The Changing Faces of Iconic Gurney Drive

By Andrea Filmer

January 2020 FEATURE
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The face of Gurney Drive is set to change with the Gurney Foreshore Reclamation project. Photo: Andrea Filmer.
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The beloved Gurney Drive waterfront has witnessed many changes in the last 100 years; from clear blue waves breaking on its reclaimed shore and the loss of its beaches due to coastal erosion, to a growing mudflat and the planting of a mangrove forest after the turn of the century. But with the opening of Gurney Wharf – a component of the massive Gurney Foreshore Reclamation project – the face of Gurney Drive is set to change once again. Spanning...

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Andrea Filmer

is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.

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