This week, Pixels & Grains takes a look at the charming area around the Esplanade, and how its bordering skyline against our waters has changed since the 1960s, with pictures from Pakcik Salleh, David Papworth and Belinda Tan.
THEN & NOW - Picture of my wife Nori at the Esplanade (facing west) taken in 1969 and 2011.
This week, Pixels & Grains will take you on a little visual journey back in time to explore mother nature right in urban Singapore. How has Changi Beach changed through the years?
This week, Pixels & Grains will take you on a visual journey back in time along the Singapore River, with some new photos sent in by three Yesterday.sg readers- Belinda Tan, Pakcik Salleh and David Papworth.
“Boats and houses on the river front. The river was a very busy place back in the sixties.”
(Photo and captions from David Papworth)
Read on for more photos from personal collections which lend a more intimate take of how the Singapore River has changed through the years – the activities along the river which had taken place decades ago and how these have changed now.
Pixels & Grains returns to bring you a new set of photos sent in by I Love Museums‘ Facebook fan Belinda Tan, a chatty, outgoing lady shutterbug who goes around exploring Singapore.
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Pixels & Grains brings you the final part of The Story of Lorong Mydin, from I Love Museums’ fan Taufiq Jaafar’s collection of old photographs. But there’s still more so stay tuned next week for a brand new set of Pixels & Grains!
Here we take a better look at the kids of Lorong Mydin.
Pixels & Grains returns to bring you part 4 of I Love Museums’ fan Taufiq Jaafar’s collection of old photographs that tell the stories of Lorong Mydin.
If you remember playing with Hot Wheels, this is its predecessor.
“Pixels & Grains” is back to bring you part three of I Love Museums‘ fan, Taufiq Jaafar’s photo collection:
If you remember the previous Pixels & Grains post, this is part two of fellow I Love Museums‘ fan, Taufiq Jaafar’s photo collection. Read the rest of this entry »
Little is known about the story of Kembangan. Located at the east side of Singapore. Kembangan is a Malay word for ‘expansion’. If you were to drive around Kembangan, you would notice that the street names are in Malay e.g, Jalan Awang, Lorong Sarina, Jalan Senyum, etc. These street names serve as evidence of Kembangan’s Malay kampong origins. Read the rest of this entry »
