Onan Road shophouses : general view [1]



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24 Apr 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows a row of shophouses, located at Onan Road corner (at Changi Road). Onan Road was once a coconut plantation. Built by Chew Joo Chiat around the 1920s and 1930s, Onan Road is under the conservation area of Joo Chiat since July 1993. Title devised by Library staff.


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Joo Chiat (Singapore)--Photographs

Shophouses--Singapore--Joo Chiat--Photographs

Architecture--Singapore--Joo Chiat--Photographs

Roads--Singapore--Joo Chiat--Photographs

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Commercial buildings

Streets

Streets and Places

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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