This 1992 photograph shows Bencoolen Street, from the corner of Middle Road, towards Bras Basah Road. Rows of shophouses line the street. In the far right a high-rise building can be seen. Bencoolen Street was named after the British colony on the west coast of Sumatra where Sir Stamford Raffles was Lieutenant Governor. 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
• Streets--Singapore--Photographs
• Commercial buildings--Singapore--Photographs