A 1982 photograph of River Valley Road towards Tank Road. Credits: Lee Kip Lin Collection, National Library Singapore Walk down River Valley Road from White Room Studio and, within a few minutes, you reach a stretch of Tank Road where several layers of Singapore’s history sit close together. There is a temple founded in 1859,…
The Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah on Fort Canning Hill, 2026 Fort Canning Hill was known as Bukit Larangan, or Forbidden Hill, long before it became a British fort. Malay rulers were traditionally associated with the hill, and it was later used for a residence, a fort, a reservoir and a military bunker. Fort Canning Arts…
A photograph of River Valley Road, 2026 The Crossroads of Light: A History Around 219 River Valley Road The area around 219 River Valley Road has changed several times. Fort Canning Hill was already associated with Malay kings in the fourteenth century. The land below the hill remained largely undeveloped for much longer. By the…