This is a new thread for posting pictures of the same location (in Singapore) of at least 10 years difference. Do state the date/year of the picture taken, where possible. If you have a story to tell about the place, that will be great to make this thread more interesting.

Looking forward to your posts. :)

These are taken from the flats at Banda St, Chinatown.

Undated. Probably between 1969 - 1974
http://img34.exs.cx/img34/7638/cbdthen8rm.jpg
(Source from NHB)

29 Nov 2004
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/6287/cbdnow7ig.jpg

omg..nice picture!..this is what makes Singapore intresting. The speed of construction:):)

times do change dont they?:)

Shophouses are a thing of the past with all the huge constructions! :)

@drwho
Yes... Things changed tremendously over the last 30 years! :)

@Blackadder
We do conserve the shophouses through careful restoration and allow for appropriate residential or commercial uses.

See the restored shophouses in the Now picture with orange roofs? :)

These are taken from the flats at Banda St, Chinatown.

Undated. Probably between 1969 - 1974

did u delibrately take the new picture based on the location of the old picture so as to make a comparison....if so...great effort :applause:

did u delibrately take the new picture based on the location of the old picture so as to make a comparison....if so...great effort :applause:

Yes... :yes: Saw the old pic posted by readstone in another thread... so familiar... so, I decided to take a modern version of it. :)

We do conserve the shophouses through careful restoration and allow for appropriate residential or commercial uses.

See the restored shophouses in the Now picture with orange roofs? :)
They look much more better now than in the Before picture :).

They look much more better now than in the Before picture :).

no doubt on that... you can see some really old shophouses that were so run down before restoration in other threads... :P

Probobly only best to pull them down.

its a rather huge change, but i wouldnt think its very fast if you compare with chinese cities today.. or novena :)

It's a great idea, we should try to do it for some others :-)

The most perfect Then & Now photo! :eek:
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980007530-8263-3201-0183/img0064.jpg
^1976?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103wallpaper.jpg
^2004

Wait til 2006 and go up Shaw again to take a pic, with the ORQ much taller, and Sail u/c...

Imagine THAT! :eek:

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007435-8263-3201-0164/img0094.jpg
^1966 from Supreme Court's dome

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007451-8263-3201-0182/img0031.jpg
^1970s from Shaw Towers

@Redstone

Could you post the modern equivalent shots of the above pictures, please.

World Trade Centre
1979
http://img105.exs.cx/img105/9323/wtcthen19790mj.jpg
(Source from NHB)

World Trade Centre renamed as Harbourfront
20 Jan 2005
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/6173/wtcnow20051rw.jpg

:) Looks much more better today, nice pictures.

World Trade Centre
1979
http://img105.exs.cx/img105/9323/wtcthen19790mj.jpg
(Source from NHB)

World Trade Centre renamed as Harbourfront
20 Jan 2005
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/6173/wtcnow20051rw.jpg
Not the same angle leh. :D

World Trade Centre renamed as Harbourfront


I still have the habit of calling it the WTC! :bash:

Not the same angle leh. :D

veri hot today leh...

1970 approx
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005119-8073-3222-4723/img0098.jpg

1990 approx
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/28singapore1.jpg

The 1st picture is very interesting.

@Redstone

Could you post the modern equivalent shots of the above pictures, please.

Yes, if I could access the SupCourt's dome! :D

Yes, if I could access the SupCourt's dome! :D

hmmm... that reminds me... maybe, we could when it's turned into a museum or something...

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007388-8263-3201-0893/img0002.jpg
^1976

http://img117.exs.cx/img117/1347/china2a3fp.jpg
^30 years later, 2004

Had this shot been more to the right it would have been perfect!

The left is part of the "L-shaped" corridor. The right is full of plants... :P

btw, can you put a date/year next to the pics, pls? :)

The first pic should be in 1974... ;)

Nice pictures redstone! :)

Everything has changed... including Textile Centre. In place of the shophouses, is Parkview Square and a park.

Then - Taken on 17 Nov 1976
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007530-8263-3201-0183/img0023.jpg

Now - Taken on 21 Jan 2005
http://img147.exs.cx/img147/3703/dscn00021fh.jpg

Nice picture hyacinthus, so the park was later added.

well, its not really a park..they just cleared away the decaying shophouses (others were preserved) and it is probably state land waiting to be developed

btw we went up that yellowish building on 15th Jan, great views :)

which yellowsih building?

which yellowsih building?

