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90:. Construction of the road marked a major change in Bangkok's urban development, with the major mode of transport shifting from water to land. Charoen Krung Road was Bangkok's main street up to the early 20th century, but later declined in prominence. It is still home to many historic buildings and neighbourhoods, which are beset by changes as extension of the underground
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to meet the earlier section at Saphan Lek ("iron bridge"). When the road was first built, locals remarked of its size and width that there just weren't enough people to walk such large a street. In fact, only one side of the road was regularly used until it was renovated and paved with asphalt in
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The King, after having heard the contents of this petition, reflected that recently the
Europeans had been coming to live in Bangkok in increasing numbers every year. Their countries had roads that made every village or town look orderly, pleasant and clean. Our country was greatly overgrown with
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On 19 August 1861, Western consuls, complaining of ill health due to a lack of roads in which they could travel by horse-drawn carriage, requested that the King build a new road on the east side of the river behind the consulates and businesses. The King agreed to the request, and ordered the
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As it passes through Bang Rak, Charoen Krung meets several roads branching off to the northeast, running parallel to each other. Built during the turn of the 19th–20th centuries as the city expanded southward following the development around
Charoen Krung, these roads are
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Bangkok (and Siam in general) was by boat. This began to change as the country opened up to Western ideas and influences, and underwent modernization during the reign of King
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construction of a new system of roads. The first, which would serve the
European district, was begun in 1862 and officially opened to traffic on 16 March 1864. At the time, roads were not officially named, and the road became known as
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in 1855 marked the beginning of increasing
Western political and economic influence, and many foreigners set up diplomatic missions, trading companies and residences on the east bank of the
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system, which runs directly under
Charoen Krung as it passes through the Chinatown and Rattnakaosin areas, has raised concerns that historic communities are being displaced by development.
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began operation on
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are located. The road then passes the neighbourhood of
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671:] (in Thai). Bangkok: Praphansan. pp. 43–45.
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The construction of Charoen Krung Road—together with
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639:The Bangkok Recorder
474:Bangkok Dock Company
470:Sathorn Unique Tower
411:Assumption Cathedral
373:Bang Rak Subdistrict
242:(dividing the two),
236:Pom Prap Sattru Phai
132:The Royal Chronicles
36:Sathorn Unique Tower
18:Soi Charoen Krung 43
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1089:General Post Office
1059:Bangkok Folk Museum
842:on February 4, 2010
836:National Geographic
486:Protestant Cemetery
419:General Post Office
365:General Post Office
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272:Rattanakosin Island
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1377:Streets in Bangkok
1304:Assumption Convent
1114:Portuguese Embassy
1047:Historic buildings
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777:. AFP. 4 May 2016
642:. 11 October 1866
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346:Wat Traimit
323:Khlong Thom
262:, Wat Pho,
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