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June 21, 2014

More Yangon teasers

By benbansal ¶ Posted in Architecture, Burma, History ¶ Leave a reply

We have put up more teasers from our forthcoming Yangon Architectural Guide on our Tumblr and our Facebook pages. Herewith some of the highlights.

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Balthazar’s Building (1905)

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June 6, 2014

Good-bye New York, hello summer

By benbansal ¶ Posted in New York, USA ¶ Leave a reply

As I write this, we are already back at the airport, waiting to board our plane to Europe. What follows is a brief summary of what I was up to in New York over the past nine months, helping me explain to myself where the time has gone!broadway02

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June 4, 2014

Two great comments

By benbansal ¶ Posted in Architecture, New York, Tokyo ¶ Leave a reply

I don’t get all too many comments on this blog, so it’s all the more relevant to share two recent ones with my readers. “Lamb” commented on the NOA Building, a post from my Tokyo times. More recently came Michelle’s comment on the post I wrote about the Schomburg Plaza in Harlem.

schomburgSchomburg Plaza, New York

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Yangon Facebook/Tumblr

By benbansal ¶ Posted in Architecture, Burma, History ¶ Leave a reply

To kick off the crowdsourcing aspect of our Yangon Architecture Guide, we launched Tumblr and Facebook pages. We are initially featuring some of the lesser-known buildings, and have already received great comments from from an extremely gracious generous gentleman called Harry Hpone Thant. I paste some examples below the jump.IMG_1186

Thein Gyi Market

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