continue here:yes:

20 Jun 2005 - Tanjong Pagar Shophouses

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/4272/dscn02682ji.jpg

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/3112/dscn02715ga.jpg

Some Interesting shophouses in Little India

Backpacker's Inn
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/8921/dsc47379ch.jpg

Opposite the Inn
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/7420/dsc47386jq.jpg

nice pics hya and thanks for starting part2 drwho!

Expect more pics :happy:

I think the first 2 pics posted by hya reflect the late style of shophouses built slightly before WW2 or just after.

Shophouses near Bugis

http://img77.echo.cx/img77/4381/bugissh3vc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://www.pbase.com/image/43752298.jpg

^
mmm... Bugis has lots of good food to try out after taking pictures and visiting the new library... :)

...
Expect more pics :happy:

I think the first 2 pics posted by hya reflect the late style of shophouses built slightly before WW2 or just after.

Expect more pics from who??? :? :D

What's that style call? Bauhaus? Art deco? Someone can advise?

From me.

Those that you took have a bit of Art Deco in them.

A unique feature of shophouses is the 5-foot way, the passageway that connects the whole row on the ground level. It allows easy passage during rain or shine. In fact, this architectural style has been heavily employed throughout Singapore:

http://tinypic.com/68zv9i.jpg

http://img294.echo.cx/img294/8939/ffw33yx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img297.echo.cx/img297/9466/ffw29vz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Besides redstone, you and me, I seldom or rarely see anyone posts pictures of shophouses.

Anyway, these shophoses at that street in Kampong Glam are mostly occupied by Chinese Clan Associations. Sometimes, they would put up tentage along this road at night for their events. Such activities are not popular with the younger generations... thus, we might not see many of these Clan Associations in future unless they have a few rich and influential members.

I think I have similar pictures of those shophouses too. Very decorative. :)

btw, some information from URA website.

KAMPONG GLAM CONSERVATION AREA
Bounded by Ophir Road, Victoria Street, Jalan Sultan and Beach Road, the area was given conservation status on 7 July 1989. Traditionally a Malay residential area with ethnic-based activities, it contains mainly two-storey shophouses of the Early and Transitional Shophouse Styles.

http://www.ura.gov.sg/conservation/images/glam.jpg

nice colorful pictures from both of you!:) :yes:

seems like there are alot of places that offers a room for backpackers to stay in a shophouse:yes:

Cluny Court at Bukit Timah
Located next to French Embassy (Singapore)

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/6696/p10000516ue.jpg

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/3348/p10000497ml.jpg

^

are those the shophouses near Serene Centre?

Theyre quite nice and actually its quite interesting that Bukit Timah has shophouses as most are traditionally located near the city centre.

@drwho, you are right, there are quite a few backpacker places located within shophouses, as well as budget hotels.

yes, next to Serene Centre. There are people living upstairs. Mostly, artsy people :)

Those shophouses must be quite expensive, given the location I guess...

Shophouse windows

Taken at Keong Saik Rd and Duxton area (near Chinatown)

http://img180.echo.cx/img180/254/spwindow28pi.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img274.echo.cx/img274/5745/spwindow35vo.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://tinypic.com/6fmt6r.jpg

Nice close-ups on the exterior decor! :happy:

Got tons of pics to upload..... stay tuned...... :D

please go easy on the amount of pics in 1 post or the page may take a long time to load :cool:

thanks hya :)

Rafffie! nice pics on shophouses! i like the blue carvings looks coasy :yes: :cool:

I wonder if this cake shop in katong ever open its doors again......:eek:

http://img183.echo.cx/img183/6830/pic0294211jd.jpg

Yes.... in news... :D

Yes.... in news... :D

Did the news say when?? :?

Forgot.... Hehe.... :D

Katong Laksa :cheers:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9860/pic0294315hl.jpg

Did the news say when?? :?

Red House Bakery set for a comeback

16 May 05

Katong icon to reopen next year but it will not be the same

By Jane Ng

THE Red House Bakery in Katong, which closed down two years ago, is set to make a comeback by the middle of next year under a different ownership.

However, it is unlikely to be offering the same array of old-fashioned sweet treats.

When the Red House closed down in 2003, the bakery's owner Tan See Fang, now 80, said he would not reopen after work was complete as rent would be more than he could afford.

The new rent would be about $15,000 - almost eight times the old rate - according to Mr Mohammad Zahid Yacob, general manager of Warees Investment.

Warees, a subsidiary of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), which is the legal owner of the property, is now actively looking for suitable tenants, he said.

The plan is to retain the red facade of the building at 75 East Coast Road, as well as the name 'Katong Bakery and Confectionary'. 'It was an icon of Katong and very popular,' Mr Zahid explained.

As to whether the Red House Bakery's old-fashioned charm will be recreated, he said: 'I can't dictate the business model of the tenant. I want to bring back the old Red House, but the business has to be commercially viable.'

Refurbishments in the building, including opening up the first floor for the new business, will cost Warees about $1 million and will include new steel supports to strengthen the structure.