RC meant the Textile Centre. :) You can see it in the 15th Jan meetup thread :yes:

it used to be ugly and grey like the PearlBank apartment when I first visited it in July last year, but now it has a coat of fresh yellow :banana:

Looks awfully revolting last time...

1970s Bus Stop - Still remember?

http://img164.exs.cx/img164/9250/busstopold3tt.jpg

2000s Bus Stop

http://img164.exs.cx/img164/3716/busstopnew0av.jpg

Do you think our bus stops have really improved?

OMG I really havent seen those old busstops until you posted it! :eek2:

dont some of today's busstops have water-coolers and fans?

I see the old hawker centre is still not yet demolished

where did you take the 70s busstop from?

what I meant is that I havent seen them for so long I forgot thats how they looked like :D

hehe... found it near Lim Chu Kang... so ulu place... :D

Hmmm... today's bus-stops have cooler and fan meh?

What I didn't like most is the modern bus-stop STILL do not shelter much from heavy rain... or play "noisy" adverts sometimes :P

hehe... found it near Lim Chu Kang... so ulu place... :D

Hmmm... today's bus-stops have cooler and fan meh?

What I didn't like most is the modern bus-stop is that they STILL do not shelter much from heavy rain... or play "noisy" adverts sometimes :P

i think those in Orchard Rd especially near the Scotts junction have. Many also have colourful ads but noisy ads are irritating, still its good to see those old ones still around...Lim Chu Kang....:P

Hotel Rendezvous

Then
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005821-8106-3181-7911/img0056.jpg

Now (2005)
http://img140.exs.cx/img140/5959/ren9yd.jpg

Hotel Rendezvous

Then
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005821-8106-3181-7911/img0056.jpg

Now (2005)
http://img140.exs.cx/img140/5959/ren9yd.jpg

I didn't know they conserve those shophouses... So nice. :)

you thought the front part of the building was new? ^^

you thought the front part of the building was new? ^^

:yes: Always thought it was part of the entire hotel. Nice hotel... :)

it IS indeed nice...not too noisy also :yes:

Hong Lim - Notice the flats on the left has been demolished. China Square has sprung up in the background...

Then - 14 Feb 1978
http://img171.exs.cx/img171/5513/img00987nk.jpg

Now - 1 Feb 2005
http://img171.exs.cx/img171/7066/then12no.jpg

good one!

oh yes, now after having seen that old pic, I do remember those old flats there! They were demolished recently I think..maybe 2 years ago

1952 flats...

Hong Lim - Notice the flats on the left has been demolished. China Square has sprung up in the background...
[B]Now - 1 Feb 2005
http://img171.exs.cx/img171/7066/then12no.jpg

everytime there's an empty piece of land, i start imagining...

I wonder what that land has been zoned for....

possible highrise? mall? park?

hmm...

I wonder what that land has been zoned for....

possible highrise? mall? park?

hmm...

According to Master Plan 2003,

GFA for that plot of land = 4.2
Residential with Commercial at 1st Storey only
Building Height = 16 Storeys

Then 1928
Fullerton Building along Singapore River with CAVENAGH & ANDERSON BRIDGES
http://img190.exs.cx/img190/3575/fullerton19209sv.jpg

Now 29 Oct 2003
Fullerton Hotel along Singapore River with CAVENAGH & ANDERSON BRIDGES
http://img179.exs.cx/img179/699/fullerton200310294ah.jpg

Another view of Fullerton Building Then... taken in 1930s
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/2479/fullertonthen19300ad.jpg

Fullerton Hotel Now... taken on 27 Aug 2002
http://img178.exs.cx/img178/8748/fullertonnow200208272ts.jpg

:eek:
Where is Waterboat Office? :eek:

:eek:
Where is Waterboat Office? :eek:

Behind the big tree. :)

Supreme Court from Padang

Then - 1953
http://img163.exs.cx/img163/5747/supremecourt19537np.jpg

Now - 27 Aug 2002
http://img194.exs.cx/img194/4912/supremecourt200208277rk.jpg

@Redstone - Nothing much has changed on this side... :)

Then - 18 May 1952
THE WATERBOAT OFFICE AT FULLERTON ROAD
http://img178.exs.cx/img178/2659/waterboat195205180io.jpg

Now - 21 Jan 2005
THE WATERBOAT HOUSE OF FULLERTON HOTEL - DINING
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/4237/waterboat200501210uh.jpg

The sloped roof building is gone...

The sloped roof building is gone...

u meant the waterboat house? was it slanted before? :?

