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St. Paul's,
Malacca,
East End.
P/ioia by
Nakajimct^
Kuala Lumpur.
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tends, is past two JVlalay mosques and
up Jonker Street. The town is quite
small and, except for its curiosity
shops, presents few features of interest
besides Jonker Street and Heeren
Street. Of these the former is a pale
copy of the latter. In Jonker Street it
is true that the old farm building bears
date 1673, but the street as a whole
cannot compare with Heeren Street.
This street has a distinctive character
entirely its own. It is long, supposed
to be straight, is undoubtedly narrow,
and formed of two rows of Chinese
houses, of which the second row backs
on to the sea and is built out on piles.
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The architecture of the street is difficult
to describe. Suffice it to say that each
house is a long narrow box, whose
front on the street is a verandah, not a
verandah appropriated to foot traffic,
but a verandah closed-off from next
door by a partition of brick. The
partition usually has a window in it,
round, oval or square in shape, and the
front of the house is sure to be either
painted with Chinese pictures or carved
or adorned with pottery figures. Not
all the buildings are private dwellings.
Some are temples. There is not one
building like another; they differ in
width, in depth, in height, in design, in
St. Paul's,
Malacca,
West End.
Photo by
I^akajima,
Kuala Lmn/ntr.
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