The closure of the original bakery marked the end of an era. In 1931, Mr Tan's father, Hainanese seaman Tan Siang Fuan, paid $600 to take over the bakery, which was started by a Jewish man named, appropriately, Mr Jim Baker.

Even though it has been boarded up for the past two years, former customers still harbour fond memories of the place.

Sales executive Tan Hsuan Jake, 31, who discovered the place four years before it closed down, is glad it will retain at least some of its character.

'When I pass by and see the building standing there in neglect, I wonder what's going to happen to it,' he said.

'You can't preserve everything... It's good that someone is trying to preserve what they can.'

But for old-timers such as Mr Peter De Silva, 63, who grew up in Katong, that old-world atmosphere might just be gone for good.

'I liked to go to the Red House because it was like going back to the good old days, with the old coffee cups and sugee cakes.

'I really miss the place. I'm not sure I would like it if everything's brand new,' he said.

Former Red House employee Jimmy Tam, 73, who worked at the bakery for more than 50 years, said he would not be going back there to work.

He is now working at an Internet cafe close by, after being approached by a former customer. 'Everything has to come to an end some day,' he said.

Good to hear that they are at least making an effort to preserve the place.....:yes:

"Old Singapore"

Keong Saik Road
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4190/lane1yr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Tanjong Pagar Road
http://tinypic.com/6jhiee.jpg

^^ nice with sunlight in the evening raffie! nice pic:) :yes:

RC, nice pics... but the Keong Siak one is a broken image...

Here's an interesting shophouse along South Bridge Rd in Chinatown
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9834/p10006684jo.jpg

A closer look at the design on the facade. Still remember the old model of black Swinger sewing machine? My late grandma used to use it...
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9742/p10006699ld.jpg

thats a really cool closeup!

I have walked past that pink shophouse countless times, yet have never noticed that tiny motif. You have sharp eyes! :eek:

thanks for informing me of the broken link, will fix later ^^

its really time for them to repair all the cracks and a new coat of paint... the sewing machine is really a pure amazement...hope that the sewing machine piece would be conserved...haha

its really time for them to repair all the cracks and a new coat of paint... the sewing machine is really a pure amazement...hope that the sewing machine piece would be conserved...haha

My grandma's old Swinger sewing machine is with my Aunt. So, it's kind of "conserved". :colgate:

More shophouses

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/749/p10005833rj.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5863/p10005814hr.jpg

Hya> nice pics..i like the red things(i dont remember the name):)

gives a fealing of carnival:yes:

@drwho

Red Lanterns? :)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1378/p10005869ew.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1112/p10005854lz.jpg

Hya> yes red lanterns,thanks..it looks so nice:yes:

This is interesting. They had the letterbox made to look like a shophouse :)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1664/p10100487nt.jpg

:eek2:

one of the coolest things I've seen!

Where is that? Tanjong Pagar?

near. It's in everton park area. :)

This is a gate of a shophouse. But, I thought it's probably an add-on. Looked "new" to me.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/406/p10100454xh.jpg

Shophouses opposite Mustafa

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1260/dsc20647ul.jpg

interesting gate

btw I almost took a pic of those bright yellow shophouses!

but the front portion (first floor) looks a bit messy.

Sims Avenue:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9952/g19va.jpg

http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/2355/g29yr.jpg

http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/4853/g37ou.jpg

http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/9067/g46sp.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7048/g55iz.jpg
^example of tile deco

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9800/26un.jpg
Unique shophouses at Telok Blanglah Road.

MacKenzie Road
This little thoroughfare has some quaint old unrestored shophouses and a few old factories.... It is just beside Istana grounds.

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6937/mk014ql.jpg
Several shophouses inetgrated into a new condo

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2325/mk021dt.jpg
Used to be a very dilapidated kampong-like factory on that site. It looked at least the same age as the shophouses....

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3862/mk036fu.jpg
Dliapidated shophouses

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/7246/mk041wf.jpg
Might be recently demolished shophouses

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/2240/mk051bh.jpg
Round the bend, two shophouses....

MacKenzie Road, Part II

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4249/mk018ws.jpg
2 welll maintained shophouses

http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/8820/mk020jl.jpg
3 shophouses (or rowhouses) with same style around the bend

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2911/mk030tc.jpg
This shophouse is now a church...

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/9067/mk049tr.jpg
The mark of old shophouses still remain. A few months ago, there were a few very dilapidated shophouses on this spot.

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1201/mk050je.jpg
This is probably the last row of such dilapidated shophouses...

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8803/mk068ys.jpg
Slum-like...

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4514/mk079ba.jpg

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/3191/mk088vp.jpg

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/2050/mk095gl.jpg

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4996/mk108nv.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4846/mk112ck.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5043/clipboard122wj.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6886/clipboard133qj.jpg

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/205/clipboard147su.jpg

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/8727/clipboard152ky.jpg

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/82/clipboard168lp.jpg

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/4051/clipboard177ng.jpg

the roof has been blown away! :colgate:

These shophouses remind me of some at Little India / Kampong Glam too.

