Images of Ipoh: The Red 1931

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Red 1931

My last post about this shophouse was 19-July-2010. The 1931 built shophouse is now painted in red matching the tenant, Red Boutique. Despite the good will of giving the building a new coat, I believe it can be done better if different color is painted to outline the decorative pattern & sculpture on top.

1 comment:

IanMay 23, 2011 at 9:42 PM
From a designer's point of view, the building will look much more attractive and compliment the Red theme even the reliefs are just painted white. A simple solution.
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Ipoh, the capital city of Perak State, Malaysia, is the city that tin built. Located at the famous tin mining area, Kinta Valley, it used to be the world's largest tin mine since 19th century. Not only of its tin mine, but Ipoh also famous of its delicious food, beautiful mountain ranges, mysterious lime stone caves, attractive history & friendly citizen. Being the second in Malaysia that gain the status of city in year 1988 after Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh is one of the major cities in Malaysia with the population around 700,000. Began as a small village in 1870's, tin mine industry had brought in Chinese and Indian that boosted the town development since 1890's. The rapid growing town later upgraded to be the capital of Perak during the Japanese occupation at World War II. The rich tin resource had brought prosperity to many Ipoh miners that even make it once known as the City of Millionaires. Today, Ipoh has grown to cover a large area including the neighboring township such as Bercham, Tasek, Jelapang, Menglembu, Pengkalan, Simpang Pulai & Chemor. The city is still developing continuously while maintains its beauty of nature and harmony.