Owen Road, towards Dorset Road : general view [2]
- Streets and Places
- Lee, Kip Lin
- Lee Kip Lin Collection
- 27 Apr 1986
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This 1986 photograph shows Owen Road, opposite Oxford Road towards Dorset Road. Rows of shophouses line one side of the road. Owen Road is named after G.P. Owen, a great sportsman and one of the first motorcar owners in Singapore. 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
- Streets--Singapore--Photographs
- Shophouses--Singapore--Photographs
Suggested Pictures
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Owen Road, towards Dorset Road : general view [1] -
Owen Road, at Dorset Road : general view -
Owen Road, from Dorset Road : general view -
Owen Road, from Worcester Road : general view [2] -
Owen Road no. 40 : general view [3] -
Owen Road no. 40 : general view [2] -
Owen Road no. 40 : general view [1] -
Owen Road, from Worcester Road : general view [1] -
Owen Road no. 40, roof : close-up -
Owen Road, towards Race Course Road : general view -
Owen Road no. 38, roof : close-up -
Hoe Pin Hotel : general view [1] -
Hoe Pin Hotel : general view [2] -
Hoe Pin Hotel : general view [3] -
Dorset Road : general view [1] -
Norfolk Road, at Owen Road : general view -
Owen Road no 17 : general view -
Owen Road no 19 and 21 : general view -
Norfolk Road, at Owen Road : general view -
Race Course Road, from Owen Road : general view -
Race Course Road, from Owen Road : general view -
Dorset Road : general view -
Owen Road, at Race Course Road : general view [2]
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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Singapore Improvement Trust flats at the junction of Owen Road and Dorset Road. -
THE CROSSROADS JUNCTION OF DORSET ROAD AND OWEN ROAD HAS BECOME AN ACCIDENT-PRONE SPOT WITH AT LEAST THREE ACCIDENTS EVERY MONTH, ACCORDING TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS WAS THAT THE TWO ROADS HAD FAILED TO KEEP UP WITH PROGRESS DESPITE THE HEAVY GROWTH OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. THEY COMPLAINED THAT THE TWO-WAY ROADS WERE NARROW AND THAT THE JUNCTION HAD NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. -
THE CROSSROADS JUNCTION OF DORSET ROAD AND OWEN ROAD HAS BECOME AN ACCIDENT-PRONE SPOT WITH AT LEAST THREE ACCIDENTS EVERY MONTH, ACCORDING TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS WAS THAT THE TWO ROADS HAD FAILED TO KEEP UP WITH PROGRESS DESPITE THE HEAVY GROWTH OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. THEY COMPLAINED THAT THE TWO-WAY ROADS WERE NARROW AND THAT THE JUNCTION HAD NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. -
Flood waters at the junction of Owen Road and Dorset Road. The building under construction in the background (centre) is the former New Park Hotel which is now the Parkroyal Hotel on Kitchener Road. -
IT WAS 'PLAIN SAILING' FOR THIS FORD ESCORT UNTIL IT REACHED THE BRIDGE AT THE JUNCTION OF KAMPONG JAVA ROAD AND DORSET ROAD. THERE IT WAS OBSTRUCTED BY A PILLAR IN A MESS OF RUBBISH AND DEBRIS. IT IS BELIEVED THE CAR ROLLED INTO THE CANAL AT THE HEIGHT OF MONDAY NIGHT'S HEAVY RAIN -
HOTEL NEW WORLD- SUPPORT ON BASEMENT WALL ALONG OWEN ROAD -
SERANGOON/OWEN ROAD -
SERANGOON/OWEN ROAD -
SERANGOON/OWEN ROAD -
SERANGOON/OWEN ROAD -
SERANGOON/OWEN ROAD -
SERANGOON/OWEN ROAD -
PRESIDENT S R NATHAN OFFICIATES THE OPENING OF THE HINDU CENTRE AT 132 OWEN ROAD -
PRESIDENT S R NATHAN OFFICIATES THE OPENING OF THE HINDU CENTRE AT 132 OWEN ROAD -
PRESIDENT S R NATHAN OFFICIATES THE OPENING OF THE HINDU CENTRE AT 132 OWEN ROAD -
PRESIDENT S R NATHAN OFFICIATES THE OPENING OF THE HINDU CENTRE AT 132 OWEN ROAD -
PRESIDENT S R NATHAN OFFICIATES THE OPENING OF THE HINDU CENTRE AT 132 OWEN ROAD