Much talk in Yangon is over sensible development...preserving old as well as building new. The 1911 British High Court Building sale to a developer for restaurants and museum has been challenged in, well, High Court!

The 1920 Port Authority Building has been renovated and continues in that function.

Same for the 1896 Strand Hotel.

Nearby is the Post Office,...

...with a wonderful sidewalk canopy....

...and still functioning main hall. It was a holiday, so only the Express Mail counter was open.

Saint Mary's Cathedral (1899) has gone through earthquakes, WWII and cyclone Nargis, but it bounces back ...

...and seems in fine condition. About 4% of the population is Christian, and most of those are from minority groups living in rural locations. It seems enough are in Yangon to maintain such a structure.

There are also Muslims, as we know from the news about clashes between Muslim and Buddhist communities in the Northwest, so it is not unusual to come across mosques, by in large in good condition.

Some may recall that the third General Secretary of the United Nations (1961-1971) was U Thant (1909-1974). He was at loggerheads with the military junta, which refused him any honors when he died. That led to a tussle, literally, over his coffin, but finally it was quietly buried in this Mausoleum.

The vast Secretariet (Government House) from which the British ruled Burma, lies abandoned, forlorn, and fenced in. There is now a tussle over what to do with it.

Chinatown has many buildings from the hayday of Chinese business in colonial Burma, but they too are ...

...being threatened with demolition to make room for taller and certainly architecturally less interesting buildings.