Memories of Cashin Mansion

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Part one of a story, FOY-er Victor Koo reminisces about an old friendship with a former tenant of the now-famous Cashin mansion.

It was a grand neo-Renaissance style bungalow located in the east coast at No. 23, Amber Road. It was designed by Regent Alfred John Bidwell in 1912, the very same architect who designed the ‘Grand Old Dame’, the world-famous Raffles Hotel.

A new developer, AG Capital, bought the bungalow last year. The company said that “no corporate decision has been adopted” on future plans for the site. Early this year, there was a call to preserve this building by a group of about 20 people who called themselves Historic Architecture Rescue Plan.

Before land reclamation began, the bungalow stood at the seafront. It had an unusual crescent shape to let in as much seabreeze as possible.

In the late 70s, I had meals in that bungalow. I also spent some time listening to music on the upper floor. In those days, CDs had not been invented yet. (MP3 music came much later in the late 90s.) Music was then recorded either on cassette tapes or black vinyl records.

That’s not really the main part of the story, but you should read the rest of it here.

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