Living in George Town: Even Deep Roots Eventually Move
By Julia Tan
September 2018 FEATURE
There may be an abundance of media reports on evictions and “Disney-apocalypse” in George Town, but the reality is actually much less dramatic.30, Stewart Lane. The house has been in the family since 1954, or thereabouts. It was built much earlier of course – Stewart Lane being part of an old quarter – and was purchased by my great-grandfather to house his multiplying progeny a year after my father was born. (He was born on Leith Street, at the school...
Julia Tan
is a former editor of Penang Monthly. She remembers her time with the magazine with great fondness.
