Vintage pictures of Singapore
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nice pictures...wow
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what's so great about orchard Rd?
I told you it has been the same since 1995. Up to 1995 only it was changing. then it remained there
Used to hang out at Ngee Ann city in 1993. hear that clear, it was 1993.
wheelock place wadever already around. Anyway if u compare the same timeline with other countries, buildings like Wheelock place and Ngee Ann city already came about n the late 80s. In late 80s, US commercial buildings were already using touch screen computers for access services. -
Ngee Ann City under construction, 1989. It opened officially on 21st Sept 1993.
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wow.....all the colonial era pictures of sinapore........i take my hat and bow to you for all the nice pictures........thanks alot......don't mind i copy them and save them for my future generations to see......
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yeah. how come till now no one knows about the PICAS service by national heritage board?
but u must noe how to hack the watermark-free images, the links that used to be open last time but now hidden away....
1985
Shaw Centre/Shaw House
Wisma Atria
Lucky Plaza
Ngee Ann City
Dhoby Ghaut MRT U/C and surrounding areas. Dhoby Ghaut MRT site used to be a Jewish cemetery.
CHIJMES
Bugis MRT/Bugis Village
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Killiney Post Office, when it first opened in 1963
Killney Road shophouse
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this are really beautiful pics .
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Actually I discuss this question with forummer redstone before.
This picture does not make sense after comparing with other photos:
where *exactly* is this taken? -
which website did u all take the pictures from??
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good thread
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Current Dhoby Ghaut North-South Line MRT Station. A former jewish cemetery. They're exhumating in the picture. That was in June 1983.Originally posted by Icemoon:Actually I discuss this question with forummer redstone before.
This picture does not make sense after comparing with other photos:
where *exactly* is this taken?
You see behind. Do you recognise the spiral building? That is the carpark of Plaza Singapura. Wasn't demolished when Plaza Singapura was renovated and upgraded. -
really fantastic pictures
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Here is why the photo doesn't make sense.Originally posted by ^tamago^:Current Dhoby Ghaut North-South Line MRT Station. A former jewish cemetery. They're exhumating in the picture. That was in June 1983.
You see behind. Do you recognise the spiral building? That is the carpark of Plaza Singapura. Wasn't demolished when Plaza Singapura was renovated and upgraded.
If you look at the position of plaza sing, it is clear the cemetery is situated at the position of the current Orchard Atrium where we have the exit for the Dhoby Ghaut NEL station.
But then .. why did they exhume the cemetery when the NS line did not go under it?
The above photo shows the empty plot of land beside MacDonald House. But look at an older photo below! That area was built up already!
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i believe the shophouses were demolished and became a cemetery later. that black-and-white is really quite old, as seen from the architecture.
i noe wat u're hinting at. the cemetery site had to be exhumed as it eventually did become one of the exits for NSL station (which was demolished and became the unpaid linkway from NSL to NEL). last time, u dun have to exit from NSL side and cross the road to reach PS, u could walk straight and up a stairs to reach the other side of the road.
the site also housed a carpark and a bus stop before NEL came along, and the site transformed into what the atrium@orchard is now. -
how about some videos from temasek polytechnic 'the way we were' everyday shown on tv mobile?
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haha. me dun like. why show fisherman? show me things like orchard rd lah...Originally posted by boy in blues:how about some videos from temasek polytechnic 'the way we were' everyday shown on tv mobile? -
I'm afraid this is impossible.Originally posted by ^tamago^:i believe the shophouses were demolished and became a cemetery later. that black-and-white is really quite old, as seen from the architecture.
If you do a search on the net, the cemetery was actually very very old. It was already there in the middle of the 19th century (http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/asia-pac-ind/singapore.html).
Are you saying MacDonand House was already there in the middle 19th century? -
they got show old chinatown in technicolor.Originally posted by ^tamago^:haha. me dun like. why show fisherman? show me things like orchard rd lah...
then beep beep mata lei lo! -
ok. cemetery is 1840s. macdonald house is 1949.Originally posted by Icemoon:I'm afraid this is impossible.
If you do a search on the net, the cemetery was actually very very old. It was already there in the middle of the 19th century (http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/asia-pac-ind/singapore.html).
Are you saying MacDonand House was already there in the middle 19th century?
so, i guess the cemetery is nicely hidden by the macdonald house. that means, the frontage of the shophouses could well be the cemetery somehow.
anyway i could see clemenceau circus right behind macdonald house as well.
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I won't say your hypothesis is impossible, but it is improbable given thatOriginally posted by ^tamago^:ok. cemetery is 1840s. macdonald house is 1949.
so, i guess the cemetery is nicely hidden by the macdonald house. that means, the frontage of the shophouses could well be the cemetery somehow.
anyway i could see clemenceau circus right behind macdonald house as well.
i can't find any photos of it anymore. it's not easy to locate this place.
1. from the photo, there isn't much space for the frontage. the shophouses are all built to the edge of the road. But photos of the cemetery (when it was being exhumed) show the walled compound to be quite big (not very big, but big enough).
2. to build shophouses less than 10m from a cemetery is like .. erm? More so if your entrance is less than 10m directly from a cemetery. Even Tangs, which was first built next to a cemetery, also not this "lucky". At least Tang's big door never faced the cemetery (it should be facing the road, correct me if I'm wrong).
Actually the jewish website gave another clue because it mentioned the cemetery was next to the Sivan Temple. However, the Sivian Temple kept shifting location through the years, I think 3 times just in the vicinity of Orchard and Dhoby Gaut. I found an old photo of Sivan Temple which showed it to be opposite MacDonald House.
The cemetery could be opposite the present day Atrium, which explains nicely why it was exhumed (the NSL runs below) and which agrees with the location of the Sivan Temple in the photo. This location also happens to be the "blind spot" in the old photo of MacDonald House.
However this new hypothesis has some problems. Mainly that if you look at those exhumation photos with Plaza Sing in the background, Plaza Sing doesn't seem to be so far behind in the background.
I browsed through the 1959 edition of the street directory before. This and the newer editions of the street directory surprisingly never indicated the location of our elusive Jewish cemetery (the one in Thomson was marked, however).
So how? Any forummer here old enough to remember the location of the cemetery? -
just wondering,what was around before ngee ann city was built?
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tot it was the cemetery belonging to Ngee Ann Kongxi?Originally posted by Marco_Simone:just wondering,what was around before ngee ann city was built? -
there you have it, from http://www.ngeeann.com.sg/webtop/property.phtml
The complex sits on land owned by the Kongsi, part of a parcel of land known as Tai Shan Ting, bounded by Orchard, Paterson and Grange roads. Tai Shan Ting was one of the several burial grounds owned and managed by the Kongsi. The cemetery was cleared in 1957 and parcels of land were leased for 99 years to Mandarin Hotel, Cathay Cineleisure Orchard and the Indonesian government (now Wisma Atria). The remaining land was acquired by the Government for a teachers' training college on Paterson Hill, MRT projects and road widening projects. A 10-storey Ngee Ann Building stood on the land for a while before it made way for the current complex. Today, the shopping complex is leased to Takashimaya and its subsidiary Toshin Development Company Limited, and its successful model has been emulated by many others in the region. -
yeah, nice one. i knew it was a chinese cemetery, but didn't noe it went all the way to paterson. big sia...
