Sukhumvit Road

by Leonard H. Le Blanc III 

 

 

Almost all of Bangkok’s major thoroughfares are known for a specialty. Silom Road is often called “Bangkok’s Wall Street” for its many financial institutions. Ratchadamnoen Road is known for its many government buildings and royal palace related activities. Yaowarat Road is the symbolic name for Chinatown. Although Sukhumvit Road (Thai: Thanon Sukhumvit) has never been known for its historical attractions, monuments, temples, or touristy sites, it definitely offers the best dining options in the whole of Bangkok. It has been accurately called a ‘night lover’s paradise’.

 

It is almost unimaginable to think that for many decades Sukhumvit Road simply traversed nothing but rice fields to the far horizon. When the Siam Society headquarters building was constructed in 1932, the photograph of the new structure confirms the idyllic rural nature of the whole area in the background scene. This situation continued up to the end of World War II, when Bangkok restarted its expansion Eastwards after 1945. Then the whole area around Sukhumvit became a place for real estate investment. Soon after family homes started to be built, then small businesses began up operation. Since then, the dynamic expansion of the whole area has never stopped.

 

Sukhumvit Road is named after the fifth chief of the Department of Highways, Phra Bisal Sukhumvit. Simply referred to as Sukhumvit by many, it is the longest thoroughfare in Thailand and one of the longest roads in the world. It stretches a little over 400kms. Originally called the Bangkok-Trat Road, Sukhumvit Road starts in Bangkok as a continuation of Rama I and Ploenchit Roads. It then goes through Pathum Wan District. Sukhumvit Road also begins from where the district boundaries of Khlong Toey, Pathum Wan and Watthana all converge. The roadway runs the entire length of the boundary between Khlong Toey and Watthana Districts, then passes through Phra Khanong and Bang Na districts.

 

Angling Southeastward through Bangkok, Sukhumvit Road then crosses the border between Bangkok and Samut Prakarn province. Subsequently the roadway continues East through Chachoengsao province, then turns South through Chonburi province passing the Khao Khiao Massif, past the cities of Sri Racha, Chon Buri, Pattaya and Sattahip, before turning Southeast through Rayong and Chanthaburi provinces. It finally ends at Ban Hat Lek village in Trat province near the Cambodian border. It is also designated as National Highway 3.

 

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With a picture of Asoke Montri ?????

8 minutes ago, xtof2 said:

With a picture of Asoke Montri ?????

This is by far the best picture which I ever saw from Sukhumvit Road.

Sorry, I don't remember where I got it from.

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

This is by far the best picture which I ever saw from Sukhumvit Road.

Sorry, I don't remember where I got it from.

 

Nice pic. 
I think it's zooming in from Octave roof top bar at the Marriott.

12 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

This is by far the best picture which I ever saw from Sukhumvit Road.

Sorry, I don't remember where I got it from.

 

 

Nice shot! Must have been taken a while ago because the Rex Hotel which is clearly visible in that shot was pulled down many years back.

Rex was popular back in the day ('70s-80s). Rex, Honey, Federal, Grace, Nana.

I thought Sukhumvit Rd was known for it's "Farang Ghetto"

Many fond memories of the Honey Hotel. 

16 hours ago, xtof2 said:

With a picture of Asoke Montri ?????

This is the kind of thing that really p***** me off about Thailand. So often they can't get the simplest thing right. If you are writing an article about Sukhumvit, why is it so difficult to use a photo of Sukhumvit to illustrate it? Why use a photo of somewhere else? I just don't get it.

You can see Sukhumvit Road in the lower left hand corner

25 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

This is the kind of thing that really p***** me off about Thailand. So often they can't get the simplest thing right. If you are writing an article about Sukhumvit, why is it so difficult to use a photo of Sukhumvit to illustrate it? Why use a photo of somewhere else? I just don't get it.

"by Leonard H. Le Blanc III" 

 

That's farang journalists for you, they just can't get the simplest things right!

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Sukhumvit Road

by Leonard H. Le Blanc III 

 

 

 

A story with the title Sukhumvit Road and then showing a picture of Asoke Road.

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

This is the kind of thing that really p***** me off about Thailand. So often they can't get the simplest thing right. If you are writing an article about Sukhumvit, why is it so difficult to use a photo of Sukhumvit to illustrate it? Why use a photo of somewhere else? I just don't get it.

Lazy

This was an intro to an episode of Locked Up Abroad.. I think they stated 1998.  Not a clear picture of my TV, but was kind of intrigued.  You all seem to know the Mango well... any clues? 

To me, that looks like the construction of All Seasons on wireless, can’t work out the direction or the angle; wild guess I would say from somewhere khlong Toei /Rama 4 area looking NE.

Noo maybe wrong side , a couple of buildings I recognise that have now gone changed my mind, it’s the construction of All Seasons, taken morning time facing SE Chidlom area; maybe even from roof Central or World Trade

But then where is the US Embassy grounds- got me with this one 555

1 hour ago, wordchild said:

But then where is the US Embassy grounds- got me with this one 555

I'm with you in that it is the construction of All Season's Place.  It definitely looks like it, and the timing (1998) is about right, but also like you, I can't place the other buildings around it, at all.

Also the middle building looks like it is topped out in that picture, but All Seasons would be higher.

The photo used with the OP article here would have been the same photo used at the time by the 3rd party website that is the source for the related news article.

 

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