Category Archives: Culture & Lifestyle

Postcards from Saigon

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 18 photos.

I came to Ho Chi Minh City expecting to find the essence of Saigon in all the noise and the pollution. I came away from Ho Chi Minh City thinking I had seen nothing but Ho Chi Minh City – … Continue reading →

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Hotel Majestic, Ho Chi Minh City

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 11 photos.

One to rival the French In Ho Chi Minh City, I chose to accommodate myself in the Hotel Majestic, rather than the older and much much more legendary Hotel Continental.  In Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, the Majestic is mentioned … Continue reading →

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14th St: D/F (9th to 11th Aves)

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Kennie Ting

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9th to 11th Avenue plays host to what is now only nominally known as the Meatpacking District.  Up until the late ‘90s, this area packed in meat of two different kinds.  For almost a century, it contained the city’s largest … Continue reading →

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14th St: Our Lady of Chelsea (6th to 9th Aves)

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 11 photos.

14th Street between 6th and 9th Avenues sits squarely in Chelsea, one of the most eclectic, beguiling and bi-curious neighborhoods in Manhattan.  Architecturally, one sees a transition from the macho, Type-A glass, steel and cast-iron of contemporary Big Capital, to … Continue reading →

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14th St: Big Capital (3rd to 6th Aves)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 11 photos.

Between 3rd and 6th Avenues, another kind of American landscape prevails – one that is infinitely more dramatic and that belies the big forces that have shaped the very identity of the Nation. At the very centre of these three … Continue reading →

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14th St: The Theater of the Everyday (1st to 3rd Aves)

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 11 photos.

The boundary between Alphabet City and the rest of Manhattan is strikingly obvious. Suddenly the streets and sidewalks become thronged with cars, cyclists and people – commuters rallying to start a new work day. Between 1st and 3rd Avenues, there … Continue reading →

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14th St: Border Politics (Avenue C to 1st)

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Kennie Ting

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North of 14th Street sits one of the most iconic and architecturally imposing private housing projects in New York City – Stuyvesant Town. Named after Peter Stuyvesant, the last Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, the complex opened … Continue reading →

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14th St: Colours of the Alphabet (Avenue C to 1st)

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 7 photos.

The walk through the far eastern end of 14th street is divided into two parts, as a reflection of the stark difference in incomes and urban landscapes immediately north and south of the street. In this first part, I explore … Continue reading →

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Manhattan in 12 Streets: 14th St – State of the Union, or Swinging Both Ways

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Kennie Ting

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14th Street is an intriguingly in-between kind of street in New York.  For starters, 14th Street plays host to the L train – one of the few subway lines that cuts across Manhattan rather than along, and which shuttles New … Continue reading →

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The Manila Hotel, Manila

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 12 photos.

A Grand American Hotel Manila features on my Grand Tour because of the Manila Hotel, which, in its heyday in the early 19th century, was considered one of the three best hotels in the East, together with the Raffles in … Continue reading →

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