Coleman Street shophouses : aerial view [3]



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17 Jan 1993

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This 1993 photograph depicts a row of shophouses at Coleman Street as seen from Excelsior Hotel. This aerial shot reveals various conditions of the roofs of the two and three-storey shophouses. This shot shows some pedestrians on the five-foot way, and some crossing the road. Title devised by Library staff.


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Shophouses--Singapore--Photographs

Streets--Singapore--Photographs

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Commercial buildings

Residential buildings

Streets and Places

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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