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Chatuchak district

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Phahon Yothin Rd, Bangkok looking north with Elephant Tower Flickr
Phahon Yothin Rd, Bangkok looking north with Elephant Tower Flickr

Chatuchak (Thai: จตุจักร, pronounced [t͡ɕàʔ.tùʔ.t͡ɕàk]) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by seven other districts (from the north clockwise): Lak Si, Bang Khen, Lat Phrao, Huai Khwang, Din Daeng, Phaya Thai, and Bang Sue.

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Chatuchak district
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10900 Bangkok, Chatuchak District
Bangkok, Thailand
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Phahon Yothin Rd, Bangkok looking north with Elephant Tower Flickr
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SCB Park Plaza
SCB Park Plaza

SCB Park Plaza or Siam Commercial Bank Park Plaza is a high-rise building complex in the Chatuchak District of Bangkok, Thailand. It was completed in 1996 and houses the headquarters of Siam Commercial Bank, as well as other office tenants and retail space. The complex occupies 52 rai (8.3 ha; 21 acres) on Ratchadaphisek Road, near Ratchayothin Intersection, and was designed by Thailand-based American architect Robert G. Boughey. It was built over four years at a cost of around 10 billion baht (US$400M at the time). It was one of the first buildings in Thailand to employ intelligent systems to optimize energy efficiency, and was unique at the time for the development of an entire complex as a single project under a common overarching design.The complex consists of three groups of buildings: the 37-storey main tower, marked by its golden pyramidal roof, with an adjoining 24-storey section; SCB Park Plaza West, comprising two buildings of 12 and 21 storeys; and SCB Park Plaza East, with two buildings of 21 and 5 storeys. Each group rises above a connected retail podium, and is served by entirely underground parking. The design heavily features triangular forms, and all the glass curtain-walled buildings feature floor plans based on a triangular grid. A huge triangular skylight covers the atrium of the main building.The complex houses the headquarters of Siam Commercial Bank, which received renovations in the 2010s, as well as offices of several other corporations; Unilever had its Thailand headquarters here until 2015. Designed with the goal of being an integrated city environment, the complex also features a large number of shops and restaurants in its podium mall, and is a popular destination for people who live and work in the area.High-profile accidents occurred at the building in 2015 and 2016. In February 2015, a fire damaged three floors of the bank headquarters and killed one firefighter, while in March 2016, a chemical accident killed eight people (seven contractors and a security guard) servicing a fire-suppression system in a document vault in the building's basement.

Wat Samian Nari
Wat Samian Nari

Wat Samian Nari (Thai: วัดเสมียนนารี, pronounced [wát sā.mǐa̯n nāː.rīː]) is a civil temple in Thailand, located at 32 Moo 2, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Lat Yao Subdistrict, Chatuchak District, Bangkok, with a total area of 18 rai (about 7.11 acres) next to Northern Railway Line and close to Bang Son Station. Wat Samian Nari established in 1857 under the name "Wat Khae Rai" (วัดแคราย). In the year 1877, it was restored by Samian Kham (เสมียนขำ), the prime donor for temple restoration, who was a female clerk in the royal treasury in the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). So it was changed to the name "Samian Nari" in 1979 in honour of her, because the word "Samian Nari" means "female clerk" or "lady clerk" in Thai. Inside main hall which is of a Thai architectural style with stucco and gilded decoration, the Principal Buddha image called Phra Sakkaya Buddhawongmuni (พระศรีศากยะพุทธวงศ์มุนี) is enshrined. In 1988 the temple was chosen by the Department of Religious Affairs as a Good Development Example Monastery of Bangkok.Moreover, it is also the location of the third milestone of the Khlong Prem Prachakon, the khlong that was canalized in the reign of King Chulalongkorn.This temple is also rumored to be a haunted place. There are urban legends about two sisters in black that haunts people or cars that run through the temple area. Believed that their bodies were crushed by train into two pieces in 1990s, although from the search dating back to 1997 of Khao Sod's database, no such story could be found in any way.