This 1982 photograph shows Tanjong Pagar Road, towards Neil Road. It shows a view of a street with shophouses in the right foreground and on the left, and Metropole Cinema in the right background. Tanjong Pagar means "cape of stakes" in Malay, and the road is probably named for the kelongs found in the sea near the area. Fairfield Methodist Church now occupies the Metropole Cinema building. 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
• Arts>>Architecture>>Public and commercial buildings
• Shophouses--Singapore--Tanjong Pagar--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Tanjong Pagar--Photographs
• Motion picture theaters--Singapore--Tanjong Pagar--Photographs