From the old pic, there is a sloped roof building opposite Fullerton. Is that Waterboat?:?

From the old pic, there is a sloped roof building opposite Fullerton. Is that Waterboat?:?

I dun think so... does not look like Waterboat. Probably, made way for current day Waterboat... the pic for fullerton then was taken in 1930.

So I suppose the sloping roof thingy is gone and that Waterboat was hidden behind it then?

erm... skyline has a little article on it... extracted from http://www.ura.gov.sg/skyline/skyline02/skyline02-01/text/skylineP5a.html

The Waterboat House was built in 1919 and designed by the renowned architectural firm, Swan & Maclaren. It is a rare old building with an elegantly curved façade, designed in a unique Art Deco style.

According to Master Plan 2003,

GFA for that plot of land = 4.2
Residential with Commercial at 1st Storey only
Building Height = 16 Storeys

haiz..they should make it taller..more exciting :D

great series of before and after!, I like the sg river one :yes:

haiz..they should make it taller..more exciting :D

great series of before and after!, I like the sg river one :yes:

Hmmm... well, things can change. ;)

Thank you... I am planning more Then and After after today's MC... :(

you;re on MC today?

oh..hope u get well soon ^^

you're on MC today?

oh..hope u get well soon ^^

must be you... thus, the MC... :D Just j/k...

ya... too much bak kwa with roti... :lol: too heaty... :P

CNY period very heaty ^^

drink lots of H2O

CNY period very heaty ^^

drink lots of H2O

so touched... yes, sir ;)

Old Turf Club at Bukit Timah - The new Turf Club is currently located at Kranji which is not shown here... The Old Turf Club is temporarily converted into a place mainly for grocery shopping with Giant as the main anchor tenant, car mart, nursery and seafood... rather pathetic now...

Then - 1900
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005493-8073-3222-4698/img0008.jpg

Then - 2 May 1952
http://img134.exs.cx/img134/4972/turf195905021at.jpg

Now - 30 Jan 2005
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/3802/turfnow1fc.jpg

This pair is really interesting! Note that Fort Canning and Supreme Court only appear in the 1945 pic... and it seems there is a lighthouse on Fort Canning in both pictures... But, we don't see it in modern day, right?

Wonder how I could take a modern pic of this shot in modern day Singapore :?

Then - 1930
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007381-8105-3181-0499/img0075.jpg

Then - 1945
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005814-8106-3181-7904/img0081.jpg

Amazing that Victoria Memorial Hall and Cricket Club still stand today... with Sir Stamford Raffles... except for the arch between them...

I believe it was taken from the Fullerton ?

I believe it was taken from the Fullerton ?

No... Maybe Whiteway Laidlaw Building...

The old Turf Club was demolished or what?! :eek:

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005504-8073-3222-4710/img0053.jpg
This is Whiteway Laidlaw. Note that BOC and Fullerton are not there! :eek:
Was demolished in 1998, I think...

@Pengui
Can try... but too many trees now... might block the view and I probably need to get a room first... :P I think is Fullerton too...

@RedStone
Old Turf Club is still in Bukit Timah. Now, known as Turf City.

Hmmm... if you notice the Anderson bridge on the right. Fullerton Hotel should be the building on the extreme right, partially seen... This is probably the area where current day Maybank is... since it's next to Cavenagh Bridge... well roughly... :)

Yep, you can see the Whiteaway Building redstone is speaking about, on the left :-)
It must have stood where Standard Chartered now is, I guess ? I'm not quite sure that you can do anything about this second pic now, it must be a wall of skyscrapers here instead ^^

Is it possibly a construction site at the bottom left of the pic ?
Then maybe the pic is taken from BOC construction ?

This is Whiteway Laidlaw. Note that BOC and Fullerton are not there! :eek:
Was demolished in 1998, I think...

It wasnt there in 1998

It was still the same building, called Maybank Chambers.
Same building as Whiteway! :D

nvm... can verify on our next meetup ;)

Then - 5 Aug 1976
Taken From OCBC
http://img214.exs.cx/img214/2117/then9ku.jpg

Then - 21 Jan 2005
Taken From UOB
http://img208.exs.cx/img208/8168/now4zv.jpg

Then - 1900
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005493-8073-3222-4698/img0008.jpg

Then - 2 May 1952
http://img134.exs.cx/img134/4972/turf195905021at.jpg

Now - 30 Jan 2005
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/3802/turfnow1fc.jpg
When was the last restoration?

