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

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 several years they set about restoring this row of former warehouses and stores into cafes, bars and shops. If you were to look at the same view today, you’d notice many of the rook lines remain the same but there’s a degree more homogenization and cleanliness about the place. No more bushes growing in the gutters.

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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

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 is on one of the buildings. You won’t find this scene now – these buildings are long gone.

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