Myanmar's colonial style buildings are at risk of being torn down, according to The Los Angeles Times. The country was annexed by the British in 1824 and like other colonized countries, visible in its ...
Yangon, in Myanmar, has lost hundreds of colonial buildings to rapid development over the past two decades. A handful of heritage hotels -- think teak mansions and grand colonial facades -- are ...
As I read through the pages of my Morning Call newspaper recently, I was dismayed to see the photograph of our Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites’ Colonial Industrial Quarter under water, ...
YANGON, Myanmar — They stand like ghosts from a bygone era, struggling to maintain a shabby dignity in the face of creeping foliage and years of neglect, all the while fueling a debate: Should they be ...
HONG KONG — When British officials talk about their legacy in Hong Kong, they often boast of the colony’s rule of law, efficient bureaucracy and lack of corruption. But walk around Hong Kong, and ...
Unique among the historic buildings in the United States are the Spanish colonial residences of St. Augustine. From a national perspective, beyond just a local viewpoint, that is one reason that the ...
From 1939 to 1960, Grambling State University was the only institution of higher learning available to African Americans in North Louisiana. During this period, the earliest buildings on the present ...
Hernán Cortés' conquest of the Aztec empire in 1521 certainly set off a culture clash. The conquistadors remade Mexico in Spain's image, superimposing European architecture, ideas, religion and social ...
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Comment | A decolonial wind? Hurricane Melissa decimated western Jamaica’s colonial buildings
Although it spared Kingston, the storm caused $9bn in damage and wiped out most of the heritage buildings and museums in the areas it touched ...
Luxury cruise liners, like this docked at Falmouth, Jamaica, will take tourists to learn about a dark side in the history of the British Empire - ISTOCK Jamaica will preserve British colonial sites as ...
New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today that his office has reached a settlement with Colonial Management over the company’s maintenance of 42 rent-regulated buildings in New ...
Reporting from Yangon, Myanmar — They stand like ghosts from a bygone era, struggling to maintain a shabby dignity in the face of creeping foliage and years of neglect, all the while fueling a debate: ...
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