forward":2ebcd said:Block 81, 82 and 83 are all up on the slope in Commonwealth Drive. I do not know whether the New Town
Primary School is still there. The flats and the surroundings were upgraded some years ago.
These three blocks of flat are all 16 storey high.
Which of the flat are you referring to "used to be identified as 101-q as well"? Will be glad to post some images of Queentown in another thread. Queenstown and Toa Payoh are the two oldest town in Singapore. Fortunately the government got both of them slowly upgraded.
forward":56789 said:Do you remember the few old trees around especially the two right below the block.
If you recognised the trees then wow... they are at least more than 40 years old.
thegrumpymonk":0bf53 said:forward":0bf53 said:Do you remember the few old trees around especially the two right below the block.
If you recognised the trees then wow... they are at least more than 40 years old.
WOW, yes!
the two trees looked big when i was a kid, they're even bigger now. it's amazing. if only trees could talk.
some how 16 storeys don't seem so tall anymore. it's amazing how big things look when you're a kid. i remember block 81 like a sky scrapper.
this is so amazing. so much has changed.
forward":e2db3 said:Though trees could not talk, they could show their age, and strength of life. In the late 60s a 16 storey building
is consider a sky scrapper. Moreover the block is built right up on a slope. I climbed up to the 16th floor and
got the corridor with the massive modern blocks of flats.
thegrumpymonk":b777b said:forward":b777b said:Though trees could not talk, they could show their age, and strength of life. In the late 60s a 16 storey building
is consider a sky scrapper. Moreover the block is built right up on a slope. I climbed up to the 16th floor and
got the corridor with the massive modern blocks of flats.
WOW, i hope you realize how exciting it is for me to see this! the unit where we used to live in until march 1976 is all the way down this corridor in front of your camera. when we were kids, this corridor seemed long and wide. we would race up and down this corridor with the other kids.
stray cats used to make the roof area their den, and we would chase them up and down the building between the first and sixteenth storey. we had a lot of energy then. mischievous kids and adults like to use the landing to the roof as well.
but i'm still so stunned by the size of the the structure across the football and track field! it's so huge!
thank you so much for this. i'm glad you're enjoying doing this. this is quite a treat to see these pictures. they're wonderful.
forward":46915 said:The staircase to the landing to the roof is now locked. Is it locked like that during those days in 1976?
The climbing up to the 16th floor will be tough but with the lift, the effort is much easier. It seems the lift has
been given a new look as well. These two pictures will even bring back more memories for you.