Phnom Penh Street Scenes

These are a few street scenes from my trip to Phnom Penh earlier in the year. Above is the old Post Office building, from which our architectural tour of the city departed. The tour was more like a history of the city and country as witnessed through the building practices. The Post Office is a decent example of the French colonialist style.
This café front shows more French influence. Notice the bricked-over window above the entrance; many buildings were "reclaimed" by residents after the Khmer Rouge years. Property records were scarce or destroyed and due to the years of emptied cities and forced labor, many people just took what space they could.

Here above is a newly built night club building.
In the picture above, the conflicting roof angles and balconies come as a result of people making residential space out of a former Chinese temple.
This is the main library, with plaques in French and Cambodian which is currently being restored. During the Khmer Rouge Years I believe it functioned as a kitchen for the Khmer Rouge...