Voice of America: Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Rangoon's Historic Buildings Face Threat of Development Jan 11th 2013, 12:27 Rangoon's downtown is an architectural time capsule, filled with distinctive century-old colonial-style buildings, many severely weathered by the tropical climate. Now that the country is opening up and new money and developers are coming in, the buildings could be knocked down to make way for skyscrapers and shopping malls. Will Rangoon choose modern replacements or its historic architecture?   One building in downtown Rangoon was built 98 years ago by Indian traders, seized by the ... Media files: 447F11D3-800A-4531-AF6D-DF5AA4557BE7_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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