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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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- Beach Road Army Market
- Bukit Brown Cemetery
- Bukit Merah SAFRA Clubhouse
- Bukit Purmei Keramat Bukit Kasita
- Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
- Bukit Timah Turf Club
- Capitol Theatre/Building
- Central Fire Station
- Changi Commando Barrack
- Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre
- Customs Operations Command Building
- Dakota Crescent Provision Shop
- Dover Road Pelican Playground
- Ellison Building
- Esplanade Park
- Former Beach Road Police Station
- Former CID Headquarters
- Former Communicable Disease Centre
- Former National Aerated Water Company
- Former Paya Lebar Police Station
- Former Sun Yat Sen Villa
- Geylang Serai Malay Village
- Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
- Haw Par Villa
- Hougang Rainbow Flat
- Istana Woodneuk
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- Japanese Cemetery Park
- Jinrikisha Station
- Jurong Hill Observatory Tower
- Jurong West Nantah Arch
- Kallang National Stadium
- Kampong Lorong Buangkok
- Kampong Silat SIT Flats
- Karikal Mahal
- Katong Park Guard Sculptures
- Keppel Hill Reservoir
- Kim Keat Dinosaur Playground
- Lim Chu Kang Pier
- Lorong Chuan Overhead Bridge
- MacAlister Terrace
- MacPherson Mama Shop
- Marine Parade Sea Breeze Lodge
- Marsiling Underpass
- Maxwell Chambers & Maxwell Chambers Suites
- Mount Sophia Tower House
- Nee Soon Post Office
- Neo Tiew Estate
- Old Bus Stops/Street Name Signs
- Old Changi Hospital
- Old Kallang Airport
- Old Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Pasir Panjang Fort/Labrador Battery
- Pearl’s Hill Police Operational Headquarters
- People’s Park Complex
- Portsdown, Seletar & Sembawang Colonial Houses
- Pulau Ubin
- Punggol Matilda House
- Queenstown/Queensway Cinema
- Rochor Centre Coloured Flats
- Seletar Camp & Old Lamp Posts
- Sembawang Hill Estate Taxi Service Stand
- Sembawang Hot Spring
- Sentosa Blakang Mati Artillery Barrack
- Sentosa Fort Serapong
- Siglap Blocks
- Simei Beauties’ Portraits
- Singapore En-Bloc Flats
- Singapore Railway
- Sungei Road Thieves’ Market
- Taman Jurong “H-Shaped” JTC Flats
- Tanglin Barracks
- Tanglin Hill Brunei Hostel
- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Tiong Bahru Bird Singing Corner
- Toa Payoh Dragon Playground
- Tuas Television World
- Upper Seletar Reservoir
- Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
- Upper Thomson Secondary & Other Abandoned Schools
- View Road Mental Hospital
- Whampoa Dragon Fountain
- Woodlands Camps/Kranji Army Barracks
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- Zion Road Blue Flats
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Tag Archives: Singapore Improvement Trust
The End of Lorong 3 Geylang Neighbourhood
The Lorong 3 Geylang terrace houses, 191 of them, had their 60-year leases ended on 31 December 2020. Began in 1960, the houses held on for six decades and eventually became Singapore’s first residential units to have met the expiry … Continue reading
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Tagged Geylang Bahru, Geylang Bahru Industrial Estate, Geylang Lorong 3, Geylang Road, Housing And Development Board, Kallang Bahru, Kallang River, Kampong Hock Soon, Kampong Koo Chye, Kampong Kuchai, Lee Rubber Factory, Lorong Tiga Estate, Sims Avenue, Singapore City Council, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore Land Authority, Upper Boon Keng Road
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Bidding Farewell to Dakota Crescent Flats
Dakota Crescent and its low-rise flats were built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in 1958, two years before the formation of the Housing and Development Board (HDB). It was then known as the Old Kallang Airport Estate, a massive … Continue reading
Posted in General, Nostalgic
Tagged Broadrick Secondary School, Dakota Crescent, Dakota DC-3, Housing And Development Board, Jalan Dua, Jalan Empat, Jalan Enam, Jalan Lima, Jalan Satu, Jalan Tiga, Kallang Airport, Maju Secondary School, Ministry Of National Development, Mountbatten, Mountbatten Adult Education Board Centre, Mountbatten Primary School, Old Airport Road, Old Kallang Airport Estate, Royal Air Force, Save Dakota Crescent, Singapore 1960s, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore Telephone Board, Singapore Traction Company, Urban Redevelopment Authority
