Concrete invades the city, a photo from Yangon, South

Photographer's Note

This is a view of downtown Rangoon showing Paya Sule in the middle and new concrete buildings aroung it. The building behind paya Sule is a luxury hotel and office building, the one on the left is a mixed use building.

Rangoon still retains a backwater colonial charm in its downtown streets,but this is changing: modern souless concrete buildings are springing up everywhere. How will it take until all the charm is lost?

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entrelec (8342) 2005-05-22 4:50

Daniel
Je viens juste d'écrire sur ta photo d'hier, changement radical;belle photo mettant en évidence les contrastes de ce pays; j'aurais pour ma part enlevé à gauche le bout de façade vitrée, mais bon ce n'est qu'un avis.
Joel

naxius (16685) 2005-05-22 5:02

Belle photo Daniel, tout en contraste avec ces deux architectures qui se font écho.
Très bien fait.
Alex

summersun (4978) 2005-05-22 5:18

quel dommage de voir tous ces immeubles autour de cette jolie pagode dorée. je pense que bientot on ne la verra plus tellement le quartier sera bétonné.
belles couleurs j'aime bien le mariage du vert et du ornage sur les toits. bon contraste entre les differentes architectures.
Vanessa

greg64g (11193) 2005-05-22 5:28

Salut Daniel,

Rangoon , c'est bien un nom si exotique, j'aime ta photo, et les camions, il y a de superbes contrastes dans ta photo.
bon dimanche
greg

Intruder (3099) 2005-05-22 19:43

hi Daniel,
nice shot of this this country, i like the gold color of the building, well done

jinju (14265) 2005-05-30 1:46

Usually, it doesnt take long in poorer cities like Rangoon. There isnt any real concern for the aesthetics of a city, no control, no regulations. Cities like this get destroyed by these concrete weeds within several years. Heres a great example of this destruction. truly, those concrete weeds are truly ugly.The old building is so beautiful. Its a real shame. I just commented on a photo showing the construction of tall buildings in Paris. Atleast in Paris the talls are segregated, and dont destroy the beautiful old neigborhoods. Your photo really raises an important issue. How many beautoful cities will be destroyed by these ugly concrete monsters?

flydragon (0) 2005-05-31 11:09

Hello daniel
i am happy to see this picture
i can see many picture from Burma here
but not often from the city
thx i am curious to know more about Burma
regards
••simon••

sorry green later

zips (1958) 2006-10-13 10:16

How long will it take? Well, longer than if it had been ruled by the people. It seems that all these large Asian cities want to look westernized for some reason. A real shame.

A good reminder to see it now if you can before the architectural ambiance goes kaput.

Great Job.
Aloha, JB