They look as if they'll fall apart any time... :runaway:

the roof has been blown away! :colgate:

These shophouses remind me of some at Little India / Kampong Glam too.

yes, but the feel here is very strong somehow

I think its because there is intense construction (new apartments) being built around these shophouses (some are fused together), giving a very stinging contrast between the old, the rotten and the new....

nevertheless..fascinating area! It will be cool to explore it again in a few years.

There's a row of shophouses behind that row, accessible by a very narrow alley. So small that cars can't go through.... And there are people living in there.... :runaway:

There's a row of shophouses behind that row, accessible by a very narrow alley. So small that cars can't go through.... And there are people living in there.... :runaway:

got a pic?

what are the conditions like? dilapidated?

Ya, very old-world.... dilapidated, but not as bad as the last 2 shophouses of that front row!

Maybe I'll post tomorrow.... :)

yes its looks intresting with the contrast with the new and old:yes:

but it is sad that they are falling apart:( ,whished someone can renovate them:yes:

nice pics redstone:)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2381/door6hs.jpg
Shophouse back door at the alley

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5827/clipboard012lc.jpg
The last shophouse, no roof...

They do make interesting photography subjects though. :)

The cutest shophouse!!! :D:D:D

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5804/c0hr.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2074/c12cl.jpg
Joo Chiat Place I think... Forgot....

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/6239/z1th.jpg
So simple, almost surreal....

:lol:

yah quite a funny but cute design ^^

Delibrately designed so by architect.... :lol: :D

chey..I thought they were original..would have made it even more interesting ^^

yes they look very coasy raffie:yes:

redstone..the last pic,are they new shophouses or renovated?

yes they look very coasy raffie:yes:

redstone..the last pic,are they new shophouses or renovated?

theyre definitely not new. They look newly restored and ready for sale :)

chey..I thought they were original..would have made it even more interesting ^^

It IS original! :D

drwho:

The 'newest' shophouses were built in the 1970s and were of Modern or Brutalist styles. :)

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2929/m7qn.jpg
Modern shophouses, Joo Chiat

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/modshphse.jpg
Upper Thomson Road

Joo Chiat

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/491/jc014kz.jpg
Shophouse with a new floor added at the rear

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/483/jc025eo.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9558/jc030go.jpg

Joo Chiat Place:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9094/jc046pf.jpg
http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/1999/jc055dz.jpg

I'm not such a fan of those 70s shophouses

Yup, many are very ugly..... :puke:

redstone & raffie oh:)

the shophouse on the third pic from the top has nice carvings:yes:

Seriously maybe you should visit Sg one day and we'll take you around to see shophouses..... :D

Seriously maybe you should visit Sg one day and we'll take you around to see shophouses..... :D

yeap,a whole day just for shophouses! thats my plan redstone!:yes: :) :D

O, the sight of the disrepair the shophouses on the previous page are in ... it just tears my heart out! :cry: And my thoughts go out to the people who live/lived there as long as possible. :(

Redstone, a piece of Singapore's historic architectural fabric is dying in this area, and you captured it for us! :) If that boxy apartment building is an indication of things to come, it's not worth destroying the shophouses. :(

12 Aug 2005
A Shophouse at Kampong Glam

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8445/dsc77474st.jpg

12 Aug 2005
A Row of Shophouses at Kampong Glam

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8308/dsc77483jl.jpg

12 Aug 2005
Taken by RafflesCity of the Bugis area - Photoshoped by hyacinthus

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2149/dsc76836sq.jpg

I like the row at Kampong Glam, and it makes a nice place for a meal...(provided the meal is good) :eat:

just noticed that the colour and intricate details in that first pic kinda resemble those intricate designs of the sarongs :eek:

organise an outing again to makan and take photos in Bugis and Kamong Glam area or some interesting place. maybe, in September - start at 5pm and end at 9pm + Dinner. :)

yah a great time to walk in that area is during the festive period :yes:

Mid-Autumn? Then, it will be Chinatown! :)

^^ Yes, hyacinthus, those first two photos up there are incredible! :okay: they are as if you had opened a jewelry box: they gleam with gold and filigree work, they sparkle and shine! :cool:

Thank you! :hug:

Thanks WH :)

more nighttime-pictures of shophouses!:yes:
those pics are wonderful Hya:)

thanks drwho ;)

Petain Court
I think it's the prettiest conserved shophouse around. Just had a fresh coat of paint. Mostly, rented by expatriates.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7866/dsc84479nd.jpg

Very beautiful!

Saw it the first time while cycling in the alleys near my aunt's shophouse.

Petain Court is lovely, and it will contrast well with its huge neighbours in future.

I also like the contrast this shophouse makes with its neighbour.

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/5650/orangesh4of.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

so slim! referring to the shophouse's neighbour. ^^

So narrow!!! :eek::cool:

Where?

somewhere in Little India! :happy:

I wonder what used to occupy the site of the black glass building...hmmm

dunno?

Just for laughs. :D
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7623/dsc84037ng.jpg

huh?

I like the blue though, its those typical old shophouse zinc doors.

