Restored houses : exterior
- Streets and Places
- Wong, Lily
- 16 Aug 2008
This is a photograph of restored houses in the Joo Chiat area, with a view of a five-foot way. The distinctive swing door or 'pintu pagar' in Malay is a unique feature in these restored houses. The swing doors provide privacy in the front hall of the house, from the five-foot way outside. Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2008.
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Residential Buildings
- Dwellings--Singapore--Photographs
- Architecture, Domestic--Singapore--Photographs
- Arts>>Architecture>>Residential buildings
Suggested Pictures
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Swing door : close-up -
Tanjong Pagar Road five-foot way : general view -
Bussorah Street five-foot-way : general view -
Joo Chiat Place, five-foot-way : general view -
Gopeng Street, five-foot way traders : general view -
Five-foot way, 1978 : general view -
Chinese calligraphers at work, 1960s : general view -
Tanjong Pagar Road footway : general view -
Five-foot-way magazine stall : general view -
Gopeng Street, five-foot way traders : general view -
Painted advertisement : close-up -
Indian man balancing a basket on his head : front view -
Calligrapher, 1970s : front view -
Arab Street : general view [1] -
Haji Lane hawker : general view -
Chong Pang Village five-foot way : general view [1] -
Chong Pang Village five-foot way : general view [2] -
Ann Siang Road five-foot-way : general view -
Roberts Lane five-footway : general view -
Calligrapher : front view [2] -
Swing doors of house no. 223, Serangoon Road : close-up -
Chong Pang Village five-foot way : general view [3] -
Door grille : close-up
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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SEWING ON THE FIVE-FOOT WAY -
FIVE FOOT WAY BARBERSHOP IN GEYLANG -
FIVE FOOT WAY BARBERSHOP IN GEYLANG -
COBBLER AT WORK ALONG THE FIVE-FOOT WAY -
SINGAPORE - FIVE-FOOT WAY IN CHINATOWN -
Elderly man, likely to be from the tailor shop behind him, working by a drain along five-foot-way outside the shop -
SINGAPORE - PALM READING WITH PARROT, ALONG FIVE-FOOT WAY -
Playing cards along the five foot way, Serangoon Road -
Playing draughts along the five foot way -
View of five-foot way outside coffeeshop in Chinatown, with an elderly lady having her hair done by a "hairdresser" and another sitting at marble-top table commonly found in coffeeshops and Chinese households. An unique feature of Malaya's shophouses, "five-foot way" was introduced by the town planners when Sir Stamford Raffles stipulated that shophouses must have a covered walkway of about five feet along its street front. These walkways were meant to protect pedestrians from the hot tropical sun and rain. Business could be conducted along these five-foot ways and thus the phrase "five-foot-way traders", an example of which is the "hairdresser" in this photo. -
WOMAN FEEDS CHILD AT FIVE FOOT WAY OUTSIDE A ROW OF PERANAKAN HOUSES WITH COLOURFUL TILES ON THE WALLS AND FLOORING -
SINGAPORE - PALM READING WITH PARROT, ALONG FIVE-FOOT WAY -
A BARBER SHOP ALONG THE FIVE-FOOT WAY -
TABLET PLACED ALONG A FIVE-FOOT WAY TO WELCOME THE GOD OF WEALTH -
ALTARS IN FIVE FOOT WAY, GEYLANG -
A FIVE-FOOT WAY OF A ROW OF SHOPHOUSES (MID 1990S) -
ALTAR TO THE DOORWAY DEITY ALONG A FIVE-FOOT WAY -
FIVE FOOT WAY AT BOAT QUAY, PARKED TRISHAW AND WOMAN RESTING ON CHAIR -
Scene along five-foot way, Singapore -
View of five-foot way with rattan baskets and sieves, iron woks and earthen stoves, and other wares hanging outside shops in Chinatown. An unique feature of Malaya's shophouses, "five-foot way" was introduced by the town planners when Sir Stamford Raffles stipulated that shophouses must have a covered walkway of about five feet along its street front. These walkways were meant to protect pedestrians from the hot tropical sun and rain. Business could be conducted along these five-foot ways and thus the phrase "five-foot-way traders". -
KIDS PLAYING ALONG A FIVE-FOOT WAY OUTSIDE THE LAU CHIT KEE HIANG HUAY KUAN AT KIM YAM ROAD -
FIVE FOOT WAY AT CLARKE QUAY -
OLD WOMAN SNACKS AT HER SERANGOON ROAD/ HOUGANG FIVE FOOT WAY.