Anatomy of the Penang Shophouse

By Lim Wan Phing

July 2024 FEATURE
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MIXED DEVELOPMENTS AND integrated communities are a trend today among property developers. But long before the shiny brochures promoting these new home concepts appeared, shophouses in George Town stood as a one-man mixed development flaunting residential, commercial, retail and entertainment outlets, all in one urban community.Over 200 years ago, as rapid urbanisation took place at the periphery of Fort Cornwallis, the influx of migrants and settlers led to the creation of a town centre, and the shophouse form was born.A...

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Lim Wan Phing

is a freelance writer based in Penang. She has a short story collection, Two Figures in a Car published by Penguin SEA.

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