'Re move'?

:lol:
LOL....

Hya: where's that slim glass building with that shophouse? :colgate:

I bet none of you has seen a shophouse in this state.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6581/dsc84349yv.jpg

I have, but not as extensively as your pic

There were some shophouses undergoing restoration at Balestier and I could see the insides :happy:

^^ I thought the shophouse was under conservation? If so, what will URA do?

Yup. Just checked. It's in the green zone. Meaning it is supposedly a conserved shophouse.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9477/untitled11yq.gif

I think if it's beyond repair, it would be demolished and rebuilt exactly....

Are you standing at the front or back of the shophouse? :eek:

Back.

I think they're rebuilding the entire inside and keeping only the facade.

It's like cheating.

Various Art Deco shophouses.

http://www.pbase.com/image/46352820.jpg
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/2401/ard3cv.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7480/ard27cp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8798/ard36dq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Looking down the entire row:

http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/adlavender.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/adlavender2.jpg

Looks familliar...
Geylang or Little India?

^^ RC took it at various places. Which pic are you refering to?

care to explain why the art deco shophouses usually have a spire design?

It's like 'fashion'....
Like how Classical usually has leaf-deco or scroll deco on the top of the columns. :D

lol... okay point noted. tks :)

I just can't believe the number and variety of the Shophouses in Singapore! :okay:

Thank you for continuing to show them, I really appreciate it. :grouphug:

Here's a pretty shophouse at Geylang Lor 19

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3821/dsc89108hu.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9246/dsc89090wf.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6893/dsc89085ht.jpg

Another shophouse at Geylang Lor 15.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3041/dsc89130bo.jpg

Closeup
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8012/dsc89125ik.jpg

Yummy claypot bak kut teh in the coffeshop on ground floor at $3.50 only. :colgate:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3576/dsc89147zy.jpg

:eek2:

OMG

Look at the detail of that first one in Geylang!!!


@hya, strange but that Bak Kut Teh looks more like fish instead of pork

@WH, I'm also constantly being surprised by the new discoveries thrown up in this thread!

Besides Petain Court, this is another pretty shophouse on my favourite list. :)

This bak ku teh has bean curd skin cooked in it. The tender bak kut (i.e. pork rib) was in the soup underneath it. What you saw was bean curd skin. Sorry about the blurry pic. Battery died after taking the pic and the spares were in the car. I didn't want to walk back alone as there were a few "girls" along the way and the men there are... :p

What happened to this?

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9020/dsc88822fc.jpg

^ may be you should have waited for the old lady to pass by before taking that shot, seriously, her face with the addition blurry effect is eye catching and scary...

:lol: he's a professional photographer carrying Canon gear... looks like a japanese. Saw him when I took the temple picture.

I was in a moving car btw...

oops... its a HE?!?! :doh:

Red house and red man... :lol:
The shophouses are really colourful and unique.
That's a Chinese shophouse with Peranakan influence, I think....

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5492/jcs1cq.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2792/jcs8ta.jpg
Shophouse at Joo Chiat Road/Lane junction

Katong/Joo Chiat area indeed has lots of interesting shophouses. :yes:

Red house and red man... :lol:

Notice the pattern? redstone, red house, red shirt man? :colgate:

This design is attention-seeking, but ugly

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2792/jcs8ta.jpg

@hya, oh i see, never tried that version before :)

It's a very unique style, unique to SEA....

The colours make it look ugly....

@RafflesCity
I wouldn't dare to bring you there myself. There're lots of China girls and "wolf men" :p

Shophouses along Balestier
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/570/dsc89222sv.jpg

dargons looked scary, vase with flowers are special... :)

Huh?
RC wanna go Geylang picture-taking?

Huh?
RC wanna go Geylang picture-taking?

He did not say that.


Some more shophouses at Geylang

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1275/dsc89020wr.jpg

Oh, nvm... :lol:

That pic reminds me of HK crossed with Penang....

More from Joo Chiat

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/3241/jcs4mi.jpg
Joo Chiat area, near Tembeling Road

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7043/jcs8ll.jpg
Very intresting motif on column. Never seen before. :cool:

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/748/jcs6uw.jpg
'Modern' 1960s shophouses

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7418/jcs7fu.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9131/jcs0wa.jpg

ok i have missed 4 days now:)

i like the Art deco shophouses(Raffie-pic) and the shophouses at Geylang/ Balestier(hya-pic) have beautiful design:yes:

redstone: the dragons on the Joo Chiat Road-shophouse looks cool:)

:happy:

@redstone, I like your 2nd pic

@hya, I like how you did a closeup of the entire row at Balestier & Geylang...very colourful.

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/9843/tc5lw.jpg
Tudor Court, Tanglin Road, built in 1920s as quarters for postal workers. Now a shopping gallery.

Is it really built in the 20s?

Much of it looks new.

