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I want to write a quick blogpost about the Singapore skyline. I’m not an architect, or architecture student, or even any sort of long-term observer or student or hobbyist-appreciator of buildings. I’m just a guy who lives in an island-city-state with some thoughts and observations about the place we live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. General Post Office \u2013> Fullerton Hotel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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It used to be a fort, and then an ‘exchange building’, before it was redeveloped as The Fullerton Building, from 1924 to 1928. A Straits Times report on June 27, 1928 said that the building cost $4,750,000 \u2013 I’m guessing that’s before inflation? (Straits Times \u2013 7 Things About The Fullerton Building<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a private club in the upper floors, designated for the ruling colonial elite. Yes \u2013 it was a private club housed in a public building funded by taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun fact: Fullerton was designed by the same folks who designed Capitol Building and SGH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Mariamman Temple and Capital Tower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you go to the wikipedia page for Mariamman temple, you’ll see this picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But here’s a much more interesting picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read about my thoughts on this here: Mariamman Temple and Capital Tower<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Old Parliament house turned into Arts House<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is one of my favorite things about Singapore. People now get married in it, and there are theater and drama performances in it, and it’s just really poignant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Marina Bay Sands now Singapore’s most recognizable landmark<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Because it’s so distinctive, and because it’s one of the most popular Instagram locations in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. NAC Bin Centre<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This is, in my opinion, the best bin centre in the world. I just had to take a photo with my favorite $880,000 national monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For too long, we have viewed bin centres as just a place to throw rubbish, while ignoring the aesthetics and the spiritual role that bin centres play in our civic and public life.” \u2013 http:\/\/www.mrbrown.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/nac-bin-centre.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This was not a simple bin centre to build.” \u2013 https:\/\/www.gov.sg\/factually\/content\/why-is-a-centralised-nac-bin-centre-needed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links, reads:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n