The Houses Before Arts House
Among the cluster of colonial architecture at the North East bank of the Singapore River are some of the oldest buildings in Singapore. The Empress...
View ArticleRubber Beginnings in Singapore
138 years ago, the first rubber arrived at Singapore. On 11 June 1877, a batch of 22 rubber seedlings were shipped from England’s Kew Gardens,...
View ArticleSingapore Botanic Gardens the UNESCO World Heritage Site
The grass is not greener on the other side, now that Singapore lays claim to her own UNESCO World Heritage Site. In what is the timeliest Golden...
View ArticleThe Former Yock Eng School
The relatively pleasing state of restoration in Singapore means that it can sometimes be hard to tell a building’s age. Telling the time however, was...
View ArticleIstana Kampong Gelam the National Monument
Kampong Gelam, with its name derived from the gelam trees in the area, was one of the earliest settlements in Singapore. Even before the arrival of...
View ArticleA Final Hurrah at Commonwealth Drive
More than 10,000 Singaporeans thronged to Commonwealth Drive on Saturday for a final hurrah, just a month before the estate of blocks 74 to 80...
View ArticleThe Causeway on the South of Singapore
Many of us are familiar with Singapore’s first causeway, the Johor-Singapore Causeway located off Woodlands. Originally completed in 1924, it served as the first land...
View ArticleBefore it was Funan
Before the days of mobile broadband and high speed connectivity, people conversed in the streets or connected over meals in makeshift spaces set up by...
View ArticleThe Little Institution Bows Out
The last brick and mortar store of a 171-year-old shopping institution will roll its shutters permanently at the turn of 2016 and 2017. The John...
View ArticleSo Long, Sungei Road
Sungei Road Market was many things at once. It was a kerb-side marketplace with bargain hunter and vendor haggling over bric-a-brac laid on mats and...
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