West Side Story
ust a few years ago, the only reasons for visitors to hop across to the Thonburi side of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River were for a quick tour of Wat Arun or to check in to one of the area’s waterfront hotels. Thonburi was a simple, short-on-sights Bangkok suburb whose sleepy residential neighborhoods belied its brief 18th-century tenure as the Siamese capital. In recent years, however, the area has stepped into the spotlight with the debut of mega-mall Iconsiam and a smattering of old warehouses rejuvenated
