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Central Point

TIME : 2016/2/17 16:07:31

Chatham St is seeing a lot of renovation of old buildings, one of the grandest being the old colonnaded 1914 Central Bank building called Central Point. The beautifully restored interior is a riot of Greco-Roman detailing and features the tallest chandelier in Asia. There's also a museum of local money that's worth the time simply for the display on why bartering a cow for fish was a bad idea, thus leading to the invention of currency.