I understand the building is now a coffee house!

I’m back in Saigon, after a two-year absence, for some post-COVID R&R.

Many things remain the same and there are also many changes. A lot of stores and restaurants have closed, and many of the bars I was familiar with, have either closed or changed their names.

However, one thing endures and even draws attention to itself these days - the elevator shaft on the Pittman building!


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I saw this recently Simon - I never really stopped to think who took that famous photo...


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Noyade,

Yes, that photo has a very interesting history.

I’ve just noticed it is over ten years since I started this thread!

Time flys!

I42 - what I like about your pictures is the one that shows a Versace store across the road from the CIA building..........................

say it all really.................

It was Hugh van Es. He died about ten years ago. His widow Annie is very much alive and kicking. Had dinner with her last weekend.

The link to the article in post #1 doesn't want to work right now, but it is available on archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20121208...6/300mill.html
'Thirty Years at 300 millimeters' by Hubert van Es.

Thanks Jh, I will update the link.

Never mind the Versace store, just around the corner, there’s a new car dealer in town!


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Wow! I wonder what Ho woulda thought of that...

Uncle Ho would not have approved!

Lenin had one.