these are the offices, businesses, and public buildings of the british colonials. this building was once one of the swankest department stores in rangoon. a century ago in kipling's poem young englishmen, you could buy fine egyptian cigarettes, french liqueurs. the floor tiles were shipped over from manchester. now people live here. a half century as a pariah state has left very few of these buildings in good repair. and there are divergent views on whether to preserve em. for many a reminder of colonial subjugation, for others, a vestige of a golden time. ♪