The Grand Hotel de l’Europe was one of the finest hotels in Singapore at the turn of the 20th century. It was situated at the corner of the Esplanade (Padang) and High Street, next to the Municipal Building (City Hall) and overlooked the Esplanade. The hotel’s ...
Alkaff Mansion is a 19th century colonial bungalow located on a hill at 10 Telok Blangah Green. Built in 1918 by a member of the prominent Alkaff family as a weekend house, it became known for hosting high society parties in the 1930s. The mansion once served ...
Built in 1909 by the Alkaff family, one of three prominent Arab property owners in Singapore at the time, Alkaff Arcade was designed by Donald McLeod Craik of architectural firm Swan and MacLaren. Known for its unique Moorish style, particularly its two onion domes ...
Stamford House, located at the junction of Stamford Road and Hill Street, is an ornate building designed in the Venetian Renaissance style favoured during the Victorian era. Built in 1904, it was designed by Swan and Maclaren architect R. A. J. Bidwell as a commercial ...
The former Telok Ayer Market (now known as Lau Pa Sat, meaning “old market”) at Raffles Quay was completed in 1894 to replace an earlier market that had been demolished for the Telok Ayer Basin land reclamation. It was gazetted as a national monument on 28 June ...
Shaw House, located at the junction of Orchard Road and Scotts Road, is a commercial building that houses the Lido multiplex, the Isetan Japanese department store as well as other retail outlets, eateries and offices. It is built and owned by Shaw Organisation. ...
Located at the junction of Neil Road and Tanjong Pagar Road, the Jinrikisha (also spelt as “Jinricksha”) Station was built in 1903 and opened the following year, serving as the main depot for rickshaws. Following the 1947 ban on rickshaws in Singapore, the building ...
Located on Keppel Road near the entrance to the island of Sentosa, St James Power Station was a coal-fired power station built by the British between 1924 and 1927. The power station was decommissioned in 1976 as it was unable to meet Singapore’s rising demand ...
The Tanglin Barracks was built by George Chancellor Collyer in 1861 for European troops. The barracks served the British garrison infantry battalion until the fall of Singapore in 1942. After the war, it was home to the General Headquarters of the Far East Land ...
Alexandra broadly refers to the area adjacent to Alexandra Road that connects River Valley in central Singapore to Pasir Panjang in the southwest. From 1968 to 1988, Alexandra was a parliamentary constituency. The British military had a strong presence in the Alexandra ...
Raffles Place is a commercial space that includes buildings such as the Arcade, Clifford Centre, Straits Trading, Hong Kong Bank and OCBC Building – all situated within five minutes’ walking distance of one another.
Tay Buan Guan Supermarket, one of Singapore's earliest supermarkets, was established in 1948 by Tay Leck Teck. With the development of other commercial centres in the Katong area from the 1970s, Tay Buan Guan Supermarket floundered under the competition. The business ...
The mouth of the Singapore River was the point at which the Singapore River drained into the Singapore Strait. With the establishment of Singapore as a trading port during colonial times, the mouth of the river functioned as a harbour at which ships called. The ...
Bugis Street, street, in Rochore area of the central region. Bugis Street was originally between North Bridge Road and Victoria Street, which is today the entrance to Bugis Junction. The name could possibly have come from the original Bugis Kampong settlement which ...
Orchard Road is a major tourist and shopping belt in central Singapore. It runs 2.2 km from the junction of Tanglin Road and Orange Grove Road to Dhoby Ghaut. Orchard Road is said to have obtained its name from the orchards and plantations that existed in the area ...
Tampines estate is located in the eastern region of Singapore. Since its beginnings as a farming village, Tampines has seen massive development in recent decades to become one of Singapore’s modern new towns. Tampines is also a popular retail and leisure destination ...
Seletar Camp was formerly the site of the largest British Royal Air Force (RAF) base in the Far East. Plans for the camp were drafted as early as 1921, with the increasing need to build an airfield and flying boat base in Singapore. It soon became operational in ...
The Chinese Commercial Bank (华商银行) was founded in 1912 by Lim Peng Siang, a Hokkien businessman who established the Ho Hong group of companies. Set up by the Hokkien business community, the Chinese Commercial Bank had many leading figures involved in the establishment ...