If you walk around downtown, you may have noticed little blue plaques explaining buildings and locations of historical importance.
Or maybe you haven’t, since there are only six of them.
The latest was installed on Wednesday at the Myanmar Agricultural Bank on Pansodan Road.
Preservation group Yangon Heritage Trust (YHT) is placing the plaques around the city in an effort to “highlight historical buildings and renowned residents who contributed to the narrative of the city,” the group said in a statement.
With funding from tech firm Royal Philips, YHT has installed plaques at City Hall, AYA Bank Headquarters, the Armenian Church, the Central Fire Station and the General Post Office.
The towering building, with its signature rectangular green windows, was built in 1930 and served originally as the Yangon branch of Grindlay’s Bank before being put to use as the National Museum in 1970, according to YHT. The Myanmar Agricultural Bank moved in starting in 1996.
“Bank buildings along Pansodan are a physical link to a past that we need to study if the country is going to do better in the future,” Thant Myint-U, YHT chairman, said in the statement.
Photo / Yangon Heritage Trust / Chris Davy
