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Pagoda Street, Singapore, August 1989. Today this street appears to be a pedestrian street. At the end of Pagoda Street is South Bridge Road. On the left is the Jamee Mosque and on the right is the Sri Mariamman Temple (not that you can make them out in this photo).
December 17, 2012

Daily Photo – Pagoda Street

It's interesting looking at Google Street View around here. Pagoda Street, and the whole Chinatown area, has been spruced up in the intervening years....

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The Singapore State Flag and a load of laundry fly above Pagoda Street, Singapore, August, 1989.
December 14, 2012

Daily Photo – Flags Over Pagoda Street

Below the official flag of the state flies the unofficial flag - the daily laundry. No hiding the unmentionables here! Rather, everything is put...

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Public service information in a Singapore restroom, August 1989. Just glad I didn't have the job of Toilet Inspector!
December 13, 2012

Daily Photo – Fine: $150

This sign was in the restroom of a bar in Chinatown, Singapore. Talking with the locals, it was aimed at the older generation of...

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A man looks upwards while walking in the street. Singapore, August 1989. Most likely taken in the blocks bounded by Upper Cross Street, South Bridge Road, Smith Street and New Bridge Road.
December 12, 2012

Daily Photo – Looking Up

Typical of the area were the laundry poles projected from the windows above the streets to dry clothes in what breeze passed by. Also...

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A many with a bike walks across the intersection of Upper Cross Street with South Bridge Road, Singapore, August 1989.
December 11, 2012

Daily Photo – Man with a Bike

Much like KL, parts of the old city were being torn down to be replaced though there was still plenty of character in the...

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A rainy day in Singapore, August, 1989. Across the street from the Orchard Road Presbyterian Church.
December 10, 2012

Daily Photo – Singapore Rain

It was a rainy day back in August 1989 when I stepped out of the Boulevard Hotel for a wander. The church is the...

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