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100 Things We Love About the 80s
Our Favourite Playgrounds of Yesteryears
From Kampongs to Flats
Singapore Campaigns of the 70s/80s
Old Places in Singapore
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- Bukit Brown Cemetery
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- Former Sun Yat Sen Villa
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- Queenstown/Queensway Cinema
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- Simei Beauties’ Portraits
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- Tiong Bahru Bird Singing Corner
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- Upper Thomson Secondary & Other Abandoned Schools
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Tag Archives: Housing And Development Board
The Colonial Bungalows and “Country” Roads at Sembawang
A reminder of Singapore’s colonial past, there are more than 400 colonial houses, or sometimes known as the black and white houses, still standing in different parts of Singapore. One large cluster of Singapore’s colonial houses are located at the … Continue reading
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From Old Woodlands to New
The Woodlands of the early 20th century was an entirely rural area, filled with forest and mangrove swamps with clusters of attap huts, rubber plantations and farms. Over at Malaya, across the Straits of Johore, all that its residents could … Continue reading
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Walking Down the Memory Lane of Margaret Drive
Margaret Drive was named after Princess Margaret (Margaret Rose, 1930-2002), the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Constructed in the mid-fifties, Margaret Drive was simply known by the locals as the new road, as it was the main road to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandra Canal, Birkhall Road School, Church Of Our Saviour, Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre, Commonwealth Avenue Wet Market, Dawson Hawker Centre, Duchess Estate, Former Queenstown Polyclinic, Golden City Theatre, Golden Crown Restaurant, Housing And Development Board, Hua Yi Government Chinese Middle School, Hua Yi Primary School, Jalan Penjara, Kay Siang Primary School, Lee Kong Chian Gardens School, Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Drive, Margaret Drive Hawker Centre, Margaret Drive Secondary School, Margaret Rose, Masjid Jamek, Mohamed Khir Johari, Princess Estate, Princess Margaret, Princess Margaret Estate, Queenstown, Queenstown Bowl, Queenstown Branch Library, Queenstown Cinema, Queenstown Combined Clinic, Queenstown Mall, Queenstown Primary School, Queenstown Public Library, Queenstown Remand Prison, Queenstown School, Queenstown Secondary School, Queensway, Queensway Cinema, Rainbow Centre Margaret Drive School, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Improvement Trust, SkyResidence @Dawson, Strathmore School, Tah Chung Emporium, Tanglin Boys' School, Tanglin Girls' School, Tanglin Halt, Tanglin Road, The Fisherman Of Christ Fellowship, Townsville Institute, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Venus Theatre
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Shining and Guiding the Way… The Lighthouses of Singapore
Lighthouses, typically located on islands and shoals near the entry waterways to ports and harbours, provide the visual aids and navigational guides for mariners. In addition, they also serve as the warning markers of dangers such as rocks and reefs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Batu Putih, Bedok Lighthouse, Berlayer Beacon, Berlayer Point Lighthouse, Berlayer Tower, Captain James Horsburgh, East Coast Parkway, Fort Canning Hill, Fort Canning Lighthouse, Fullerton Building, Horsburgh Lighthouse, Housing And Development Board, International Court Of Justice, John Turnbull Thomson, Johor Strait Lighthouse, Jurong Island, Labrador, Lagoon View, Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, Marine Terrace, Maritime And Port Authority Of Singapore, Pedra Branca, Pulau Pisang, Pulau Pisang Lighthouse, Pulau Satumu, Raffles Lighthouse, Raffles Marina, Second World War, Selat Jurong, Sentosa, Singapore Strait, Sir James Alexander Swettenham, Sir Stamford Raffles, South China Sea, Strait Of Malacca, Straits Of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Of Johor, Sultan Shoal Lighthouse, Tanjong Rimau Beacon, Tuas West
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The Colonial Charms of Wessex Estate’s Black and White Houses
Even as the rapid development of the one-north biomedical, media and other engineering industries creep towards its doorstep, a walk around Wessex Estate, off Portsdown Road, still makes one feel he has travelled back in time. Wessex Estate’s clusters of … Continue reading
Posted in Exotic, General
Tagged Housing And Development Board, Jalan Hang Jebat, Jurong Town Corporation, Pasir Panjang Army Children's School, Portsdown Road, Wessex Estate, Wessex Estate Malay School, Westbourne Road, Weyhill Close, Whitchurch Road, Whitechurch Road, Wilton Close, Woking Road
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The Architectural Legacy of Pearl Bank Apartments
Located on top of Pearl’s Hill, the Pearl Bank Apartments was built in 1976, and designed by local architect Tan Cheng Siong in a unique horseshoe shape when viewed from the above. At 113m tall, the building offered its residents … Continue reading
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The Vanished Colourful Landmark of Rochor
The colourful Rochor Centre flats, previously bounded by Rochor Road, Ophir Road and Queen Street, had seen their demolition completed. Motorists could no longer see the eye-catching landmark on their ways along the busy Rochor Road and Ophir Road. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Fu Lu Shou Complex, Housing And Development Board, Interim Upgrading Programme, Kelantan Complex, Little Johor, North-South Corridor, Ophir Road, Queen Street, Queen Street Bus Terminal, Queen Street Taxi Terminal, Rochor Centre, Rochor Road, Sim Lim Square, Sim Lim Tower, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Tanjong Pagar Plaza
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The Lone HDB Block at Moulmein
Standing at the junction of Moulmein Road and Exit 7A of the Central Expressway (CTE), Block 69 cuts a lonely figure, being the only Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat in the vicinity. It was an unusual scene, as HDB … Continue reading