Tanjong Pagar Road five-foot way, 1982 : general view [2] | PictureSG

Tanjong Pagar Road five-foot way, 1982 : general view [2]

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This 1982 photograph shows the five-foot way outside a row of shophouses, located along Tanjong Pagar Road (opposite NTUC supermarket). It shows fruit stalls with their produce displayed along the five-foot way. 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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Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore

A FIVE-FOOT WAY OF A ROW OF SHOPHOUSES (MID 1990S)
Elderly man, likely to be from the tailor shop behind him, working by a drain along five-foot-way outside the shop
SEWING ON THE FIVE-FOOT WAY
FIVE FOOT WAY BARBERSHOP IN GEYLANG
FIVE FOOT WAY BARBERSHOP IN GEYLANG
WOMAN FEEDS CHILD AT FIVE FOOT WAY OUTSIDE A ROW OF PERANAKAN HOUSES WITH COLOURFUL TILES ON THE WALLS AND FLOORING
COBBLER AT WORK ALONG THE FIVE-FOOT WAY
SINGAPORE - FIVE-FOOT WAY IN CHINATOWN
SINGAPORE - PALM READING WITH PARROT, ALONG FIVE-FOOT WAY
Playing cards along the five foot way, Serangoon Road
KIDS PLAYING ALONG A FIVE-FOOT WAY OUTSIDE THE LAU CHIT KEE HIANG HUAY KUAN AT KIM YAM ROAD
Playing draughts along the five foot way
View of five-foot way outside coffeeshop in Chinatown, with an elderly lady having her hair done by a "hairdresser" and another sitting at marble-top table commonly found in coffeeshops and Chinese households. An unique feature of Malaya's shophouses, "five-foot way" was introduced by the town planners when Sir Stamford Raffles stipulated that shophouses must have a covered walkway of about five feet along its street front. These walkways were meant to protect pedestrians from the hot tropical sun and rain. Business could be conducted along these five-foot ways and thus the phrase "five-foot-way traders", an example of which is the "hairdresser" in this photo.
KIDS PLAYING ALONG A FIVE FOOT WAY OUTSIDE LAU CHIT KEE HIANG HUAY KUAN AT KIM YAM ROAD
SINGAPORE - PALM READING WITH PARROT, ALONG FIVE-FOOT WAY
A BARBER SHOP ALONG THE FIVE-FOOT WAY
TABLET PLACED ALONG A FIVE-FOOT WAY TO WELCOME THE GOD OF WEALTH
ALTARS IN FIVE FOOT WAY, GEYLANG
ALTAR TO THE DOORWAY DEITY ALONG A FIVE-FOOT WAY
FIVE FOOT WAY AT BOAT QUAY, PARKED TRISHAW AND WOMAN RESTING ON CHAIR
TANJONG PAGAR ROAD, SINGAPORE
Scene along five-foot way, Singapore
MEMBERS OF THE LAU CHIT KEE HIANG OPERA TROUPE HAVING AN DINNER, IN THE FIVE FOOT WAY OUTSIDE THE KIM YAM ROAD HEADQUARTERS, DURING THE FUNERAL WAKE OF THE BOSS.