Saturday, May 23, 2009

25 Grange Road

Sneaked into (trespassing is such an ugly word) an abandoned lot in the middle of the city and saw these two beautiful art deco houses.

25 Grange Road

25 Grange Road

25 Grange Road

Built in the 1930s and abandoned by the 1970s, these two units at 25 Grange Road, off Orchard are loaded with stories of hauntings and myth but seriously after i peeked in, it just looks like a really misunderstood beautiful place that needs some serious refurbishment.

25 Grange Road

25 Grange Road

25 Grange Road


One lot is now occupied by construction workers who work in current developments surrounding the premis , possibly an illegal squatter, i'm not too sure. Tarnished by poor maintenance, weathering and vandalism, these houses need looking after. Now if only i was rich enough to buy it and convert it into an arts school.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Rereading SIT flats

SIT flats @ Tiong Bahru
Pre-war SIT flats

I went back to have a walk around this estate and to my horror, paint jobs were given to the predominant orange stairs (see previous post) that stood as icons to the estate! Somehow, it makes reading of the flats a lil more different, more subdued. I wonder what was the decision behind this. Well apparently these were the original colours of the colonial scheme.