One last goodbye to these places before they disappear forever In the face of modernisation, old buildings and places of heritage will inevitably have to make way for the new. Come 2017, these 7 places will vanish forever and gradually become nothing but a distant memory. 1. Rochor Centre Source By 2017, Singapore’s colourful HDB blocks at Rochor Centre will be gone. The nostalgic neighbourhood will be torn down to pave the way for the building of the North-South Expressway. The HDB blocks at Rochor Centre were built in 1977, and started out with the usual white exterior seen on other HDB blocks. In the early 1990s, the flats underwent a facelift and were being painted with vibrant shades of red, blue, green, and yellow, and soon became an iconic landmark at Rochor. Hundreds of residents and business owners are affected by this decision, and will be relocated before its imminent demolition this year. While residents are given priority to new build-to-order (BTO) flats in Kallang, shop owners will have to scour for a new location themselves. 2. Dakota Crescent Estate Of Rental Flats Source Dakota Crescent is one of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates, and its old school architecture […]
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