To hold the fort for a while, here is another "Then And Now" post. The following photo, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore, shows the junction of Rochor Road and North Bridge Road in 1986:
It shows the 7th Storey hotel which I blogged about here and here. This old hotel was demolished in 2009 to make way for the Downtown MRT Line. This location was also where the DHL balloon was sited. The
The photo below shows how the same junction looked like a few months ago. You can see the ongoing construction work being carried out on the right side of the photo. (I have placed the old photo of the junction directly below the newer one for comparison purpose.)
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Somehow, looking at the 2 pics, I can recognise the old scene better
[1986]...even though I've walked around there in both time periods.
But I can't explain this feeling!
unk Dicko, I somehow share your sentiments about that pix...compared to the the heavy traffic with the MRT Bugis Street active construction now. Signs of progress and times of change, I guess!
As I said it's difficult to explain, James. It's not that traffic moved slower in 1986 and now tend to move much faster..that is the explanation. It's something deeper than that. Maybe for some of us,the internal archives in our brain(memory recall)are functioning better with sentimental, old scenes than jazzy, new ones. That's why many of us love old things, collect old things..and still love our old clothes v much!
How nice to share the personal observations of our friends of our times and suddenly, I don't feel lonely and alone in my thoughts anymore.
Replace that label "old" with the word "favorite"...
"I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad..."
Remember "Maria - My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music"
Love that Unk Dicko. Cheers!
Sure I remember..the whole song. Even now, it's still in my head! And still one of my Favorites.
Remind me to play this tune for you on Ukulele next when we meet.
Unk Dicko said ... "many of us love old things, collect old things..and still love our old clothes.."
For sure, even his nickname is "the wise OLD owl". We love it too. Haha!
He (Unk Dicko) is what is called an oldie by goodie.
No wonder I feel so at home in Ipoh. The streets there just like your old photo. When I go into town nowadays, I get quite stressed; esp. the Suntec area and Orchard Rd. Just a concrete jungle.
Great area Bugis. That high buiding diagonally across the shopping mall. Looks like a Gotham City block to me. Check carefully in the evenings and you can see Batman peering from the top of the highrise.
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