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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2017 - KOP CHAO, NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA: Many communities north of Bangkok are flooded because dams have been opened to reliever pressure on reservoirs.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2017 - KOP CHAO, NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA: Many communities north of Bangkok are flooded because dams have been opened to reliever pressure on reservoirs.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The riverfront along the Chao Phraya River in the old section of Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A women walks down the aisle of a Chao Phraya Express boat. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A crewman jumps off a still moving Chao Phraya Express Boat to tie it to the pier so passengers can embark and disembark. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A crewman jumps off a still moving Chao Phraya Express Boat to tie it to the pier so passengers can embark and disembark. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Chao Phraya Express boat leaves the Tha Thien Pier in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Morning boat traffic on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Passengers disembark a Chao Phraya Express boat at Sathorn Pier in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A crewman on a Chao Phraya Express Boat. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A crewman eats his breakfast on a moving Chao Phraya Express Boat in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A safety worker in a life preserver waits for a Chao Phraya Express boat at Sathorn Pier in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A crewman on a Chao Phraya Express Boat lets passengers disembark at a pier in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A crewman eats his breakfast on a moving Chao Phraya Express Boat in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Passengers on the morning commute on a Chao Phraya Express boat in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The driver of a Chao Phraya Express Boat steers his boat down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express Boats run through Bangkok from its northern suburbs to just south of the city. Boats and ships play an important in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A passenger jumps off a still moving Chao Phraya Express Boat in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Chao Phraya Express boat leaves the Tha Thien Pier in Bangkok. The Chao Phraya Express boats run up and down the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok providing a sort of bus service for neighborhoods near the river. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A passenger holds on while crossing the Chao Phraya River on a ferry. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A ferry captain steers his boat across the Chao Phraya River. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A ferry captain relaxes before crossing the Chao Phraya River. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Buddhist monk watches the city Bangkok go by while he rides on Chao Phraya Express River boat. The Chao Phraya Express boats serve as buses on the Chao Phraya River, which bisects Bangkok from north to south.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A passenger holds on while crossing the Chao Phraya River on a ferry. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A ferry captain steers his boat across the Chao Phraya River. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Chao Phraya Express Boat goes up the Chao Phraya river past the Bangkok skyscrapers headed to the northern suburbs. The Chao Phraya Express Boats run through Bangkok from its northern suburbs to just south of the city. Boats and ships play an important in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Budhist monk passes under a photo of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, as he boards a ferry to go to Bangkok on the Chao Phraya River. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A member of a ferry crew relaxes between runs on the Chao Phraya River. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A member of a ferry crew relaxes between runs on the Chao Phraya River. A network of ferries connect the Thonburi section of Bangkok to Bangkok proper, crossing the Chao Phraya River. The fare is 3 Thai Baht, about $ 0.15 (US). The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Wat Kalayanamit as seen from the Chao Phraya River. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A ticket taker collects fares on a Chao Phraya Express boat on the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand. Boats and ships play an important in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman knits while another enjoys the view on a Chao Phraya Express Boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. Boats and ships play an important in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman on a tugboat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The motor of a long tail boat on the Chao Phraya River. Long tail boats are narrow boats used as taxis on the waterways of Thailand. Bangkok used to be criss crossed by canals and boats were the way people got around. Now most of the canals have been filled in and paved over. The Chao Phraya River, which splits Bangkok, still has regular passenger boat service.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The skyline of Bangkok seen from the Chee Chin Chor pagoda in Thonburi. The Chao Phraya River is in the foreground. Chee Chin Khor Moral Up-Lifting for Benefiction Foundation in a Chinese style temple on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It blends aspects of Taoism, Buddhism (both Theravada and Mahayana), Islam, and Christianity religious traditions. Members of the temple perform community services throughout Bangkok.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A long tail boat on the Chao Phraya River. Long tail boats are narrow boats used as taxis on the waterways of Thailand. Bangkok used to be criss crossed by canals and boats were the way people got around. Now most of the canals have been filled in and paved over. The Chao Phraya River, which splits Bangkok, still has regular passenger boat service.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman selling tourist curios alongside a tourist boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A river taxi on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man on a dock along the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An empty passenger boat cruises up the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman selling tourist curios approaches a tourist boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A long tail boat on the Chao Phraya River. Long tail boats are narrow boats used as taxis on the waterways of Thailand. Bangkok used to be criss crossed by canals and boats were the way people got around. Now most of the canals have been filled in and paved over. The Chao Phraya River, which splits Bangkok, still has regular passenger boat service.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development as seen from the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. ICONSIAM is supposed to open November 9, the new Apple Store logo is in the middle of the frame. The logo is a blend of the traditional Apple logo and the Thai word for apple. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A long tail boat speeds up the Chao Phraya River towards downtown Bangkok. Long tailed boats are iconic forms of river transport in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A river taxi on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. The boats are the fastest way to get from north to south in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An abandoned wharf and warehouse on the west of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is supposed to open November 9. The new Apple Store logo is in the middle of the frame. The logo is a blend of the traditional Apple logo and the Thai word for apple. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  New residential construction on the west side of the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok.  Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A ferry crosses the Chao Phraya River from the Bangkok side to the Thonburi side. Boats and ships play an important in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is supposed to open November 9. The new Apple Store logo is in the middle of the frame. The logo is a blend of the traditional Apple logo and the Thai word for apple. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A long tail boat speeds up the Chao Phraya River towards downtown Bangkok. Long tailed boats are iconic forms of river transport in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The skyline of Bangkok seen from the Chee Chin Chor pagoda in Thonburi. The Chao Phraya River is in the foreground. Chee Chin Khor Moral Up-Lifting for Benefiction Foundation in a Chinese style temple on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It blends aspects of Taoism, Buddhism (both Theravada and Mahayana), Islam, and Christianity religious traditions. Members of the temple perform community services throughout Bangkok.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MiscBangkok0824007.jpg
