Sanctuary Hotel and Mall Kuching development

The building going to replace the current Ceko Market and Brooke Dockyard. The extent of adjacent old shops along Gambier Street and Jalan Pasar affected is unknown. I'd say the larger old precinct is threatened. Large part of Kuching's history will be erased.

See post Old Ceko Market (before)
See post Old Ceko Market (after)
See post Kuching waterfront and the old market
See external link Last day of Ceko Market


See link for more detail:
Kucing Berjanggut: Sanctuary Hotel and mall Kuching

Kuching riverfront view from the hotel [2]

Original photo is posted at Flickr. This is one of the most important shot found. It shows the typical view from hotel room facing the Sarawak river (north to north western view) (map and views diagram coming soon). Taken on a sunny day the context are clearly visible. The owner of this photo and also the previous shot had made a comment about her preference of the trees area on the opposite bank (right) remains untouched. In favour to this, the shot has been panned to the left to exclude the new nearly completed - the Assembly Building which can be seen from the previous photo (go to post). This photo represents Kuching's originally character.

Kuching from our hotelroom II
Originally uploaded by MeElisa

Kuching riverfront view from the hotel [1]

Original photo is posted at Flickr. This is one of the most important shot found. It shows the typical view from hotel room facing the Sarawak river (north to north western view) (map and views diagram coming soon). Taken on a sunny day the context are clearly visible. The owner of this photo and also the proceeding shot had made a comment about her preference of the trees area on the opposite bank remains untouched. The current condition shows the new nearly completed building - the Assembly Building is actually changing the quality of the existing aspect forever.

Kuching from our hotelroom I
Originally uploaded by MeElisa