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Old Posted Sep 20, 2014, 11:55 AM
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singapore - neighborhood x neighborhood

singapore x popular neighborhoods

*** let’s take a long 3-part look around the asian tiger singapore! ***


-- at first i thought i would just do some instagrams because crummy old iphone, but what the heck, so here is everything, annotated by the more popular neighborhoods….sorry it may take time to load the photos please be patient….enjoy!


singapore neighborhood tour

part two
http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213310

part three
http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213311









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marina bay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Bay,_Singapore


*a terrific modern urban park, reminds you of the movie avatar + massive, iconic hotel































































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Old Posted Sep 20, 2014, 11:57 AM
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katong (joo chiat rd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katong


*charming old peranakan neighborhood, beautiful, few daytime tourists, a favorite











































koon seng road (b.1920s)
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infoped...004-12-27.html


















ceylon tamil sri senpaga vinayagar hindu temple in ceylon road, tanjong katong (b.1929)
http://www.senpaga.org.sg/history.asp




















































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Old Posted Sep 20, 2014, 11:58 AM
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gillman barracks
http://www.yoursingapore.com/content...-barracks.html
http://travel.cnn.com/singapore/play...ngapore-805296
http://www.gillmanbarracks.com


*military barracks converted into singapore’s new high end modern art gallery district



























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Old Posted Sep 20, 2014, 11:59 AM
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chinatown (niu che shui)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Singapore
http://www.chinatown.sg/index.php


*fantastic, surprizing that maybe not as big as i expected, but packed & popular














buddha tooth relic temple (b.2005)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha...ple_and_Museum






















nam’s funeral rites supply shop
http://www.travelfish.org/blogs/sing...-funeral-shop/


















smith street aka chinatown covered food street
http://www.travelfish.org/blogs/sing...n-food-street/
















more views around the historic chinatown neighborhoods



































ann siang hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Siang_Hill
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infoped...005-01-20.html








deco bldgs









ann siang hill park
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/docs/an...k_final_lr.pdf




















telok ayer st
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telok_Ayer













hokkien temple (b.1839)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thian_Hock_Keng











nagore durgha shrine (b.1828)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagore_Durgha,_Singapore


















original ya kun kaya toast
http://www.yakun.com/story.aspx










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Old Posted Sep 20, 2014, 12:00 PM
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tanjong pagar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanjong_Pagar


*quiet, upscale neighborhood next to chinatown, a good stroll to wind down from c-town


chinatown buddha tooth temple & maxwell street hawker center
http://danielfooddiary.com/2012/09/1...l-food-centre/

































jinrickisha station (b. 1904) -- singapore’s last reminder of the rickshaw era
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinrikisha_Station








































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Old Posted Sep 20, 2014, 12:02 PM
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downtown central singapore


*neat & tidy, interesting sights, breezy & easier to walk around in the heat than i thought













norman foster’s south beach towers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Beach,_Singapore
























st. andrew’s cathedral (b. 1861)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_And...ral,_Singapore














fullerton hotel (b.1919, 2001)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fu...otel_Singapore






raffles hotel (b. 1899)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_Hotel
































singapore’s deco era answer to the flatiron bldg














uob is 1 of the 3 tallest bldgs in singapore
factoid: tallest outside usa between 1986-89
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UOB_Plaza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_in_Singapore
























clarke quay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_Quay










tongkangs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongkang
























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Old Posted Sep 20, 2014, 12:04 PM
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geylang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geylang


a revitalized & quickly gentrifying former red-light district, very neighborhoody, i liked it










https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaya_toast




































































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