Raffles City, 1986 : interior [8]



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01 Jan 1986

Photographed By Kouo, Shang-Wei, 1924-1988

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This is a photograph of the interior of the then, newly built Raffles City Shopping Centre. The picture shows the different levels of the shopping centre adjoined by escalators. The parallel and divergent lines formed by the escalators and the various levels of the shopping centre are the focal point of the photograph. Title devised by Library staff.


Subjects

Shopping malls--Singapore--Photographs

Raffles City (Singapore)--Photographs

Categories

Commercial buildings

Architecture

Shopping centres

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All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007

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