MAPPING SINGAPORE

This is a compilation of various mapping exercises.

Looking at expunged streets: Mapping Kampung Gelam and Kampung Rochor districts

Visit the page here:

Kampung Gelam & Kampung Rochor – morphological changes.

http://singapurastories.com/kampung-gelam-rochor-kallang/kampung-gelam-kampung-rochor/

Mapping Geylang Serai, Kg Eunos, and Kaki Bukit

1972 Map showing the huge suburban areas surrounding Geylang Serai’s commercial core (in green) and the roads radiating out from there.
Source: Singapore Street Directory 1972, with modifications by Imran bin Tajudeen

Kaki Bukit in 1983.
Source: Singapore Street Directory, with modifications by Imran bin Tajudeen, 2012.

Pages:
Note: these old webpages from 2012 were expunged for some reason, and will be restored. In the meantime, you may visit their archived versions here:

The great suburb at Geylang, Geylang Serai, Kg Ubi, Jln Eunos, Kaki Bukit

Aug 09, 2012 by Imran bin Tajudeen.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140725232229/http://singapurastories.com/2012/08/the-great-suburb-at-geylang-serai-and-ubi/

Geylang Serai as commercial / market hub, 1950s

Jul 25, 2012 Imran bin Tajudeen.   https://web.archive.org/web/20160202170056/http://singapurastories.com/2012/07/geylang-serai-as-commercial-market-hub-1950s/ 

Geylang Serai’s Central Position

Looking at existing / extant streets

A mapping exercise published by the Straits Times in 2019 focusing on the linguistic dimension of street names

visit:

Studying and mapping place histories through streets in Singapore – ST graphic article 2019

http://singapurastories.com/2019/08/studying-and-mapping-place-histories-through-streets-in-singapore/

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