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5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended.,
By Bruce (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bangkok Then and Now (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful book to anyone interested in how major cities change when industrialisation comes. The author has researched old photos of Bangkok and laboriously worked out where the subject is (if it still exists!) then taken a photo from the same vantage point, and placed them side-by-side, with a history of the place, anecdotes taken from old newspapers and the like. My favourite is a view of my old home in Pratunam market, taken from a biplane in the 40s, juxtaposed with a similar picture taken from the Baiyoke tower - with a note that the floor in the skyscraper it was taken from is higher than the biplane had flown to take the original.Meticulously researched, beautifully printed on high-quality paper with a hard cover and dustjacket, this was a book I bought many copies of to give to family and friends as a keepsake when the came to visit me in Bangkok. Highly recommended. |
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Bangkok Then and Now by Steve Van Beek (Hardcover - January 5, 2000)
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