Phloen Chit Road ( th, ถนนเพลินจิต, also spelled Ploenchit, ) is a major road in central

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. Located entirely within in

Lumphini Subdistrict Pathum Wan ( th, ปทุมวัน, ) is one of the fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when roya ...

Pathum Wan District Pathum Wan ( th, ปทุมวัน, ) is one of the fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when roya ...

, it runs a short distance of between

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and the Maenam railway branch line, forming a continuation of the westward

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and then itself continuing on to the east as

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. It serves the neighbourhoods of Ratchaprasong, Chit Lom Intersection (where it intersects Chit Lom and Lang Suan Roads) and Phloen Chit Intersection (where it intersects

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), which are home to major shopping malls, hotels and office towers. The areas are served by the

Chit Lom Phloen Chit Road ( th, ถนนเพลินจิต, also spelled Ploenchit, ) is a major road in central Bangkok. Located entirely within in Lumphini Subdistrict of Pathum Wan District, it runs a short distance of between Ratchaprasong In ...

and Phloen Chit Stations of the

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, whose

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runs above Phloen Chit Road.

History

Phloen Chit Road was built in 1920, in the reign of King

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(Rama VI). Much of the area was then developed by the enterprising Chinese businessman

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, who bought large amounts of land, building for himself an estate (now

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) and subdivided the rest into plots to sell. The

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, established on the corner of Phloen Chit Intersection in 1922, used to occupy one of the largest compounds in the area. Its name ''"Phloen Chit"'' means "enjoy the mind" from the proposal of Prince

Narathip Praphanphong Prince Worawannakon, the Prince Narathip Praphanphong (20 November 1861 – 11 October 1931) was a Prince of Siam (later Thailand). He was a member of Siamese royal family is a son of King Mongkut and Chao Chom Manda Khian. His mother was Chao ...

. Because in those days, the location of this road can be considered a suburb and far away from the downtown. Therefore had to travel with inconvenience, so people are often referred to by the irony that "don't worry".

References

Streets in Bangkok Pathum Wan district {{Bangkok-geo-stub