This 1966 photograph shows a row of shophouses, featuring bat-shaped vents on the first storey, and a common balcony on the second. Such buildings typically house businesses on the ground floors and residences on the upper storeys. 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

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