Not too sure if this qualifies as a shophouse or factory?
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4039/dsc00515bv.jpg

like the colours of this shophouse. Looks like a pretty icing cake! :happy:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8176/dsc87786iu.jpg

Not too sure if this qualifies as a shophouse or factory?
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4039/dsc00515bv.jpg

Jalan Besar area?
Think it's a factory....

just next to the temple at Beatty Rd

The thing u/c, is it intergated into any shophouse?

no. It's on a standalone plot of land. But, on its left and right are rows of shophouses. :)

Here's a pic.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8539/dsc00627ka.jpg

Here's an interesting shophouse :)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7692/dsc00654ic.jpg

Closer
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4655/dsc00648ze.jpg

Yee Clan Association (1957)
Bukit Pasoh

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4828/36ub1.jpg

Thats one of the better-looking ones from the 50s, or perhaps because its repainted :)

@hya, that last one you posted at Lavender has a nice crown! I also noticed that the shophouses along the main road there have very high 1st storeys.

Here's a pic.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8539/dsc00627ka.jpg

Makes me think what used to occupy it, since shophouses on both sides...

Thats one of the better-looking ones from the 50s, or perhaps because its repainted :)

@hya, that last one you posted at Lavender has a nice crown! I also noticed that the shophouses along the main road there have very high 1st storeys.

not sure in the 1950s or not. But, I am fantasizing a cake that looks like that pink shophouse... or better still, rows of shophouses surrounding Kerrisdale (3 huge "candles"). It will be an "expensive art deco" cake. heh. ;)

didn't notice about the height. But, I guess I will have more time to explore the area in more details.

Yup, that is 50s and 60s architecture, which I do not quite like.

Yup, that is 50s and 60s architecture, which I do not quite like.

probably too simple? There isn't much decorative designs and details on it?

I think most 50s style have 'Neo Art Deco' design. Very very minimal. Like at the highest point of the facade.

hm,
is 50 and 60s design without carvings and design?

Yes and with spires :D

oh:)

it looks much nicer with carvings i think,specially in the night:yes:

not sure in the 1950s or not. But, I am fantasizing a cake that looks like that pink shophouse... or better still, rows of shophouses surrounding Kerrisdale (3 huge "candles"). It will be an "expensive art deco" cake. heh. ;)

didn't notice about the height. But, I guess I will have more time to explore the area in more details.

That is a photogenic area...look forward to more pics from there :yes:

Yes that pink shophouse makes me think of CAKE :eat:

@drwho

I'm no expert but I think the 50s shophouses and buildings have an angular, boxy look. Which redstone labelled Bauhaus but may not necessarily be :)

@drwho

I'm no expert but I think the 50s shophouses and buildings have an angular, boxy look. Which redstone labelled Bauhaus but may not necessarily be :)

thanks raffie:)
yes i get the same feeling of it. This is funnie i went to university library yesterday and searched for shophouses in Singapore,did find 3 books:)

that is cool!

so are the books any good? :cool:

that is cool!

so are the books any good? :cool:

alot of pictures in the book,have not started to read the bookies yet but will start soon:yes:

^^ hope to learn something from it. Please share with us if you find anything interesting in the books. :)

A more decorative shophouse. ;)
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7648/p10203647ln.jpg

Again, only the facade is conserved.

Front
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7494/dsc00732le.jpg
Back
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4112/p10203835nv.jpg

Is that Kerrisdale?

That gap looks... :eek2::runaway:

Looks like some works to strengthen the structure

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/236/p10203650ks.jpg

Is that Kerrisdale?

That gap looks... :eek2::runaway:

Kerrisdale is in the background.

I wonder when did the gap between the 2 shophouses come about? didn't notice it at all before.

http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/3492/as7ee.jpg
2 shophouses with unique tops at Club Street area... (forgot actual road name)

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/9413/gl9cu.jpg
^Corner shophouse surrounded by modern buildings! :eek:

looks like Ann Siang Hill

Hya, I posted new pic in. :)

I see it now. :)

Shophouses at Geylang
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2117/p10204590gp.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/633/p10204607tq.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5046/p10204615rn.jpg

I've borrowed a 1996 Street Directory from my aunt.

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990001311-8346-3102-2053/img0028.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007386-8105-3181-0494/img0026.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007386-8105-3181-0494/img0023.jpg

The entire block of Kampong Glam cleared were along:

Main streets: Fraser and Clyde Streets
Street leading to Masjid Maarof: Jeddah Street (think a la Sultan Mosque)
Other streets: Garden Street, Shiak Madersah Lane
Perpendicular thoroughfares: Ark Lane, Sin Koy Lane

The strip behind New Seventh Storey Hotel:
Farquhar Street, Bernard Street, Beach Lane

In place of those shophouses, you've got Parkview Square! :)

Isn't that better?

The SOHO @ Central site:

Ellenborough Street
Tew Chew Street
Chin Hin Street

Along Tew Chew St (1980s pics from NHB)

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007085-9357-3072-2188/img068.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007087-9357-3072-1301/img079.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007088-9357-3072-0008/img068.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007088-9357-3072-0008/img076.jpg

hmmm... isn't it clear from the pics, these shophouses aren't worth conserving?

Look at 1980s Ellenborough Street pics (from NHB), why do you think they are worth conserving?