OOH!!!

the view from OUB and OCBC is an interesting contrast!!! :eek2:

seems that there was nothing major on the lands now occupied by the new Parliament and Supreme Court!

wow, Peace Mansion is so old

@Blackadder
Probably in the 1990s. But, the current site is planned for something else while the Turf Club has moved to Kranji. :yes:

@RC
cos... many places were preserved in that area, like the Supreme Court, St Andrew's Cathedral and Singapore Cricket Club ;)

Thanks. :)

No problem ;)

SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD

Then - 1900
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005494-8073-3222-4699/img0022.jpg

Now - 4 Feb 2005
http://img206.exs.cx/img206/5994/dscn02576nt.jpg

The Thian Hock Keng Temple & Nagore Durgha Mosque at Telok Ayer St.

1908
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005492-8073-3222-5029/img0048.jpg

4 Feb 2005
Thian Hock Keng Temple is hidden behind the trees while Nagore Durgha Mosque is still under renovation (seems like there isn't any progress in the reno.... has been like this for quite some time...).
http://img206.exs.cx/img206/5277/dscn02592pu.jpg

Nice pictures, good to see the CNY decorations.

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005494-8073-3222-4699/img0017.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005492-8073-3222-5029/img0075.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005592-8073-3222-4585/img0018.jpg

the contrasts are really astounding hya! :happy:

@redstone, please post the AFTER pics of the same scene :)

Corner of Market St and Robinsons Rd

Undated, Probably slightly before 1900
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005882-8120-3181-2126/img0076.jpg

Taken on 4 Feb 2005
http://img174.exs.cx/img174/2571/mkt3al.jpg

that is crazy! :eek:

RC, would try one day! :D

Bowyer Block, SGH
Then, undated:
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980000912-8106-3181-9097/img0009.jpg

Now, 2005:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/bowyer2.jpg

they demolished and rebuilt the parts around the clocktower?

@Redstone

Only the clock portion is preserved? But, the current one looks better with the columns around it :)

When was the Then and Now picture taken?

Was once a huge building. The sides were torn down, leaving the lobby columns propping up the clock tower. A walkway was built to link it with another old building.

Old Turf Club at Bukit Timah - The new Turf Club is currently located at Kranji which is not shown here... The Old Turf Club is temporarily converted into a place mainly for grocery shopping with Giant as the main anchor tenant, car mart, nursery and seafood... rather pathetic now...



What's so pathetic about it?

What's so pathetic about it?

Ray, have been to Old Turf Club before?

Not many people patronise the place now due to inaccessibility and probably not much can be done there except grocery shopping. Grocery prices at Giant aren't any much cheaper than NTUC and there are now more outlets in Singapore... Restaurants there aren't doing well too... close down one after another... Number of 2nd-hand car companies doing business there has also reduced... Thus, pathetic place...

View from Mandarin Hotel, looking at Cairnhill

Then - around 1974
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007438-8263-3201-0167/img0025.jpg

Now - early 2004
http://img104.exs.cx/img104/249/dense.jpg

Amazing!!! Apart from the 2 buildings on the right... everything looks DIFFERENT! :eek:

Great find, RC! :)

yes..its too dramatic...really shows Singapore's CBD and demand for living by Orchard increasing dramatically

:eek2:

Woah !!!
Incredible ^^
Look at Novena and beyond ! Awesome ^^

Ray, have been to Old Turf Club before?

Not many people patronise the place now due to inaccessibility and probably not much can be done there except grocery shopping. Grocery prices at Giant aren't any much cheaper than NTUC and there are now more outlets in Singapore... Restaurants there aren't doing well too... close down one after another... Number of 2nd-hand car companies doing business there has also reduced... Thus, pathetic place...

Yeah, been there a couple of times while I was there... grocery shopped and one of my friend's friends works at one of the car companies. Anyway, point taken. :D

Tanjong Pagar, 1989

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007362-8262-3202-1093/img0058.jpg

Tanjong Pagar, 2005

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/9609/img3332sm9xs.jpg

This is interesting! MND Tower Block looks so different then... and URA centre isn't built yet! :cool:

Hope to see more posts from you soon. :)

Not much change...

View from Mandarin Hotel, looking at Cairnhill

Then - around 1974
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007438-8263-3201-0167/img0025.jpg

The wavy building on the left is Cairnhill Mansions, and is still there with units costing about $2 million each now. The roof is now an ultra luxurious penthouse. Wierd, isn't it?