  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A garbage hauling boat enters the Chao Phraya River from a canal in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  New residential construction on the west side of the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok.  Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     Food vendors wait for a ferry to take them across the Chao Phraya River from the Bangkok side to the Thonburi side. They got on at the Chinatown pier. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tug boat goes up the Chao Phraya River past the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is supposed to open November 9, the new Apple Store logo is near the top of the frame. The logo is a blend of the traditional Apple logo and the Thai word for apple. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Chao Phraya Express Boat goes past the ICONSIAM development on the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Commuters in Bangkok get off the Chao Phraya River Express Boat at Central Pier, the intersection with the BTS Skytrain.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boats on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok at dawn.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boats on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok at dawn.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Tourists disembark from a Chao Phraya Express Boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. The number of tourists arriving in Thailand in July fell 10.9 per cent from a year earlier, according to data from the Department of Tourism. The drop in arrivals is being blamed on continued uncertainty about Thailand's political situation. The tourist sector accounts for about 10 per cent of the Thai economy and suffered its biggest drop in visitors in June - the first full month after the army took power on May 22. Arrivals for the year to date are down 10.7% over the same period last year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boats on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok at dawn.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Chinese tourist (right) standing next to a Buddhist monk on a Chao Phraya Express Boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. The number of tourists arriving in Thailand in July fell 10.9 per cent from a year earlier, according to data from the Department of Tourism. The drop in arrivals is being blamed on continued uncertainty about Thailand's political situation. The tourist sector accounts for about 10 per cent of the Thai economy and suffered its biggest drop in visitors in June - the first full month after the army took power on May 22. Arrivals for the year to date are down 10.7% over the same period last year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Chao Phraya Express Boats at the line's southern terminal stop in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Muslim woman on a Chao Phraya Express Boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.  A Pew Research Center study recently released identified Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A resident on Thetsaban Sai 1 Road, a pedestrian footpath next to Wat Kalayanamit, watches as Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home is destroyed. His home, and other homes on the path, will also be demolished in the next week. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tug boat pulls barges up the Chao Phrya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Tug boats pull barges up the Chao Phrya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Tug boats pull barges up the Chao Phrya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A demolition worker uses a cutting torch to dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A demolition worker uses a cutting torch to dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A demolition worker uses a cutting torch to dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A resident on Thetsaban Sai 1 Road, a pedestrian footpath next to Wat Kalayanamit, talks to a police officer while workers demolish Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home. The man's home, and other homes on the path, will also be demolished in the next week. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays in Wat Kalayanamit. The controversial abbot of the temple has ordered the destruction of 54 homes in front of the temple, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Tug boats pull barges up the Chao Phrya River in Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man reads his daily newspaper on a Chao Phraya Express boat in Bangkok, Thailand. Boats and ships play an important in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A tugboat goes up the Chao Phraya River past the ICONSIAM development as seen from the Bangkok side of the river. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Demolition workers dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Long tail boats take tourists on sight seeing trip along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. In Bangkok, the long tail boats are used by tourists but they are still used as river taxis outside of Bangkok.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman does seamstress work in her home  on Thetsaban Sai 1 Road, a pedestrian footpath next to Wat Kalayanamit. The woman's home, and other homes on the path, are scheduled to be demolished in the next week. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers dismantle Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home in front of Wat Kalayanamit. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays in Wat Kalayanamit. The controversial abbot of the temple has ordered the destruction of 54 homes in front of the temple, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women watch as demolition crews wreck Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents watch as demolition crews wreck Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant's home. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk on a Chao Phraya River Express Boat in Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Long tail boats take tourists on sight seeing trip along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. In Bangkok, the long tail boats are used by tourists but they are still used as river taxis outside of Bangkok.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Long tail boats take tourists on sight seeing trip along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. In Bangkok, the long tail boats are used by tourists but they are still used as river taxis outside of Bangkok.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman does seamstress work in her home  on Thetsaban Sai 1 Road, a pedestrian footpath next to Wat Kalayanamit. The woman's home, and other homes on the path, are scheduled to be demolished in the next week. Authorities started to destroy 54 homes in front of Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Government officials, protected by police, seized the house of Chaiyasit Kittiwanitchapant, a Kanlayanamit community leader, who has led protests against the temple's abbot for trying to evict community members whose houses are located around the temple. Work crews went into Chaiyasit’s home and took it apart piece by piece. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines, of low income people being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A river taxi on a khlong or canal in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Bangkok used to be known as the "Venice of the East" because of the number of waterways the criss crossed the city. Now most of the waterways have been filled in but boats and ships still play an important role in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb or use boats to get around on the canals on the Thonburi side of the river. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers in front of the ICONSIAM development, which is scheduled to open November 9. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ICONSIAM development, nestled between condominiums and hotels, as seen from the Bangkok side of the Chao Phraya River. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is expected to open in 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A converted rice barge takes tourists on a cruise on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk on a Chao Phraya River Express Boat in Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers haul up a part of the Siam Takashimaya sign on the north side of the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is scheduled to open on November 9, 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers haul up a part of the Siam Takashimaya sign on the north side of the ICONSIAM development. ICONSIAM is a mixed-use development on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. It is scheduled to open on November 9, 2018 and will include two large malls, with more than 520,000 square meters of retail space, an amusement park, two residential towers and a riverside park. It is the first large scale high end development on the Thonburi side of the river and will feature the first Apple Store in Thailand and the first Takashimaya department store in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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