Category:Travel

A son walks with his mother. Chinatown, Singapore, 1989.
January 4, 2013

Daily Photo – Mother and Son

A young man walks down the street accompanied by his mother. They pass workers having lunch in the cafe's. They're forced to walk in...

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The Boat Quay, Singapore, 1989 from across the Singapore River near Raffles Landing and the Singapore Parliament buildings
December 23, 2012

Daily Photo – Boat Quay

As I mentioned yesterday, about a month after I took this photo, the restoration order was published in the paper and over the next...

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The Boat Quay, Singapore, 1989 from across the Singapore River near Raffles Landing and the Singapore Parliament buildings
December 22, 2012

Daily Photo – Boat Quay and OCBC Bank Building

About a month before I took this photo this area was gazetted for preservation and transformation to new business. Now the area looks well...

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Telok Ayer Street runs right to left in this photo from 1989. Today these building are gone, replaced by a high rise presently occupied by Citibank
December 21, 2012

Daily Photo – Telok Ayer Street

I've no idea where yesterday's photo was taken but I know that today's photo shows part of Telok Ayer Street because the street name...

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A derelict house in the Chinatown district of Singapore, 1989.
December 20, 2012

Daily Photo – Derelict House

I wondered how much of the brickwork the wooden safety barrier was intended to contain, and even how sturdy the boards were. Would they...

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Another example of how Singapore has changed in the last 20 years. This is how the Battery area of Singpore looks in 1989 with the Singapore river flowing under the bridge at right and the Merlion overlooking the confluence of the Singapore River and Kalleng River.
December 19, 2012

Daily Photo – Merlion Park in 1989

The Merlion was created in 1964 for the Singapore Tourism Board. With the head of a lion and the body of a fish resting...

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