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12 Artillery Shell Casing ABM Salesroom Dream cars in a car tower 10 \ The Armenian Church Masterpiece with nationalflower | 12 Artillery Shell Casing Singapore's head gardener 14 \ Baba House 7he heritage o f the Peranakan | 16 The Berlin Wall The wall is staying put! | 18 The Billiard Table Wildlife in the jungle city| 20 Black-and-White Houses Fine living fo r colonial masters | 22 The Black Elephant The kings love o f Singapore | 24 Bukit Brown Cemetery Almost lost to the jungle | 26 Businesswomans Mosque The leaning tower o f Singapore | 28 The Cathay Building Lost facade, lost life | 30 The Changi Mural Copies The forgotten painter | 32 Chan Hou Meng’s Takeaway A soya chicken reaches fo r the stars| 34 Chesed-El Synagogue A home away from home | 36 The Children Sculptures The literary quartet | 38 The Chinese Cultural Centre Dream in three pieces | 40 The Chinese Store L ift to China | 42 The Civilian War Memorial Four towers fo r eternity | 44 The Club of Songbirds 7he tropical bird singing contest | 46 The Coffee Alphabet First spell' then enjoy | 48 Corner House Simian treetop scavengers | 50 The David Elias Building Love under the Star o f David | 52 The Duo High Rises Arabian nights | 54 The Durian Stall A smelly green monster with prickly skin | 56 Einstein Memorial Plaque First supplicant, then Nobel prizewinner | 58 Eng Aun Tong Factory The leaping tiger cures the pain| 60 The ERP Gantry Pay when it beeps 62 \ The Former Ford Factory Two days under the wrong |name 64 The Gandhi Memorial Thefinaljourney of thefather of | India66 The Gate of Hope Singapore's baby hatch | 68 The Gate to Knowledge Three arches, one thought | 70 Glass Dragons Night work forfloral splendour | 72 The Golden Roof An awning for the National Gallery | 74 The Good Shepherd A time capsule under the bell tower | 76 Goodwood Park Hotel The abrupt end o f German comfort | 78 The Green Roofs of Tangs The doors stay closed at Christmas | 80 Harmony in Diversity Purely a matter o f faith | 82 Harry’s Bar O f speculators and sipping | 84 The Helix Bridge The D N A o f the bridge | 86 Helmut Newtons Suite Black-and-white photographer,; colourful love life| 88 The Hotel Guards The fight fo r guests | 90 The Hot Spring Don't get cold feet | 92 Ice-Cream Uncles E at sweet, do good! | 94 Indian National Army Marker The forgotten army | 96 The Indian Rubber Tree A smoother journey | 98 The Istana Kampong Glam The lucrative intelligence o f the \orangutan | 100 Jamal Kazura Aromatics A thousand and one | scents102 The Japanese Cemetery Hope fo r lost souls | 104 Jurong Eco-Garden The green bridge | 106 Jurong Fishery Port The early bird catches the fish| 108 Jurong Town Hall For whom the bell tolls... | 110 Kaya at Chin Mee Chin Sweet memories | 112 Keramat Radin Mas Ayu The grave o f the golden princess | 114 Lee Kuan Yews House Small house with explosive power | 116 The Lim Bo Seng Memorial The martyr | 118 MacDonald House House o f history | 120 The Maids Meeting at ION Theatre on the steps | 122 Marina One Ingenhoven builds a closed display | window124 MAS Gallery Driving Singapore to ruin| 126 The Masonic Hall Open behind dosed doors| 128 The Merlion on Marina Bay Advertising icon or myth? | 130 Mount Serapong Cannons that don't | shoot132 Mount Vernon Cantonment The call of the mountains | 134 Mustafa Centre The world's shop counter | 136 National Design Centre Gliding icons o f a |city 138 The Old Police Station Things weren't always so colourful | 140 here The Old Train Station Out of time | 142 The Palace Ruins Light becamefire | 144 The Park of Evil Spirits Metropolitan superstition | 146 Pier of the Red Lanterns Signals from times long gone | 148 Pioneers’ Memorial Hall Millionaires with a sense o f mission | 150 Plaques of the Victims Officer Lauterbach instigates a private | 152 war Po Chiak Keng Temple Where every claw counts | 154 The Presbyterian Church Curry with extra kick | 156 The Projector Indie instead o f Indian | 158 Pulau Semakau Phoenixfrom the ashes | 160 Q iTian Gong Temple The monkey protects its quarter | 162 Raffles Place MRT Vestiges o f Singapore's oldest department | 164 store The Raffles Statues The black man and the white | man166 The Red House Tinder from 1925 | 168 Roast Paradise To paradise via pork belly| 170 The Sand Reserve Built on sand | 172 The School Mural Ice Ball and Army Market | 174 The Scottish Market Hall Old love never rusts | 176 SG50 Markers Gilded path from yesterday into tomorrow | 178 Sky Garages A parking space in your living | room180 The Soya Sauce Factory Years o f maturation | 182 The Solar Raft in Tuas Sun on the water | 184 The Southernmost Point On the island off the island off the | island186 Speakers’ Corner Talking, i f the police allow | 188 St Andrew’s Cathedral Coconut bricklayers | 190 St George’s Glass Windows The chaplain takes his secret to his grave| 192 The Stone Steps When bricks talk | 194 The Strait of Malacca Deliver oil, buy televisions | 196 The Substation Highly charged location | 198 The Swiss Club Beautiful swimming at the state's expense | 200 Tan Tock Seng’s Grave Singapore's big patron 202 \ Tan Yeok Nee’s House Finding happiness abroad | 204 Tea Chapter Slow down like the Queen | 206 The Ten Courts of Hell Dante's Infernoin Chinese | 208 Thambi Magazine Store Singapore's newspaper | king210 Thow Kwang Dragon Kiln Thefire can't be extinguishedfor | 212ever The Three Samsui Women Singapore's Trümmerfrauen | 214 The Traditional Roaster Margarine, sugar and the right | 216 bean The URA A model o f the city o f thefuture | 218 The Vertical Garden The jungle climbs up the building | 220 The Victoria Theatre Throw it away? No chancel | 222 Wan Qing Yuan The revolutionary in the villa| 224 Whampoa Dragon Fountain Tell me where the dragons are... | 226 Ying Fo Fui Clan House A home abroad | 228 Youth Olympic Park Faded memories o f young athletes | 230.
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