Anyways this pair of pics deserves to be on the world forums, wow!

Not much change...

No drastic changes. But, you can see that the roofs of shophouses are orange rather than grey now... result of conservation. Didn't you like that? :)

CID (Criminal Investigation Department)

1950
http://i148.exs.cx/img148/921/cid19500910a0pd.jpg

You can see a little of it at the bottom right corner of this picture.
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007362-8262-3202-1093/img0058.jpg

2005
Old site now stands Capital Tower
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/2425/cid0wf.jpg

CID now at Cantonment Complex at Cantonment Rd
http://www.kajima.com.sg/sin/images/gallery/cantonment-a.jpg

1930s:
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980005784-8106-3181-7864/img0023.jpg

The AI Building in the background was built in 1954 so this pic is post 1954:
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980007351-8262-3202-1116/img0083.jpg

This is perhaps 1985:
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19990001317-8346-3102-0519/img0058.jpg

2005 pics, anyone?

View from Mandarin Hotel, looking towards Cairnhill, Newton & Toa Payoh in the distance.

Then - around mid 1970s
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007449-8263-3201-0180/img0027.jpg

Now - April 2005
http://img81.echo.cx/img81/6210/now6yu.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Over 35 years, Novena and Toa Payoh have many more highrise residential buildings now... very crowded... :)

yeah..most of the highrises at Novena have sprouted up over the last 10 years.

The only tall buildings there were Goldhill Square and Goldhill Plaza for a long time.

also many of the HDB flats of Toa Payoh in the old pic have been redeveloped into taller blocks :cool:

Then
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005111-8073-3222-5045/img0080.jpg

16th April 2005
http://img91.echo.cx/img91/9124/small9gy.jpg

the boats are scary!

Then, 1900s
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005491-8073-3222-5028/img0016.jpg

Now, 2005 April 16
http://img82.echo.cx/img82/9708/now22pn.jpg

the boats are scary!

They make me think of the crowds of Ohmus in Nausicaa from the Valley of the Wind ^^

River, Clarke Quay & River Valley Area

Then - approx 1990 (view from OUB)
http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/oldpic4.jpg



Now - early 2005 (simlar view from UOB)
http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/hyapan.jpg


The actual view in 2004, blocked by UOB!
http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/DSCN2258.jpg

haha... interesting comparision though... UE Square sits on what it used to be a warehouse area.

yes some differences can be seen

like

Now there is Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel & Clarke Quay MRT (last time there was some old flats and warehouses)

MITA Building has been repainted

Imperial & Cockpit Hotel is gone

In 1990 there was no Takashimaya

take a picture every 5 years and see how the city morphs! :colgate:

Stamford House
This 3-storey building was built by Seth Paul who originally named it Oranje Building in 1904. In the 1930s, it became a hotel (the Oranje) and was probably used by the Japanese forces as such during World War II. The building which is now preserved by planning restrictions imposed by the URA, was designed by R.A.J. Bidwell of Swan & Maclaren, who designed both the Raffles and Goodwood Park Hotels, in the Venetian Renaissance style during the Victorian period.

Then - 1904
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/7818/img00714ws.jpg

Now - 2000
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/singapore/arts/architecture/classical/5.gif

CHIJ
Chijmes was once the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) established in 1854 and was founded by a Frenchman, Father Nicholas Barre.

At the beginning of the 20th century, CHIJ started the construction of the new neo-gothic Chapel which was later followed by neo-gothic galleries at both sides of the Chapel. Following petitions to preserve the building, renovation works started in 1991 to convert the premises into a plaza of themed retail and F&B outlets. The result is a 4-acres S$100 million project unmatched for its unique ambience, now known as CHIJMES.

Then - 1906
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/6246/img00153ve.jpg

Now - 11 Jun 2005
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/962/dsc67825fu.jpg

Well-documented! :okay:

I like the Stamford House one...I wonder why they removed that thing on top...

Not sure. I can't find info on that... most likely reason is probably the condition then, I suppose.

wow...so many photos sharing and it make me more more more :eek2: :eek2:

:runaway:

Manasseh Meyer

1938 - THE MANASSEH MEYER SCIENCE BLOCK & FEDERATED MALAY STATES (FMS) HOSTEL LOCATED AT RAFFLES COLLEGE IN SINGAPORE
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005743-8106-3181-7871/img0006.jpg

2005 - Currently, occupied by SMU. The tennis courts on the left (shown in 1938 picture) are now replaced by SMU library block.
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/4466/p10000652sa.jpg

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/8939/p10000684ny.jpg

any idea what will happen to this campus once the SMU City Campus opens?

dunno. Return to SBG?

ok..they do look quite well-maintained though..hope they dont demolish it.

