High Court on the left and Fyche park on the right. Early 20th century

Dalhousie Park (now Bogyoke Aung San Park)

Dalhousie Park (now Bogyoke Aung San Park) was created by the British to plans drawn up in 1856 by William Scott of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens. It was named after Lord Dalhousie who was Governor General of India from 1848 to 1856.The park was laid out around the Kandawgyi Lake, known then as the Royal Lake, one of two lakes in northern Rangoon east of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. This is a view of the edge of the lake showing the drive which encircled it. The park was a popular subject for photographers in Rangoon for the picturesque vistas of water and landscape it gave.

..Local man, bicycle, Volkswagen Bug, Rangoon, Burma(1959)

.Dalhousie Road- Rangoon; Burma(1910)

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A very early aerial view of Rangoon c. 1920.

The old municipal offices at Ripon Hall (now the site of YCDC and City Hall) and the Rowe and Co. department store are clearly visible to the right of the Sule Pagoda. The Sule Pagoda itself is surrounded by trees, not shops.

The streets of Rangoon were designed to capture the wind coming from the sea and to provide shade throughout the day to pedestrians walking along its wide pavements. It was in 1920 the most modern and beautiful city in southeast Asia and could be again.