CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown June 22, 2014 05:18:00
This building was once one of the swankest department stores in rangoon. a century ago in the poem by kipling, 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 of a pariah state has left very few of these buildings in good repair. there are divergent views on whether to preserve them. for many, a reminder of colonial subjugation. for others, a vestige of golden