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007084-0034-3021-0734/img054.jpg

I think the shophouse on the left of this pic is still around. cos very familiar.
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007085-9357-3072-2188/img058.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007087-9357-3072-1301/img068.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007088-9357-3072-0008/img066.jpg

Chin Hin Street (1980s pic from NHB)

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980002910-8262-3202-1120/img0113.jpg

Strangely, I can only find a handful of pics from the Parkview site!!! :eek:

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980002911-8262-3202-1091/img0069.jpg
^Clyde Street

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005658-8073-3222-4394/img0058.jpg
^Fraser Street. Now Fraser is reincarnated behind Parkview.

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980006563-8105-3181-0771/img0099.jpg
This is Johore Street

hmm.. according to my dad.... they used to live in a shophouse a few doors away from thong chai medical institution... but cant seem to find any pics though... anybody got any pics?

hmm.. according to my dad.... they used to live in a shophouse a few doors away from thong chai medical institution... but cant seem to find any pics though... anybody got any pics?

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980000465-6320-3081-0415/img0070.jpg

hmm.. according to my dad.... they used to live in a shophouse a few doors away from thong chai medical institution... but cant seem to find any pics though... anybody got any pics?

These? :? All from NHB
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/PCD0095-6319-6319-0095/img017.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/PCD0095-6319-6319-0095/img002.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/PCD0095-6319-6319-0095/img006.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/PCD0095-6319-6319-0095/img003.jpg

!!! he says that it should be in the 3rd photo u posted hya. Thanks alot :D

:eek2:

wow i cant believe Singapore looked like that in the 80s!

@hya, that building you enquired about is still around, and freshly repainted. Its located across the road from Clarke Quay MRT.

^^
It's true. And I don't believe in conservation to the extreme.

Do you believe I had stayed in a Cecil St shophouse before? ;)


!!! he says that it should be in the 3rd photo u posted hya. Thanks alot :D

No problem. Thanks to NHB for allowing people to search and view the photos. They should be acknowledged for the photos used here. :)

Conservation to the EXTREME will retard progress.

^^ Exactly! :yes:

btw nice pics on the previous page...I especially like that brown one with the 'crown' :cool:

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007088-9357-3072-0008/img068.jpg
from this pic, the shophouses seems to be 'sinking'...

RC:

That 'crown' thingy is a mosque. Wonder what it looked like....

I have no idea what streets are shown here, even though I was there when they were taken!

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/2648/chinatown11hn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Can anyone identify the temple on the right-hand side in the distance?

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6713/chinatown28sv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I can't tell for the first one.

The second one is definitely Telok Ayer St cos I can see Nagore Durgha Shrine and Thian Hock Keng! Have seen a similar pic but is in b&w. :(

This is in colours!!!
:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

omg! these coloured photos are real nice! will try taking some photos from the same perspective and see what 40 years of change and urban renewal has brought about!

*maybe the art deco shophouse in the first photo might pose a clue?

I have no idea what streets are shown here, even though I was there when they were taken!

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/2648/chinatown11hn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Can anyone identify the temple on the right-hand side in the distance?

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6713/chinatown28sv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

My mum identified the first pic to be at Cecil St cos my dad used to live opposite that row of shophouses! :eek:

The second one is at Telok Ayer St. The building is Nagore Durgha Shrine. :)

Wish you could post more of these shophouses pics.

'Fraid that's all I've got. I'm all done!

awww... nevertheless, thank you so much. I enjoyed viewing all your pictures :)

*maybe the art deco shophouse in the first photo might pose a clue?

was thinking that...although we have a lot of art deco shophouses.

Its really hard to tell for the first pic!

Very very interesting to see how my country looked like a generation or two ago.

Thanks for sharing your real-life perspectives, Jonty :)

A shophouse at Stanley St
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/771/p10205042uw.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2649/p10205050ct.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7673/p10205078uy.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1177/p10205060mh.jpg

After seeing Jonty's pics, I wonder if those decorations were there in the first place?

Yes.
The decorations are restored.
If not, they would've been long since eroded away.

who knows..maybe some were added for fun, like that one in your avatar, redstone ;)

:lol:

Redstone, Jonty's pics didn't show any decorations on the shophouses. So, when I look at the "restored" shophouses, it's kind of suspicious to me... hmmm...

More from Stanley St. Anyone knows what's along Stanley St in the 40s to 60s? The shophouses on that stretch is full of decorations.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6180/p10205209lb.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2497/p10205177vf.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/313/p10205180hc.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6972/p10205215id.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8264/p10205224qr.jpg

very nice details there!

hmm..lets say if I bought over a dilapidated shophouse and I want to restore it...and I had the money...who knows...I might also want to be kiasu and add as much decorations to my new shophouse to be the best on the block ;)

hehe...I honestly think these decorations, its a mixture of the original and the add-ons :yes:

you are probably right. :)

The decor in last pic looks most original ^^

Another shophouse at Stanley St. The creature looks out of place there...

