have really good food though yummy yummy yum :D their french frieses are so good ....wanna get some now :runaway:

yeah I liked that globe too!! :) wish we also had more funky things like that in BKK

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pacac7a29bc4002a88b7c7c3b8d4f5a8d/f72c9d80.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p5b491dd93e9c38d427e26727c389794d/f7b5eae8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/p9bb7b904b45600cab2c4042d161915a5/f82b26d7.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p5fb0f088076548e15c061ed31ff7ce4e/f7084fa6.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p43d3bf2bfe85c780f1844bf616a922ec/f704589f.jpg

Old But Classic for General Public

Look like Singapore shop house at China Town

http://tinypic.com/xtvd0

http://tinypic.com/xtvsz

If only they would clean them up a bit and get rid of or redesign the awnings these buildings would look really great

..yeah yeah, and the wires

Its the constant rain

Many buildings in Chinatown & Bang Lampu areas are worth preserving. But they must relocate those air condition units and get rid of the overhead powerlines!!

i hate those plastic covers all over, what are they hiding?? :S

They seem quite efficient in hiding the shop fronts ;)

Look at the first of the two pictures. It's not uber-clean but damn charming IMO, a pleasant place to stroll around in and explore. If there are no sellers on the sidewalks those awnings are not really needed I guess. In any case, they could look a lot better (http://images.google.com/images?q=awning&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi)

Usually those cover are used to be obstacle the sunlight shining into the shop to keep them cooler in the morning or afternoon

Sometime in prevention to raining indeed

Many beautiful house inside at soi

http://tinypic.com/15w08m

They put a little extra wood carving love into that house :okay:

Colorful building

http://tinypic.com/18zp0j

I like all of the colourful advertisements too. :)

battle between pepsi and cocacola

Yeah.. Noodle 'n more :eat:

The whole thing with the colors and advertisements reminds me of India

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/bkp999/Kosin050.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/bkp999/Kosin064.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/bkp999/Kosin065.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/bkp999/Kosin081.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ak906f.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ak90dh.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ak90me.jpg

Rayman, here's some pics of "Metal Zone" on Soi Lang Suan :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0117.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/CIMG0119.jpg


Those of statue are fantastic :applause:

Same as Namba of Osaka while you are walking at the small lane, SOI :)

Ratchamnoen Ave definitely has the potential to become a nice boulevard like the ChampElysee. I think they should introduce more restaurants, cafes area with 'alfresco dining' (mixing with office uses above ground floor) to make the street more lively. They could also repaint some facades of those old buildings.

http://tinypic.com/ea1cwj.jpg

ah that building on South Sathorn Road..
I recognise the highrise next to it. So it's a cooking school?!!!!

Oh! It's unique one, very gorgeous.

ah that building on South Sathorn Road..
I recognise the highrise next to it. So it's a cooking school?!!!!

Yeap just next to St. Louis Hospital
But not surly this building does offering as schooling not beside as restaurant at usual

May check out by my next visit ;)

http://tinypic.com/fa0550.jpg

^^^^look familiar to me, but well, where is it anyway?^^^^^

^^^^look familiar to me, but well, where is it anyway?^^^^^

Here is Khaosan

http://tinypic.com/fc41g3.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9247/11130330sv.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5315/11130345ce.jpg

http://tinypic.com/fa0550.jpg
http://tinypic.com/fc41g3.jpg
Again it makes me a little angry how such beautiful buildings are spoiled by badly designed signs, dirty parasols, overhead cables and aircon units (just put them behind the house)
They could take a hint from Blue Elephant, it doesn't have to be more expensive to do it right, apart from putting the cables underground :)

It's quite common phenomenon in against to the old-community where they're neglected from the environmental and city planning on the late of 20 century :)