Queenstown market , Alexandra Hospital to be conserved...... at last...

[Force 136]

SINGAPORE: Three buildings in Queenstown will be conserved as part of the upcoming Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA's) master plan.

The buildings are Queenstown Public Library, former Commonwealth Avenue Wet Market and Alexandra Hospital.

This was announced by Acting Minister for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin at the URA Architectural Heritage Awards on Thursday.

The Queenstown library is Singapore's first branch library and is popular with many residents in the area.

Likewise, the former Commonwealth Avenue Wet Market is well-known to residents and visitors to Queenstown.

Alexandra Hospital has also been a part of many significant moments in Singapore's history.

CNA

 

[Froggy]

Like to share these two videos with all of you especially Queenstownians. Took these two videos two weeks ago from MRT between Commonwealth and Redhill Stations. Lots of changes for those who still remembered Queenstown

enjoy

From Commonwealth to Redhill
[video=youtube;Flp9YdNtof0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flp9YdNtof0[/video]

 

[Froggy]

Here the other direction from Redhill to Commonwealth

[video=youtube;8bSV9lL1IGE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bSV9lL1IGE[/video]

 

[Sinkie]

Wah, you so free.....

 

[red amoeba]

AH is haunted no ?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

AH is haunted no ?

Yes. As kids we used to hang around outside the morgue by the side entrance next to queensway....

 

[Froggy]

Wah, you so free.....

I come back to Singapore like every 3 months and I do see changes in my neighbourhood so I took these for good memories in future. But seriously its only on the MRT (high up there) when one has nothing to do that one could observe these when I used to drive I could see nothing. So its good.

 

[HTOLAS]

Thanks. I grew up in Queenstown and still pass by quite often. I'm glad to know that our history is appreciated.

 

[Leongsam]

This is the only Queenstown worth preserving.

 

[jw5]

Goodness gracious shit!
They tear down almost everything and now they want to conserve 3 buildings.

Queenstown used to be a very nice place for families to go to on a lazy Saturday or Sunday evening, with hawker centres, cinema, bowling alley, all types of shops, open spaces to sit around, etc.

These days, the best a family can do is to go to a jampacked shopping mall and have their meal in an overpriced food court with spoilt brats screaming their heads off and running all over the place.

Wonder if LWL will mention that in her book?

 

[aliensmotor]

the place to reserved- national library..but gone..

 

[Semaj2357]

the place to reserved- national library..but gone..

agree that it would be better to preserve this....and perhaps the place next door where they used to invite special guests for a nice cup of kopi.

 

[laksaboy]

the place to reserved- national library..but gone..

Oh please. The red brick library was sitting on some very valuable land. Of course the pappies were going to sell it to SMU (more of that education hub nonsense).