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Eu Court : general view [2]

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This 1984 photograph shows Eu Court, at the corner of Stamford Road and Hill Street. Built in the late 1920s by prominent businessman Eu Tong Sen, it was demolished in 1992 to make way for road widening. Title devised by Library staff.

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

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A BULLDOZER CLEARING THE LAND IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE OF EDWIN M CRONK, THE AMERICAN HIGH COMMISSIONER, AT GRANGE ROAD TO MAKE WAY FOR A ROAD WIDENING PROJECT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AN OLD BUILDING AT RAFFLES PLACE BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
OLD BUILDINGS IN SINGAPORE ARE BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
PAVILLION THEATRE BUILDING BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
PAVILLION THEATRE BUILDING BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL THEATRE (DEMOLISHED)
ROAD WIDENING AT PATERSON ROAD
View of Bugis area from Shaw Towers. The high-rise flats near the center is Rochor Centre, to be demolished in 2016 for the North-South Expressway. The famous 7th Storey Hotel is near the bottom right of the photograph. It was demolished in 2009 to make way for the Downtown Line.
ROAD WIDENING AT PATERSON ROAD
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK BUILDING IN RAFFLES PLACE BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
OLD BUILDINGS IN SINGAPORE ARE BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
THE CENTRAL POLICE STATION IN SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD WHICH HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE DEMOLITION OF CRIME IN SINGAPORE, IS BEING DEMOLISHED. IT IS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE WIDENING OF UPPER PICKERING STREET. THE STATION, BUILT IN THE THIRTIES, WAS THE BASE FROM WHICH POLICE SMASHED THE TRIAD SOCIETIES THAT PLAGUED CHINATOWN. ITS ROW OF EIGHT LOCK-UPS WAS USED AS TORTURE CHAMBERS DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. THE STATION'S ENTIRE STAFF WAS RE-HOUSED IN THE POLICE BUILDING IN EU TONG SEN STREET IN APRIL.
THE CENTRAL POLICE STATION IN SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD WHICH HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE DEMOLITION OF CRIME IN SINGAPORE, IS BEING DEMOLISHED. IT IS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE WIDENING OF UPPER PICKERING STREET. THE STATION, BUILT IN THE THIRTIES, WAS THE BASE FROM WHICH POLICE SMASHED THE TRIAD SOCIETIES THAT PLAGUED CHINATOWN. ITS ROW OF EIGHT LOCK-UPS WAS USED AS TORTURE CHAMBERS DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. THE STATION'S ENTIRE STAFF WAS RE-HOUSED IN THE POLICE BUILDING IN EU TONG SEN STREET IN APRIL.
DEMOLITION OF OLD HOUSES AT BEACH ROAD. MOST OF THESE OLD HOUSES AND BUILDINGS IN SINGAPORE ARE BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
The gate, the adjoining wall and the Sally Port are remains of the fortress which occupied Fort Canning Hill from 1861 to 1926 when it was demolished to make way for a reservoir
THE MEDICAL HALL LOCATED IN A BUILDING CALLED THE "RED HOUSE" AT BATTERY ROAD WAS FIRST SET UP BY EARLY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE 1850S. IT WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW $3 MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING, THE STRAITS TRADING BUILDING.
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS WONG KAN SENG WITH THE PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN MR TAN KEONG CHOON AT THE GARDEN PARTY FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR ESTABLISHMENTS AT THE ISTANA HOSTED BY PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG
Two sections of Beach Street - the old narrow section north of Church Street Ghaut (street sign above Grosvenor Motors) has yet to be widened, while the new buildings, right foreground, has allowed a substantial set back for road-widening.
Traffic scene at the junction of Stamford Road and Hill Street, Singapore, showing an early advertisement by Singapore Traction Company on its trolley bus. The Oranje Building (later renamed Stamford House) stands in the right background.
Two sections of Beach Street - the old narrow section north of Church Street Ghaut (street sign above Grosvenor Motors) has yet to be widened, while the new buildings, right foreground, has allowed a substantial set back for road-widening
View of Cavenagh Bridge over Singapore River with the General Post Office (left) at Fullerton Square. The General Post Office building was demolished in 1925 to make way for Fullerton Building (currently The Fullerton Hotel).
MR BILL HANLEY, A PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN WHO LIKES SINGAPORE VERY MUCH AND RETURNS AGAIN TO THE COLONY, LISTENING OVER COCKTAILS TO WHAT MR CHAN KOK FOON HAS TO SAY ABOUT CHINESE CUSTOMS
View of vacant house that will be demolished to make way for new developments in Toa Payoh.