This 1966 photograph shows a row of shophouses on Amoy Street. Amoy Street is named after a port in the Fujian Province, in China. It is a Hokkien-dominated area that once catered to sailors and the sea trade. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

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
• Shophouses--Singapore--Photographs
• Multipurpose buildings--Singapore--Photographs