Gurney Drive is a popular seafront promenade within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The road is also famous for the street cuisine at the seafront's hawker centre and has been listed as one of the 25 best streets worldwide to visit by the Australian travel magazine, The Traveler. In addition, Gurney Drive has become part of George Town's Central Business District due to the mushrooming of commercial properties and shopping malls.
Dragon boat racing in 1986
Eastern end with casuarina
Sunrise, one of the first highrises on Gurney Drive
Northam Road is a major thoroughfare along the northern coast of the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It continues on from Gurney Drive towards Farquhar Street to the east. The road is a one-way road, with the traffic directed eastwards towards Farquhar Street. Since the 1990s, Northam Road has been part of the city's Central Business District, and along with Gurney Drive, it has seen a significant increase in financial activity.
Wawasan Open University now occupies the Homestead, one of the more majestic mansions along Northam Road.
The skyscrapers along Northam Road contains the branches of various banks, financial services, logistics companies and technology firms.
Northam Road in the 1910s