Stamford House
This 3-storey building was built by Seth Paul who originally named it Oranje Building in 1904. In the 1930s, it became a hotel (the Oranje) and was probably used by the Japanese forces as such during World War II. The building which is now preserved by planning restrictions imposed by the URA, was designed by R.A.J. Bidwell of Swan & Maclaren, who designed both the Raffles and Goodwood Park Hotels, in the Venetian Renaissance style during the Victorian period.

Then - 1904
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/7818/img00714ws.jpg

Now - 2000
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/singapore/arts/architecture/classical/5.gif


:eek2:
Is that dome Stamford House?!

apparently, unless the picture is lying ^^

Fujian Clan Association and Chong Hock Girls' School

Then - 16 Apr 1915
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/3459/19150416chonghockgirlsschool8e.jpg

Now - 27 Jun 2005
A commercial entity. Rented by a famous Chinese Geomancer
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/157/p10002833iw.jpg

Keppel Railway Station

Before the causeway was built , the railway in Singapore was a pure island railway because it was not connected to Johor Bahru. The construction of the Johor-Singapore Causeway across the Johor Straits began in 1919 and was opened to goods trains on September 17th, 1923 and to passenger trains on October 1st, 1923. Previously passengers and goods train were transferred at Woodlands to a ferry and the connecting train on the Peninsular Malaysia.

The railway station building at Keppel Road was completed in 1932 and contains a very fine Central Waiting Hall with a dome roof. The walls are paneled with typical Malaysian scenes, such as paddy (rice) planting, rubber tapping, shipping activities, road (bullock) transporting, coconut (copra) growing and tin mining. These panels and the original floor blocks were specially manufactured locally, using rubber product, designed successfully to deaden noise. The two long station platforms are capable of accommodating the longest mail trains and are covered by umbrella reinforced concrete roofs.

Then - 1930s (From NHB)
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005146-8073-3222-0231/img0048.jpg

Now - 2005 (From Redstone)
http://img226.echo.cx/img226/9951/clipboard015on.jpg

hardly a change except for the removal of the British flag.

may be hardly anyone bothers to change the building in anyway, and that sounds good...

Anyone notice the addition of sunshades? :D

it really need sometime to spot the tiny change...is it that one at the bottom left? i think that black thing is more commonly known as covered walk way instead of sunshades....

Above windows on the left. :D

Then - 1992

taken by Robert Kitay

http://www.pbase.com/image/39165277.jpg

Now - 2003

taken by Darecky

http://www.nnns.s64.pl/Places/Singapur/sn08.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005425-8073-3222-4985/img0059.jpg
This place had changed beyond recognition, only the road and the little church and a small bungalow beisde it stands. Bungalow not visible here. Would try getting a modern shot.

Telok Ayer St
Difference of 43 years.

Taken by Jonty's dad
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6713/chinatown28sv.jpg

Taken by me today
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7960/telokayer7sv.jpg

The Shrine and Tian Hock Keng are now hidden by the trees...

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005425-8073-3222-4985/img0059.jpg
This place had changed beyond recognition, only the road and the little church and a small bungalow beisde it stands. Bungalow not visible here. Would try getting a modern shot.
i think i might be able to do so... the spot where the photo's taken (The FLorida) is where my grandma lives!

Oh wow!!! :eek2:
Try!!!! :banana:

It's gonna be the most dramatic difference!!!

Where is it? :?

Hougang avenue 7!

Upper Serangoon Rd. That's Virgin Mary church.
(full name too long) :D

no wonder... next time state pls. rark, Hougang got any nice buildings or shophouses? I seldom go there... Heard many Teochews stay there. Take pictures to introduce Hougang to me? :)

no wonder... next time state pls. rark, Hougang got any nice buildings or shophouses? I seldom go there... Heard many Teochews stay there. Take pictures to introduce Hougang to me? :)

There's a bungalow within church compound.
Some interesting buildings, a few rows of shophouses along Upp. Serangoon Road.

no wonder... next time state pls. rark, Hougang got any nice buildings or shophouses? I seldom go there... Heard many Teochews stay there. Take pictures to introduce Hougang to me? :)
Hougang... there are actually some bungalows dotted around the area ... not much built heritage in Hougang, there's much more in Serangoon! Hmm.. and there's Sungei Serangoon which is awfully dark at night. Will take some photos of the more interesting aspects of Hougang!

