Thread: Bangkok Then And Now (1984-2011)

Loves these post about before and after.

OK, Grumpy Bill has been out and about and I'm back in Thailand so here is the next installment.

The first one is a single pic and quite interesting.....Bill did take a new picture, but it was from the wrong angle.

It is taken at the junction of Phayathai and Rama 1 from the southbound carriageway. It is looking diagonally across the junction at the building site of MBK. Also the Nimitbut Building, part of the National Stdium complex is being constructed in the background. Bill will endeavour to get a corresponding shot asap, but it will be dominated by the BTS going into National Stadium Station, the line coming south and turning into Siam Station and the associated overhead walkways.

That last one really got me as it is pretty much unrecognisable compared with now.

Good thread this.

Well done BC and Bill really enjoying this thread.

Again Chinatown, the newer pic is taken a little further back.

the key is the buildings on the right with a yellow colour and a slight overhang at the top. Also the building behind, white then and yellow / orange now is still visible

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This is one most of you will recognise..... The corner of sukhumvit soi 3

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Keep them coming..

Yes Mas'er Pat Sir

This one is interesting.....it's the Station Hotel just over the road from Hualompong Station. As you can see the hotel has actually been cut back by (presumably) two rooms to accommodate the new MRT Station. Buildings in front have been cleaned up as well.

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This is the same hotel again

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Very impressive postings. Thanks

The scary thing is, looking at those 1984 photos I don't feel like I'm looking a long way back.

This one is one that I posted on page one from Patpong. Bill got the angle wrong before

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Great thread, I'd love to have a 2 week holiday in Bangkok '84.

Bill has asked me to let you know that the Sukhumvit soi 3 pic is actually 1981 not 1984

TRANSPORTATION IN THAILAND ,

^Don't be fooled by the title.....

Lots of old pics here of Bangkok.....pre-BTS too, they are on a couple of Thai forums but there are many many pages of great pictures if you're a nostalgiaphile, including the 1983 floods, BTS being built, Don Muang in the past (many different years)...many 'then and now' pics....Enjoy.

(Far too many for me to post here)

Bangkok in the past - SkyscraperCity

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

TRANSPORTATION IN THAILAND ,

^Don't be fooled by the title.....

Lots of old pics here of Bangkok.....pre-BTS too, they are on a couple of Thai forums but there are many many pages of great pictures if you're a nostalgiaphile, including the 1983 floods, BTS being built, Don Muang in the past (many different years)...many 'then and now' pics....Enjoy.

(Far too many for me to post here)

Bangkok in the past - SkyscraperCity

Just scratched the surface, Pat.

There are tonnes of Thai [language] forums of sorts that offer a wealth of Bangkok scenes - 1960's - 1980's.

I shot several rolls of film in 1981, but after looking at them realized there were none of these type of photos. I shot the temples, grand palace, klongs, and whores. That's why these photos are important. I never thought to photograph grubby old buildings. There's a guy on YouTube who collects this stuff and puts together slide shows. You can find it. One of my strongest memories from those days is the movie murals. When a new movie would come out giant billboards and murals would be hand painted as ads. When the next movie came to town these spectacular works of art would be painted over! I almost wanted to cry at the injustice. For an artist it must have been like getting paid to dig a hole and then to fill it in.

This is quite good, like an old news reel. 1931. Love the comment about Thais never kissing eachother but instead they rub faces!

Superb thread, loving it, many thanks!

I should make the effort to finish it, I've. Got about 4 photo threads to do, but no time to do them