The Old & the New May 2014

I spent a day wandering around the city of Singapore and checking out some of the streets with old shophouses and colonial buildings side by side with modern high rises.  Shophouses here are mostly constructed between the 1840s and the 1960s and are at most two to three storeys tall. The ground floor was used as a shopfront with the owners of the business living in the upstairs quarters.  Once dilapidated, these shophouses are now restored and used as galleries, boutiques, cafes, and bars.

DSCF1296Tiong Bahru neighborhood.

DSCF1324Haji Lane hidden in the Muslim quarter in Singapore.

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DSCF1325Trendy boutiques and cafes of Haji Lane.

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DSCF1370Emerald Hill Road off Orchard Road.

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Many of these old houses on Emerald Hill Road are converted into trendy bars and lounges.

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