There was a National Day feature about various places that people hold close to their hearts. I thought about it and I realised that most of the places that have meant anything to me are in or near that inner ERP ring, ha ha.
These include:
1. Schools - CHIJ and SJI (no longer schools now)
2. National Library (gone)
3. Cinemas - Odeon (gone), Capitol (no longer a cinema), Cathay
4. Book and stationery shops - various second hand book stores along Bras Basah Road (gone), a couple along Victoria Street (Shanghai Book Co. and World - gone), MPH at Armenian Street (gone)
5. Churches - Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, St Joseph's, Sts Peter and Paul, Sacred Heart Church (if I'm not mistaken, they have been gazetted as National Monuments)
Interestingly, the place where we stayed when I was in primary and secondary school, which is off the Orchard Road CBD area, is more or less still there as it was then, no major sign of en bloc activity, I believe.
These include:
1. Schools - CHIJ and SJI (no longer schools now)
2. National Library (gone)
3. Cinemas - Odeon (gone), Capitol (no longer a cinema), Cathay
4. Book and stationery shops - various second hand book stores along Bras Basah Road (gone), a couple along Victoria Street (Shanghai Book Co. and World - gone), MPH at Armenian Street (gone)
5. Churches - Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, St Joseph's, Sts Peter and Paul, Sacred Heart Church (if I'm not mistaken, they have been gazetted as National Monuments)
Interestingly, the place where we stayed when I was in primary and secondary school, which is off the Orchard Road CBD area, is more or less still there as it was then, no major sign of en bloc activity, I believe.
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