TV junkies might have noticed the familiar backdrop of the recent TV drama, En Bloc as Pandan Valley in Ulu Pandan. Well, Peter Chan didn’t miss this detail either, and he uses it as a starting point to talk about the history of Pandan Valley and its neighbour, Ridgewood.
Pandan Valley was the first private condominium built in Singapore and developed at the height of the property boom in 1975. It was left vacant until 1978 when the project was re-launched by DBS Land, the property arm of DBS Bank. Somehow Pandan Valley never gained popularity with expatriates or upper middle-income Singaporeans. Those people preferred Ridgewood, a condominium located behind Pandan Valley. Could it be the case that Pandan Valley was lying in District 21 and Richwood in District 10?
Find out more about early Pandan Valley in Good Morning Yesterday.
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I took this picture in February 1977 when I lived at 41, Jalan Jelita, and yes, it is covered by copyright 1977-2010
Posted on February 25th, 2010 at 6:52 am
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