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10 Most Recent Articles
- End of the Road for Trishaws in Singapore May 11, 2024
- Exploring the Marsiling Tunnels April 24, 2024
- Sago Lane’s Grim History of “Death Houses” March 26, 2024
- Doors Shuttered for Good for Peace Centre February 27, 2024
- A Last Look at Turf City January 14, 2024
- Rejuvenation of the Old Ang Mo Kio Swimming Complex December 21, 2023
- 50 Years of Toa Payoh Swimming Complex and Stadium November 19, 2023
- Redhill Close SIT Estate Walks Into History October 21, 2023
- The End of Singapore’s First HDB Flats at Merpati Road September 29, 2023
- The “Black Bridge” of Orh Kio Tau September 19, 2023
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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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- Atbara House
- 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 (CDC)
- 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
- Jalan Bahar Dragon Kiln
- Japanese Cemetery Park
- Jinrikisha Station
- Jurong Hill Observatory Tower
- Jurong West Nantah Arch
- Kallang National Stadium
- Kampong Lorong Buangkok
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- Karikal Mahal
- Katong Park Guard Sculptures
- Keppel Hill Reservoir
- Kim Keat Dinosaur Playground
- Lim Chu Kang Pier
- Lorong Chuan Overhead Bridge
- MacAlister Terrace
- MacPherson Mamak 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 Signage
- Old Changi Hospital
- Old Kallang Airport
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- 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
- Yan Kit Swimming Complex
- Zion Road Blue Flats
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Tag Archives: Toa Payoh
50 Years of Toa Payoh Swimming Complex and Stadium
Toa Payoh Sports Centre’s 50-year-old legacy has come to an end as the complex will be making way for the new Toa Payoh Integrated Development expected to be ready by 2030. Located along Toa Payoh Lorong 6, the sports centre, … Continue reading
Posted in Historic, Nostalgic
Tagged ActiveSG, Ang Peng Siong, Balester Khalsa Football Club, Housing And Development Board, Joscelin Yeo, Junie Sng, National Day Parade, People's Association, Residents' Committee, SEA Games, SEAP Games, SEAP Games Village, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Amateur Swimming Association, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, Singapore Sports Council, Singapore Swimming Association, Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, Toa Payoh, Toa Payoh Lorong 6, Toa Payoh Sports Centre, Toa Payoh Stadium, Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, Toa Payoh Town Centre, Toa Payoh Town Park, Youth Olympic Games
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The Legacies Queen Elizabeth II Left in Singapore
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has died at an old age of 96. While Queen Victoria (1819-1901), in her 63 years of reign, managed arguably the golden era of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth II’s record 70 … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged British Empire, Elizabeth Drive, Esplanade Park, Keppel Shipyard, Mount Elizabeth, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Philip Walk, Prince Charles Rise, Princess Anne Hill, Princess Elizabeth Community Centre, Princess Elizabeth Estate, Princess Elizabeth Flats, Princess Elizabeth Park, Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria, Queen's Circus, Queen's Close, Queen's Crescent, Queen's Dock, Queen's Way, Queenstown, Queensway, Singapore Improvement Trust, Toa Payoh
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Toa Payoh Rise’s Past and Present
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
Posted in General, Historic
Tagged Armand Joseph Braga, Blind Rise, Caldecott MRT Station, Changi General Hospital, City Council, Committee On Street Names, Convent Of The Good Shepherd, Girls' Homecraft Centre, Jalan Buta, Jalan Toa Payoh, Lions Clubs Of Singapore, Maria Hertogh Riot, Marymount Convent, Marymount Convent School, Marymount Road, Ministry Of Social Affairs, North-South Corridor, Public Works Department, Singapore 1970s, Singapore Association For The Blind, Singapore Association For The Visually Handicapped, Thomson Road, Thomson Road General Hospital, Thomson Road Hospital, Toa Payoh, Toa Payoh Girls' Home, Toa Payoh Hospital, Toa Payoh Rise, Toa Payoh Rise Apartments, White Cane Road
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Singapore Trivia – Old Dragons of Whampoa and Toa Payoh
Two dragons have been standing tall at the heartlands of Whampoa and Toa Payoh for more than 40 years. Both of them were built in the late sixties and early seventies, as landmarks and identities for the upcoming housing estates … Continue reading
First Toa Payoh Secondary School No More
Although Toa Payoh was the second satellite town in Singapore after Queenstown, it was the first to be built solely by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). In 1968, First Toa Payoh Secondary School (FTPSS) became Toa Payoh’s first secondary … Continue reading
A Dragon Quest – Searching for Singapore’s Lost Dragon Playgrounds
When former Housing Development Board (HDB) interior designer Khor Ean Ghee was tasked to design a series of playgrounds for Singapore’s upcoming new towns and housing estates in the seventies, he took inspirations from animals and objects that could provide … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Nostalgic
Tagged Dragon Playgrounds, Glass Mosaics, Khor Ean Ghee, Singapore 1980s, Toa Payoh
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A Flashback to Singapore 1982 Through Old Geography Textbooks (Part 2)
The secondary 2 edition of the good old geography textbooks we have used some 30 years ago touches on various topics, such as the environment, interaction, growth and change, hierarchy, unity and diversity. Like the other editions, there are many … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgic
Tagged Ang Mo Kio, Area Licensing Scheme, Geography Text Books, MRT, Singapore 1980s, Singapore River, Toa Payoh
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From Villages to Flats (Part 2) – Public Housing in Singapore
The history of the public housing in Singapore is largely divided into two sections: The Singapore Improvement Trust’s (SIT) period and the Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) era. Two minor players that had also contributed in the building of public … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Historic
Tagged Albert Street, Ang Mo Kio, Artisan Dwellings, Bras Basah, Build and Sell Scheme, Build-to-Order, Bukit Ho Swee Fire, Butterfly Block, Changi Village, Chinatown, Commonwealth Close, Dakota Crescent, Design, Dover Estate, Dutch's Corner, Executive Condominium, Forfar House, Four Leaf Clover Flat, HDB Executive Maisonettes, HDB Terrace House, Hong Lim Park, Housing And Development Board, Housing and Urban Development Company, Jurong Town Corporation, Kampong Java, Kampong Silat, Lakeview Estate, Lim Kim San, Margaret Drive, Marine Parade, Neo Tiew, Pinnacle@Duxton, Potong Pasir, Princess Elizabeth Estate, Princess Margaret Estate, Provision Shop, Public Housing, Redhill Close, Rochor Centre, Selegie House, Singapore Improvement Trust, Strathmore and Dawson, Taman Jurong, Tanglin Halt, Tiong Bahru, Toa Payoh, Upper Pickering Street, Void Deck, Yung Kuang Road, Zion Road
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