View Full Version : Singapore STREETSCAPE - Charming Arab Street


RafflesCity
October 23rd, 2006, 05:04 PM
The Sultan of Singapore and his Malay followers once resided here. This has been a historically important area in Singapore since its founding.

Today, it is a conservation zone.

Panoramic overview - the area can be spotted by the red roofs of the rows of shophouses

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/arabstoverview.jpg

Here are some pics I'd taken in the area

Street scenes

1.
http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/2061/arabst32zv.jpg

2.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8443/mhc57cm.jpg

3.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/mhc3.jpg


4. Sultan Mosque
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arabview.jpg

5. Shophouses
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/arabview3.jpg

6.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/arabview2.jpg

7.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/glam2.jpg

8.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/glam1.jpg

9.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/kglam.jpg

10.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/pvnitearab.jpg

11. The Sultan's original abode
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/abst3.jpg

JoSin
October 26th, 2006, 12:41 PM
very nice pictures...:)

RafflesCity
May 31st, 2007, 06:15 AM
Thanks, some recent ones :-)

Colourful historic shophouses line the streets

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/glam5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/glam4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/kglam5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arabcontrast3.jpg

TYW
May 31st, 2007, 06:25 AM
nice place! i see Chinese, Japanese and Malay shops in there :D very colourful !

FREKI
May 31st, 2007, 10:16 AM
Looks great!

I love the coloured houses! :happy:

kiku99
June 2nd, 2007, 01:34 PM
looks very colorful:) i think the hotel i stayed before was not too far from this area.

WinoSoul
June 3rd, 2007, 02:16 AM
Nice pics!

Digerati
June 3rd, 2007, 07:26 AM
More Singapore pics please. Is there anything interesting on the western end of the island?

alitezar
June 3rd, 2007, 08:08 AM
Wow so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

kamil.bukowski
June 11th, 2007, 11:44 PM
Great pics ;)

JoSin
June 13th, 2007, 05:36 AM
More Singapore pics please. Is there anything interesting on the western end of the island?

I will get some pics of western singapore soon. Mostly are public housing estates and hm...malls? Industrial regions...

RafflesCity
June 14th, 2007, 02:43 AM
Thanks everyone
Will add updates here when I have them.

@Josin, how about some pics of the gardens & Jurong Town Summit? :)

JoSin
June 15th, 2007, 06:15 AM
Okay no prob rafflescity. Have been busy lately, no time for pics. I will upload some pics taken by the other forumers...

RafflesCity
July 7th, 2008, 02:23 PM
Fresh pics from the area.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gamcontrast3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gam2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gam3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gam4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gam1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gam8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gam5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/gam7.jpg

RafflesCity
July 17th, 2008, 03:04 PM
A panoramic overview

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/texpano2.jpg

philadweller
July 17th, 2008, 05:11 PM
Wow, I never realized how many old buildings the city had. I am more impressed by what is happening at street level than the skyline.

spikeshamz
July 17th, 2008, 05:27 PM
That is SIngapore.. Lots of things happening down there that people never realised.. I love it...

Audiomuse
July 19th, 2008, 10:01 PM
Wow I love it!

Shezan
July 20th, 2008, 02:26 AM
a different Singapura sight!

:happy:

RafflesCity
April 12th, 2009, 10:07 AM
More scenes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arm9.jpg

Textiles and carpets shops are numerous here

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arm10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arm11.jpg

Old buildings find new uses

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arm6.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/arm8.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/arm2.jpg

christos-greece
April 12th, 2009, 10:28 AM
Singapore looks dirrerent in your photo-tour, very nice :) thanks a lot :okay:

weird
April 12th, 2009, 07:46 PM
Charming colourful buildings.

What's that building with two golden domes? Is it a mosque?

SYDNEY
April 13th, 2009, 12:44 AM
Very nice, thanks for the peep show ;)

RafflesCity
April 13th, 2009, 04:02 PM
^^

Thanks

Charming colourful buildings.

What's that building with two golden domes? Is it a mosque?

Yes that is the Sultan Mosque, the most famous mosque here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/abst.jpg

Old and new side by side

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/ctrast.jpg

Restored shophouses

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arm13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arm1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arm5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/kglam4.jpg

Get Smart
April 13th, 2009, 04:20 PM
very colorful pictures of Singapore, looks very vibrant. :cheers1:

weird
April 13th, 2009, 05:00 PM
Nice mosque. I thought it was a palace :)

Ethaniel83
April 13th, 2009, 06:40 PM
nice photos! I like the way Singaporean preserve those pre-war shophouses.