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3785/singaporeriver8qz.jpg

http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/8717/sr1ru.jpg

:D

very radical

sure is raffie...alot of things that have changed:yes:

its good to save historical pictures:)

That would have been nice that they keep the old OCBC building and build the new one behind... Kind of like what they did for the Bank of China ;-)

Then "RESIDENCE HOUSE, EU TONG SEN PROPERTY, CLUB STREET "
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005515-8073-3222-3982/img0119.jpg
1997
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990001294-8346-3102-0968/img0017.jpg
Now
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1025/dsc00056small2jb.jpg

Then 1997
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990001294-8346-3102-0968/img0015.jpg
Now 2005
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/1049/dsc00054small9zf.jpg

^^ 2 familiar buildings.

Eu Tong Seng residence has become part of Emerald Gardens (a FH condo)

The other shophouse still remain in that state as of today.

Then 1997
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990001294-8346-3102-0968/img0015.jpg
Now 2005
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/1049/dsc00054small9zf.jpg

this one has been in this dilapidated state for YEARS!

it sticks out like a sore thumb amidst all the restored shophouses...wonder whats up...

wonder if its still structually sound.... doesnt seem like it eh?
btw is the tree growing from inside of the shophouse or some "courtyard" at the back of the shophouse??!

maybe the tree is making it unstable

the govt. change the lights, change the signs, change the tiles... so far they just doesnt seem to be changing the building... may be thats where all the mosquitos are coming from...

Jurong Brick Works, 60 Jurong Road Track 22

2 October 2005:
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/637/jbw4ku.jpg

23 October 2005:
http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/296/jbw9ex.jpg

3 brickworks with surreal chimneys, are going to be demolished very soon. Luckily I came. :cry:

wah u went to such an ulu place, u not scared meh??? remember last time there was a murder case there, forget whether its track 20 or 22

Not A murder. :eek:
I think 2 at least.... :eek:

All near the kampong near the begining of the track, I think. ;)
Tracks 20 & 22 must be very creepy at night. No streetlamps. :runaway:

how ulu is it?

I'm surprised...I thought Jurong is a built-up residential/industrial area?

How old are these chimneys?

Jurong Road Track 20 and Track 22/ Jalan Chichau/ Jalan Lam Sam are the last long completely rural roads. The Track 22-Jalan Chichau-Jalan Lam Sam stretch is at least 3km long.

And then there's the mysterious road called Hong Kah Circle. Heard it being mentioned hundreds of times on ClubSNAP forums, but still can't locate it.

According to people, the factories are over 50 years old!!! :runaway:
Certainly the tallest structures in the west for many many years.

Jurong Brick Works has 4 chimneys (one hidden behind tallest chimney)
The brickworks at Track 20 has 2 chimneys
The old Nanyang Brick Works has 1 chimney.


Would be great if could go up flats facing PIE, at Jurong East Ave 1 and Jurong West St 42. Those are flats closest to Track 22.

Flats at CCK's Bricklands Road are closest to Jalan Lam Sam.

I think the factories would be gone in a few weeks' time. If you're free, maybe you could help us shoot a high level pano of the factories and ulu area please? :)

Exams coming. Limiting my time spent outside to weekends and when absolutely neccessary.

China Street/Nankin Street junction

circa 1981
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980002910-8262-3202-1120/img0112.jpg

2005
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/2050/cs8do.jpg

can't believe that was 1980s...

Why? :D

At times A2O's dates are inaccurate.... :(

its hard to believe the 80s looked like that...but theres quite a big difference between early 80s and late 80s :)

The date on A2O was listed as 1981. :)

RC:

If you want, I suggest going to the flats I put in my other post on Jurong Bricks, and take a rural pano. Also might be able to do panos of Jurong West? :colgate:

Zoom in on the factories and the Chinese wordings on the chimneys!
3 brickworks in rural Jurong, I think. :eek:

View from Mandarin Hotel, looking at Cairnhill

Then - around 1974
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007438-8263-3201-0167/img0025.jpg

Now - early 2004
http://img104.exs.cx/img104/249/dense.jpg

Can't see it..... :cry:

Istana Woodneuk, Tyersall Avenue

1986 (as dated):
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980006066-8120-3181-2096/img0035.jpg

2005:
http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/3807/iw4pk.jpg

Haha...its worst now...

oh dear...looks like the gardener has been away!

oh dear...looks like the gardener has been away!