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/378/p10205406af.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/535/p10205384my.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/46/p10205424tk.jpg

So cute! :D

Hya: Not all shophouses have deco like those at Stanley Street. :)
Some in Chinatown have no such decor. Only Classical features.

:lol:

kinda cute!

Many of these animals are added for superstitious reasons perhaps, like guardians of the house.

very nice details there!

hmm..lets say if I bought over a dilapidated shophouse and I want to restore it...and I had the money...who knows...I might also want to be kiasu and add as much decorations to my new shophouse to be the best on the block ;)

hehe...I honestly think these decorations, its a mixture of the original and the add-ons :yes:

raffie! thats my dream,buy up a dilapidated shophouse and totally renovate it:)
problem is $$$;) :)

I should think so. Most use lion-like or fish creatures.

Another one at Stanley St.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5800/p10205085af.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8290/p10205095em.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6114/p10205118up.jpg

The last pic reminds me of an old HK movie... :lol:

Hya nice pictures^^,that one was diffrent,it uses paintings,pretty cool:) :yes:

Thanks drwho :)

raffie! thats my dream,buy up a dilapidated shophouse and totally renovate it:)
problem is $$$;) :)

co-own it then :D

@hya I think Stanley Street is a Cantonese area? I just get that feeling...many old parts of Chinatown were inhabited by Cantonese.

co-own it then :D

@hya I think Stanley Street is a Cantonese area? I just get that feeling...many old parts of Chinatown were inhabited by Cantonese.

with who??? :D

@RC. I can't find any info on that street. But, you might be right. ( babystan speaks Cantonese, right ;D )

with who??? :D

@RC. I can't find any info on that street. But, you might be right. ( babystan speaks Cantonese, right ;D )

But I'm not cantonese......:lol:

well that is up to drwho to decide...or maybe he wants the entire shophouse for himself :D :runaway:

well that is up to drwho to decide...or maybe he wants the entire shophouse for himself :D :runaway:

oh no raffie..i dont have that money..if i not win in a lottery or have a major luck:) ;):D

but it would be cool to co-op,like make 3-4 rooms of the shophouse..and one common room:yes:

problem is like hya said,,with who? have to advertise or something:)

... and make 1 big family! :colgate: The drwho family @ shophouse

... and make 1 big family! :colgate: The drwho family @ shophouse

:rofl: omg that would end up in chaos:D

^^ Meaning a happy family :)

A Shophouse at Night (Balestier Rd)
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1990/fscn03653bp.jpg

Close-up
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1001/dscn03637vp.jpg

So colourful......:eek:

yes... Taken using Nikon Coolpix S4... Placed on a black box (that thing which you press to get across the road)

yes... Taken using Nikon Coolpix S4... Placed on a black box (that thing which you press to get across the road)

Any manual mode on the S4?? :?

Hmm....seem like the S4 is doing a fine job......:yes:

No manual mode. It's on ISO50. :yes:

No manual mode. It's on ISO50. :yes:

I see....:)

:eek:
So colourful!!!

These Balestier ones are so beautiful.............

they remind me of sweet wrappers :banana:

A row of shophouses along Telok Ayer Street sold through private treaty

A row of conservation shophouses along Telok Ayer Street will be sold in the form of a private treaty. These eight shophouses covering an area of about 12,490 sq ft, with a permissible gross floor area of 42,683 sq ft. The asking price for these 999-year-leasehold properties is $23 million.

"covering an area of about 12,490 sq ft, with a permissible gross floor area of 42,683 sq ft"

What does that mean?
Can be modified? :eek:

Perhaps, you can clarify with Kelvin. ;)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6997/dsc01324yy.jpg

nice!

Little India has a huge collection of shophouses with varied styles...and you can spend a long time walking through all its little streets.

Here are some pics...beautifully restored in vibrant colours.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/dia.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/dia2.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/158/shind6bm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2127/shind23yo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The strange statue on the red shophouse in the first pic looks scary and spoils the building. :eek:

The strange statue on the red shophouse in the first pic looks scary and spoils the building. :eek:

It was not there last time, not original :D

Its a Mohican, because that shophouse is now a Mohican bar.

Mohammad Sultan Road

The shophouses here start to party on Fridays & Saturdays and even other days..this road is a nightlife district in Singapore.

Some of the shophouses:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/mhsultan.jpg
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4861/mhsultan23xi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Behind the humble old-world facade hides a popular disco!!! :cool::D

kinda 'cool' isnt?

especially with all the elaborate Chinese deco

kinda 'cool' isnt?

especially with all the elaborate Chinese deco

Yup!!! :cool:
The average foreigner might think it's an old-world Chinese restaurant, traditional Chinese business establishment or some sleazy establishment.
That's what "Madam Wong's" sound like. :lol:

Little do they know, it houses one of the most popular discos!!!! :D

and behind it is a real Chinese temple though :)

Hong San See :)

maybe not a shophouse... ebay!
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/967/1imagesmall6sn.jpg

the shophouses on Mohammad Sultan Rd looks are well preserved:yes:


rark:hehe thats cool:)

maybe not a shophouse... ebay!
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/967/1imagesmall6sn.jpg

This building used to house the French Chamber of Commerce of Singapore :-)

Used to be the factory for Tiger Balm when it was still under the Aw family. :cool:

whoa.. such a long history...... anyways redstone..do u know how many buildings did the aw family own in singapore at that time? factories and homes and others all included

Haw Par Villa the villa, which was destroyed during the war.
Haw Par Villa the theme park, built on the huge Villa grounds.
Jade House, at 3 Nassim Road. An Aw residence, later a museum.

Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par, the last character meaning 'tiger' and 'leopard' respectively used be one of the richest families in Singapore.

Now the Aw decendants are a normal family living in a HDB flat. :cry:
Haw Par was taken over by an American company, and later by UOB, I think.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/967/1imagesmall6sn.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007350-8262-3202-1113/img0049.jpg

Eng Aun Tong, in Mandarin called Yong An Tang.
Meaning Hall Of Eternal Peace.

:cool:
:D

wah.. they were truely rich...
btw when was jade house demolished? it looks so grand from the pictures on a2o!!

wah.. they were truely rich...
btw when was jade house demolished? it looks so grand from the pictures on a2o!!

Not sure, but the condo called Nassim Jade, which currently occupies the site was completed in 1999.

Now I'm trying to find grand mansions and villas before they're gone.

Found it!!
Haw Par Villa's new Jade House will exhibit the jade pieces in the original setting of the Aw family's Jade House built on Nassim Road in the 1930s, where the jade pieces were originally displayed. The original Jade House on Nassim Road was torn down in 1990.

from http://app.stb.com.sg/asp/common/print.asp?id=622&type=2

interesting! they hid their jade in crates.. haha
In the 1930s, the Aw brothers opened their private Jade House on Nassim Road for public viewing as part of their commitment to community service. During the Second World War, the Aw family hid their jade collection in crates, in the basement of the Jade House. The jade collection survived the war largely intact and the family donated part of it to the National Museum of Singapore in 1979. The National Heritage Board currently owns the Aw family’s private jade collection.

Found it!!


from http://app.stb.com.sg/asp/common/print.asp?id=622&type=2

interesting! they hid their jade in crates.. haha

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980000391-6320-3081-0511/img0102.jpg
This is Jade House when it was a museum. :eek:
So grand!!!!

ah thats cool history...first Tiger Balm factory and then a French Chamber of Commerce :yes:

^^ and now ebay!! haha

haha yeap forgot that...now it is ebay;)

Just ended a huge project at Blair Road are today in the rain. :runaway:
Luckily I brought an umbrella. :)

57/58 Spottiswoode Park Road

One of the biggest and most beautiful rowhouse I've ever seen here!!!
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/5480/br2ck.jpg
^Very deep!!! According to the Blair Road historical panel, this was a community house for the villages nearby.

http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/93/br9fm.jpg
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/364/br0pr.jpg
^Ornamentation detail

http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/9296/br4jq.jpg
^Rear

http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/1626/br0ci.jpg
^Inside. Shot thru window. Very cosy.

Apparently it is now a 'lodge', aka a budget hotel called Spottiswoode Lodge!!! :runaway:

Everton Road
A very narrow one-way thoroughfare. Need to watch out for oncoming traffic! :runaway:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/844/br5pb.jpg
^First shophouse, a Chinese influenced shophouse with side windows

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8129/br7aj.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5966/br5sm.jpg
^Some shophouses with minimal ornamentation. Note roof terrace

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/3434/br5nu.jpg
^This poor little guy... Look at first floor. :eek:

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8667/br8sj.jpg
^Wording on the corner shophouses says "CHOA KIM KEAT MOTOR GARAGE".
Kim Keat of Kim Keat Road fame!!! :eek:

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2455/br3ae.jpg
^Very narrow thoroughfare.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6971/br9kb.jpg
^That red corner shophouse has a terrace at the side. Not really a common feature in shophouses.

No replies? :( :D

Anyway here's perhaps the weirdest shophouse I've ever seen:
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/4192/zz3uo.jpg
:eek:

!! i saw one like this too and wanted to take a photo... but didnt :(

No replies? :( :D

Anyway here's perhaps the weirdest shophouse I've ever seen:
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/4192/zz3uo.jpg
:eek:

hmmm... what to say? say why aren't you studying for your exams but taking pictures?

There's a stretch of beautiful shophouses nearer to the railway station. But, I didn't see you take any.

Blair IS near to the railway station! ;)

I know Blair Rd is near. That's why I asked why didn't you post pictures of beautifully-conserved shophouses.

No replies? :( :D

Anyway here's perhaps the weirdest shophouse I've ever seen:
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/4192/zz3uo.jpg
:eek:

looks like a slum ah!

waah...the Blair Rd one so nice...I never seen these places in my life!

I know Blair Rd is near. That's why I asked why didn't you post pictures of beautifully-conserved shophouses.

you mean there are prettier ones?

I notice redstone likes to take pics of ugly buildings :lol: j/k

I wanna see the beautiful ones!