Are we matching the right images? According to Sarah Rooney’s “30 Heritage Buildings in Yangon”, the Currency Department and the Accountant General’s Office were built in stages between 1900 and 1907. Rooney writes that the eastern extensions was added last, and that in 1908 parts of the building facing Strand Road collapsed and had to be rebuilt over the period of one year. The three photos from this year are of the Yangon Division Court and the Department of Pensions, respectively. The two old photos are from the indispensable Twentieth Century Impressions of Burma, published in 1910, with the photos being a little older in all probability. The wide last shot looks as if it is taken from Pansodan facing towards Strand Road - with the later bombed out part of the building in the pictures right. However, where is the third tower which, according to Rooney, should have been there already if the eastern part indeed formed the buildings extension? Likewise, if we take the other shot, we could make out the scaffolding on the left to be on Strand Road. But then where is the northern tower on Pansodan, which should also have been finished already?
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:12:23 +0000
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