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(Photos): How Southeast Asian Capital Cities Looks Like Without Congestion & Skyscrapers

(Photos): How Southeast Asian Capital Cities Looks Like Without Congestion & Skyscrapers
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Let's go back to the days when Southeast Asian capital cities were without congestion and skyscrapers.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

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Source: Coconuts

Captured in the year 1929. A typical scene captured on No. 4 Platform in Kuala Lumpur Train Station.

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A shopping street in Kuala Lumpur captured in 1961.

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Source: R.S Murthi

Sg Besi Airport looks like when it was 1960.

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Source: R.S Murthi

Sultan Abdul Samad building in 1920.

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Source: R.S Murthi

An aerial view of Kuala Lumpur city center in 1920.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA

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Source: Pinterest

Passer Baroe Jakarta 

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Source: captainhuntz.wordpress.com

The Thamrin road during 1969

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Source: Alterity

Jakarta's National Monument MONAS in 1969

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Source: Deskgram

Semanggi in year 1971

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Source: Pinterest

The old Hotel Indonesia which built in 1962 which used to be the tallest building in Jakarta.

SAIGON, VIETNAM

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Traffic in front of Hotel Continental in Saigon in 1950

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Source: Vintage Everyday

North Vietnamese troops enter Saigon on tanks and trucks, ending the Vietnam War

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Source: http://www.historicvietnam.com

Tu Do Street in Saigon captured in 1964

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Source: www.christopheloiron.com

Saigon's The Continental Palace in 1963

SINGAPORE

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Singapore’s Capitol Theatre or The Cathay built in 1929

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Source: yipcheongfun

Singapore River

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Source: SSPC

The newly constructed National Stadium captured in July 1973.

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Source: thesmartlocal.com

The Orchard Road, Singapore.

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Source: thesmartlocal.com

The Singapore's Chinatown. 

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI

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The scenic aerial view of Bandar Seri Begawan.

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Source: http://around-brunei.blogspot.my

View from Barek Polis Seria. As seen, old Panggung Marina, Plaza Seria, as well as other shops in the town, captured in 2003.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

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Source: Pinoy Kollektor

 The rear of La Quinta Market in Manila.

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Source: Pinoy Kollektor

The Manila Metropolitan Theatre.

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Source: Pinoy Kollektor

The Malate Church in Manila.

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Source: Pinoy Kollektor

 The Santa Lucia Gate to Walled City, Manila

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Source: Pinoy Kollektor

The Monkey Cage in Manila's Botanical Garden.

VIENTIANE, LAOS

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Source: Pinterest

That Luang in year 1910

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Source: Manfred´s Travel Pictures

Mekong riverfront with restaurants in Vientiane.

 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA

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Source: The Romance Of The Grand Tour

Retro streetscapes in Phnom Penh's Old Town

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Source: Phnom Penh Places

A Buddhist procession in Phnom Penh in 1906

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Source: mikewhiteuk.com

Salle du Trone in 1906

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Source: Phnom Penh Places

A view of the Water Festival in front of the Royal Palace in around 1910

BANGKOK, THAILAND

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Source: Daily Mail

Siam in the 1900s. In Sampeng Lane, a commercial centre in the old city

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Source: Asia Times

The immediate landmark for the capital is this Dusit Thani Hotel, which has unique triangular structure topped by a golden spire, towered over Bangkok at 100 meters when it was first opened for business in 1970. 

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Source: Daily Mail

Commuters on a tram travel across the city which was just beginning to flourish at the turn of the century

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Source: Daily Mail

In 1863, Bangkok's first modern road, New Road, was built in Chinatown - four miles from the royal family's Grand Palace

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Source: Daily Mail

 Cars were introduced to Bangkok in 1900 - and by 1904, there were around 300 of them on the city's newly built roads. In the picture above, a car rally at the time rolls down the royal boulevard.

YANGON, MYANMAR

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The downtown area is the Yangon city's bustling heart. 

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Source: Pinterest

Yangon's most famous stupa, the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, can be seen silhouetted on the horizon.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

Yangon Harbour in 1980s

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Yangon downtown in Sule Pagoda area.


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