This is a 1982 photograph depicting Joo Chiat Place, from Joo Chiat Road. It shows a view of a road lined with two-storey shophouses on the left, and low-rise buildings on the right, partially-hidden by trees. Joo Chiat Place and Joo Chiat Road are named after Chew Joo Chiat, a well-known Chinese landowner and coconut plantation owner. 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>>Streets and Places
• Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Commercial Buildings
• Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Residential Buildings
• Joo Chiat (Singapore)--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Joo Chiat--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Joo Chiat--Photographs