Tag Archives: North-South Corridor

(10th Year Edition) A Look Back at What Vanished in Singapore in the Past Decade

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Remember Singapore

When RemSG blog was first set up in October 2010, it was largely due to the inspiration by the excellent Old Places documentary (by local director Royston Tan). Lamenting the loss of the good old National Library and other iconic … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 77th Street, Afro-Asia Building, Ayer Rajah Camp, Bakerzin, Banquet, Bedok Bus Interchange, Bedok Swimming Complex, Bestway Building, Bidadari Estate, Billy Bombers, Biopolis, Borders, Braddell-Westlake Secondary School, Broadrick Secondary School, Bukit Brown Cemetery, Bukit Merah SAFRA Clubhouse, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange, Bukit Panjang LRT, Bulim Bus Depot, Buona Vista Swimming Complex, Changi Coast Road, Chaoyang School, Chin Mee Chin, Chinatown Plaza, Chinese Pioneers, Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre, Copthorne Orchard Hotel, Dakota Crescent, Downtown Line, East Coast Park, East Coast Park Chalets, East-West Line, Eminent Plaza, Empress Cinema, Eunosville, First Toa Payoh Secondary School, Funan Centre, Fusionopolis, Gardens By The Bay, Geylang Serai Malay Village, Golden Bridge, Golden Shoe Hawker Centre, Green Corridor, Haig Camp, HMV Singapore, HomeFix, Housing And Development Board, Housing and Urban Development Company, Hup Lee Kopitiam, Innova Junior College, Institute of Technical Education Bishan, Jalan Kayu, Jalan Kayu Post Office, Jalan Kayu Rural Centre, Jewel Changi Airport, John Little, Jurong East Bus Interchange, Jurong Junior College, Jurong Pioneer Junior College, Jurong Road, Jurong Stadium, Kampong Java Park, Keat Hong Camp, KFC Singapore, Kranji Road, Land Transport Authority, Lavender Food Square, Liang Court, Light Rapid Transit, Lim Seng Lee Duck Rice Eating House, Lion City Hotel, Lornie Highway, Lorong Lew Lian, Loyang Bus Depot, Maju Secondary School, Marina Bay Sands, Marina Coastal Expressway, Marine Cove, Maritime Experiential Museum, Market Street Food Centre, Mass Rapid Transit, Matilda House, McDonald’s Singapore, Mediapolis, Mount Vernon Sanctuary, MPH Bookstores, National Aerated Water Company, National Stadium, New Crown Cinema, New Town Cinema, Normanton Park, North-South Corridor, Northlight School, Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay, Old Keat Hong Camp, Old Woodlands Town Centre, One-North Avenue, Ordnance Supply Base, Park Mall, Paya Lebar Police Station, Pearl Bank Apartments, Pearls Centre, Portsdown Road, President Shopping Centre, Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant, Princess Cinema, Queenstown Cinema, Queenstown Driving Test Centre, Queenstown Neighbourhood Police Centre, Queensway Cinema, Raintree Gardens, Redhill Close, Regal Theatre, Republic Theatre, Resorts World Sentosa, Rio Casa, River Safari, Rochor Centre, S.E.A. Aquarium, Saint Joseph’s Institution, Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme, Seletar Aerospace Drive, Seletar Aerospace Park, Seletar Bus Deport, Seletar Bus Depot, Seletar Camp, Seletar West Farmway, Sembawang Hot Spring Park, Sentosa, Sentosa Merlion, Serangoon Bus Interchange, Serangoon Junior College, Serangoon Plaza, Serangoon Road, Serangoon Ville, Shaw Tower, Shunfu Ville, Silat Avenue, Sin Ming Industrial Estate, Singapore 2010s, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Railway, Singapore Sports Hub, Sizzler, Sloane Court Hotel, SportsLink, Sungei Road Flea Market, Sunny Bookshop, Tampines Junior College, Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm, Tanah Merah Coast Road, Tanglin Estate, Tanglin Halt Close, Ten Mile Junction, Tengah New Town, The Café Cartel, Thomson Nature Park, Thomson-East Coast Line, Tiger Balm Building, Tiger Sky Tower, Toa Payoh Rise Apartments, Tong Ah Eating House, Topshop/Topman, Transit Road, Tuas South Boulevard, Tuas West Extension, Underwater World, Union Farm Eating House, Universal Studios, Yangtze Theatre, Yishun Bus Interchange | 22 Comments

The Vanished Colourful Landmark of Rochor

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Remember Singapore

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 →

Posted in General | 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 | 1 Comment

Goodbye Kampong Java Park

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Remember Singapore

Come end of August, the 45-year-old Kampong Java Park will be permanently closed. Once a Christian cemetery bounded by Kampong Java Road and Bukit Timah Road, works were carried out in 1971 by the Public Works Department (PWD) to convert … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Bukit Timah Road, Cavenagh Road, Ellision Building, Halifax Road, Kampong Java Park, Kampong Java Park Road, Kandang Kerbau Women's And Children's Hospital, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Land Transport Authority, Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home, Lim Kim San, Marymount Convent, Ministry Of Finance, Nanyang Pho Leng Building, New Cemtery Road, New Park Avenue, New Scenery Road, North-South Corridor, Palm Beach Seafood Restaurant, Park Road, Parks And Recreation Department, Public Utilities Board, Public Works Department, Rochor Centre, Singapore City Council, Singapore Municipal, Sir Orfeur Cavenagh, Sunshine Corner, Toa Payoh Rise Apartments, Victoria Street Wholesale Centre | 1 Comment

Toa Payoh Rise’s Past and Present

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Remember Singapore

Relatively undisturbed for the past 50 years, Toa Payoh Rise may see a big change in the coming years, due to its location being one of the areas that will be affected by the construction of the North-South Corridor, Singapore’s … Continue reading →