South Buona Vista Road : aerial view



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22 Aug 1993

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This 1993 photograph shows an aerial view of South Buona Vista Road, from Kent Ridge Park. In the foreground are trees and in the distance is a view of the sea and some high rise apartments. Buona Vista was so named because of the good view it offers. It means "good sight" in Italian. Title devised by Library staff.


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Trees--Singapore--Photographs

Roads--Singapore--Photographs

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Nature and Environment

Streets and Places

Residential buildings

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

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