singapore - neighborhood x neighborhood - pt3

mrnyc · #1 Posted **Sep 20, 2014, 12:18 PM**

singapore neighborhood tour

part one
http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213309

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

kampong glam (arab st)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampong_Glam

*lower-key companion to little india, charming & popular pub scene, too

sultan mosque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Sultan

parkview square (b.2002)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkview_Square

dinky di store
http://www.tokyojinja.com/2011/03/22...inky-di-store/

waterloo street palm readers, fortune tellers, flower sellers
http://www.travelfish.org/sight_prof...pong_glam/1205

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mrnyc · #2 Posted **Sep 20, 2014, 12:21 PM**

orchard road
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard_Road

*it’s really something else, just a whole other shopping malls level than the rest of the world

the hurricane house & thai embassy campus -- on prime property!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Kim_Ching
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulalongkorn

shaw bros bldg (b. 1958)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_House_and_Centre

killiney kopitiam
http://www.killiney-kopitiam.com/menu.html

two thumbs up for the toast box!

http://www.toastbox.com.sg

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mrnyc · #3 Posted **Sep 20, 2014, 12:22 PM**

emerald hill road (b.1901-25)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Hill,_Singapore

*beautiful, relaxing rowhouse neighborhood off orchard road, few tourists thankfully

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mrnyc · #4 Posted **Sep 20, 2014, 12:26 PM**

haw par villa fka tiger balm gardens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haw_Par_Villa
http://remembersingapore.wordpress.com/haw-par-villa/

*this is definately the world’s strangest amusement/sculpture park!

- it’s an oddball cross of old american roadside attractions & dr. suess with chinese fables
- there were once 3 of them if you can believe it --
- pretty much abandoned now, i heard it may be torn down next year…

*** WARNING this thread is rated PG for violent scenes & bizzareness ***

aw boon par deco house (b. 1937) -- destroyed in WW2
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/318979/27667595

tiger balm promo tiger car

good luck sleeping tonight!

ten courts of hell...change your ways before it’s too late!!!
http://wheresidewalksend.com/court-of-hell/

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mrnyc · #5 Posted **Sep 20, 2014, 12:28 PM**

last thread --- airplane views ---

*because llooonnnnggggg flights/why not???

japan -- approaching narita

chiba

yokohama

not fuji

hong kong area

hong kong airport expansion & construction

taiwan

california

suburban sf

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**** and that’s all folks -- i hope you enjoyed the late august 2014 singapore tour! ****

mhays · #6 Posted **Sep 21, 2014, 12:40 AM**

Very interesting...especially the "gardens"!