This 1986 photograph shows two-storey shophouses along Jalan Besar (between Rowell Road and Hindoo Road). Several Housing and Development (HDB) apartment blocks can be seen in the background. Located off Lavender Street, Jalan Besar is Malay for big or wide road. Title devised by Library staff.

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From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Commercial Buildings
• Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
• Jalan Besar (Singapore)--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Jalan Besar--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Jalan Besar--Photographs
• Apartment houses--Singapore--Jalan Besar--Photographs