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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
Posted in General, Nostalgic
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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McNair Road, Townerville and the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital
Along McNair Road is an interesting sight, where the prewar terrace houses meet the modern public flats in an interesting mix of old and new architecture. Townerville, the prominent landmark of the McNair/Towner vicinity, refers to the rows of double-storey … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, General, Historic
Tagged Balestier Junior Technical Trade School, Central Expressway, Central Sikh Temple, Guru Nanak, Housing And Development Board, Institute Of Technical Education, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, Lazarus Rayman, May Primary School, May Road, McNair Road, McNair Road School, Ministry of Education, Movement For The Intellectually Disabled Of Singapore, National Heritage Board, Ng Teng Fong, Northlight School, Precision Engineering Institute, Rainbow Centre Balestier Special School, Rangoon Road Primary School, Rayman Estate, Shitoryu Karate Association, Silat Road Sikh Temple, Singapore Boys' Hostel, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore Karate Association, Singapore Vocational Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Towner Primary School, Towner Road, Townerville, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Vocational And Industrial Training Board, Wadda Gurdwara, Wee Kim Wee
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Bird Singing, a Favourite Pastime of the Past
Bird singing competitions, bird singing corners, bird singing clubs. True enough, bird singing was and is still a favourite hobby among many Singaporeans. The fascinating hobby seemed to have kicked off in Malaysia and Singapore in the late fifties. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Nostalgic
Tagged Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bird Singing Contest, Clementi, Community Centres, Gay World Stadium, Guus Van Bladel, Herbie Mann, Housing And Development Board, Jalan Besar Stadium, Jurong Bird Park, Kelab Burong Singapore, People's Association, Singapore Bird Club, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Tampines, Tiong Bahru Block 53, White-Rumped Shama
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SIT Apartments, Old Schools and a Famous Hawker Centre at Monk’s Hill
SIT Apartments It is a quiet neighbourhood tucked away in a small district bounded by the Bukit Timah Road, Cavenagh Road and Clemenceau Avenue. Over here, one can find several blocks of Singapore Trust Improvement (SIT) apartments, built by the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Historic
Tagged Ministry of Education, Monk's Hill Primary School, Monk's Hill Road, Monk's Hill Secondary School, Newton Boys' School, Newton Food Centre, Newton Vocational Institution, Public Utilities Board, Singapore Improvement Trust, Tanglin Tinggi Malay School, Winstedt Road, Winstedt Road School, Winston Choo
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Changes of Dakota – Demolition of Former Broadrick and Maju Secondary Schools
Dakota Crescent, with its unique Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) flats and the last dove playground in Singapore, has been in the headlines for the past two years, after news of its impending demolition lured many photographers and nostalgia lovers to visit … Continue reading
The Cambridge Estate – An “English” Estate in Singapore
Located in the central part of Singapore, and largely bounded by Bukit Timah Road, Serangoon Road, Thomson Road and Moulmein Road, the Cambridge Estate, of Farrer Park district, is an old housing district where its inner roads are mostly named after English … Continue reading
Posted in General, Historic
Tagged Cambridge Estate, Cambridge Road, Cambridge Road Market, Cambridge School, Carlisle Road, Central Expressway, Dorset Road, Dorset School, Dorset View, Durham Estate, Durham Road, Farrer Park, Gloucester Road, Kampong Java, Keng Lee Road, Kheng Cheng School, Ling Chi Xing Gong Temple, Little Sisters of the Poor, Masjid Tasek Utara, Norfolk Estate, Norfolk Road, Owen Estate, Owen Road, Owen School, Pek Kio, Pek Kio Community Centre, Pek Kio Market, Qing De Gong Temple, Rangoon Road School, Singapore Baptist Church, Singapore Improvement Trust, St. Michael's School, Tasek Utara Estate, The Parish of Christ Church
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