River City Bangkok, The Anchor of Arts & Antiques (RCB) is a shopping center in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

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. It is on the

Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Et ...

on the

Si Phraya Pier Captain Bush Lane, now officially known as Soi Charoen Krung 30 ( th, ซอยเจริญกรุง 30), is a side-street (''trok'' or ''soi'') branching off Charoen Krung Road in Bang Rak District of Bangkok, Thailand. It was ho ...

near many large hotels. It is accessible by car or boat.

History

River City Bangkok, The Anchor of Arts & Antiques was Designed by Krisda Arunvongse na Ayudhya and developed by the

Italthai Group The Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited ( th, บริษัท อิตาเลียนไทย ดีเวล๊อปเมนต์ จำกัด (มหาชน)) was formed on 15 August 1958 as the "Italian-Thai Corpora ...

and The

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Limited (MOHG) is a Hong Kong hotel investment and management group focusing on luxury hotels, resorts, and residences, with a total of 33 properties worldwide, 20 of which are fully or partially ow ...

, it opened on 1 December 1984 with total floor area of 47,567 m².

Composition

Tenants of River City Bangkok are 60 percent art and antique shops, 20 percent lifestyle shops specialized in leather work, silks, tailored suits, furniture and home décor, and 20 percent restaurants and cafes, totalling to 160 shops. The four floors are arranged by categories of goods and services. The RCB Artery Zone is designed to host events. RCB Galleria on the second floor is well-suited to gallery-style art exhibitions.

River City Auction (RCB Auctions)

Established in July 1985, Riverside Auction House is an arts and antiques auction house. Every first Saturday of the month for the past 30 years, it has held 400 auctions consisting of 80,000 transactions and over 700 million baht in total sales. File:RCB Artery.jpg, RCB Artery File:RCB Auctions Room2.jpg, alt=RCB Auctions Room, RCB Auctions

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{{Shopping malls in Thailand Shopping malls in Bangkok Shopping malls established in 1984 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group 1984 establishments in Thailand Buildings and structures on the Chao Phraya River

History

Composition

River City Auction (RCB Auctions)

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