Away has the caretaker been!!!

Since the late 1980s!!! :runaway:

Quite a popular spot for photography and some youngsters in search of the "ghosts". Not to mention last time drug addicts and illegal workers. :runaway:

Alkaff Mansion, mid 1980s

http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980006561-8105-3181-0769/img0044.jpg



1989

http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980006344-8154-3221-1464/img0011.jpg

2005

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1860/am4mm.jpg

:(

so sad...

I like the atmosphere at Alkaff Mansion when the restaurant was there.

I was so shocked to learn that it was occupied by a society called World Buddhist Society before it was a restaurant.

Back then the place was in bad need of repair, as seen in the pic.

Stamford Road, dated 1914
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005114-8073-3222-4722/img0091.jpg

Stamford Road, 2006
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1595/sr4wj.jpg


Stamford House had lost her head... :eek:

!! how??

No idea. :cry:

http://202.172.245.34:8085/watermarks/makeimg.php?photo=19980005117-8073-3222-5051/img0071.jpg
So beautiful...

1976

by RC:
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007451-8263-3201-0182/img0061.jpg

2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/ocbcview2-1.jpg

Peace Centre was very prominent back then, and Goldhill Square really stuck out like a milk-bottle!

Shaw was such a monolith!!!

Everything has changed... including Textile Centre. In place of the shophouses, is Parkview Square and a park.

Then - Taken on 17 Nov 1976
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980007530-8263-3201-0183/img0023.jpg

Now - Taken on 21 Jan 2005
http://img147.exs.cx/img147/3703/dscn00021fh.jpg

Feel I should restore the links to some drastic old photos :)

View from Mandarin Hotel, looking at Cairnhill

Then - around 1974
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980007438-8263-3201-0167/img0025.jpg

Now - early 2004
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3493/73604902oi9.jpg

Link restored

Then
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980005111-8073-3222-5045/img0080.jpg

16th April 2005
http://img91.echo.cx/img91/9124/small9gy.jpg


Pic relinked

China Street/Nankin Street junction

circa 1981
http://202.172.178.226/DJVUServer/getImage.jsp?file=/picas_data/tn_pcd/19980002910-8262-3202-1120/img0112.jpg

2005
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/2050/cs8do.jpg

Redstone,

Are u sure this is the same street? There seem to be some unauthorised changes to the facade if it is! I believe Far East kenna fined for the demolition of the facade of Albert Court... so I wont be surprised that they did it again... u have the proof man! Call URA!!!! :lol::lol::lol:

Anyway, I didn't notice it this time even though I sat across at YaKun most days for breakfast during its reno... now no free parking mah!

wow! Thanks Redstone for reviving this thread... almost forgotten about it :)

I miss Singapore, I wish I was back now.

I miss Singapore, I wish I was back now.

defect NS?:lol:

Found a old 70s SIA advertisement. Not a photo but a video clip. Reveal a few locations of how they look then. Unable to identify the starting location where the trishaw turn into a side street.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=trWKd76ctUM

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/picas/data/tn_pcd/19980005822-8106-3181-7912/img0008.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8719/pvsio6.jpg

Purvis Street, late 1980s or so, and in 2008

Amazing!!!!!

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/picas/data/tn_pcd/19980005822-8106-3181-7912/img0008.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8719/pvsio6.jpg

Purvis Street, late 1980s or so, and in 2008

The original shophouses are still there and restored nicely ..

It's just that the National Library looks so humongous in the picture! :bash: Nice comparison by the way. May I ask? What is that seemingly tall building in the background in the then photo, that is now blocked by the National Library?

HDB flat

the old national library became a big hole.

LOL it seems that the standing signboard of the first shop on the left is still unchanged :-)

The original shophouses are still there and restored nicely ..

It's just that the National Library looks so humongous in the picture! :bash: Nice comparison by the way. May I ask? What is that seemingly tall building in the background in the then photo, that is now blocked by the National Library?

Looking at google earth and also my memory of that area, my guess would be those HDB flats around Waterloo Street.

The first few "shophouses" on the left (towards Library end) are actually part of a commercial/residential building called Talib Centre, and the first few houses on the opposite row is called Talib Court. Both have extensions towards the back (ugly designs).

In fact most of the shophouses have extensions behind, can be seen from the alley. Then you'll see one or two entirely original shophouses, no rear extension tower, like a dwarf sandwiched between two giants. :lol: But it's a great area, great street feel and great food. :)