tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360583188844510356.post3697176321972088570..comments2023-12-19T17:14:48.422+08:00Comments on Tiong Bahru Estate: Irreversible & Permanent ChangeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360583188844510356.post-72066037636225504562008-07-08T00:59:00.000+08:002008-07-08T00:59:00.000+08:00I have a photo of the red gourd burner taken in J...I have a <A HREF="http://victorkoo.blogspot.com/2008/07/another-one-bites-dust.html" REL="nofollow">photo </A> of the red gourd burner taken in January last year.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360583188844510356.post-72339369661834209452008-06-09T12:09:00.000+08:002008-06-09T12:09:00.000+08:00I agree, and am hoping for the best! The photos th...I agree, and am hoping for the best! <BR/><BR/>The photos that you just posted of the artist's impressions of the proposed hotel look fairly decent, though i still feel the exterior of the new building looks rather (starkly) modern when juxtaposed against the walk-ups at the back of it.JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545270561934615893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360583188844510356.post-82440821736397400882008-06-01T00:44:00.000+08:002008-06-01T00:44:00.000+08:00The immediate shophouse will be part of the hotel....The immediate shophouse will be part of the hotel. Facade has to be conserved but the owner can build up to 5 storeys high at the back of the facade.<BR><BR/>Just take a look at Kah Mee Optical and you will know what I mean.<BR><BR/>The unit opposite Sin Hoi San (Now already part of Sin Hoi San) also has an extension at its back.<BR><BR/>It looks like some hostel to me.<BR><BR/>I really hope it will not be the charge by the hour kinda place.<BR> It would be a shame to have that fronting the entrance into Tiong Bahru.SGalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640179613670014644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360583188844510356.post-33914967900957197412008-06-01T00:27:00.000+08:002008-06-01T00:27:00.000+08:00Yeah, pity about the gourd. And pity about the hot...Yeah, pity about the gourd. And pity about the hotel too, cos i have a feeling it's not going to be like 1929 or Majestic - both of which incidentally were old buildings conserved and given new life. If they're building something new from scratch, it's probably going to be some horrid, insipid charge-by-the-hour type hotel. :o(<BR/><BR/>What about that old shophouse next to the plot of land though? What is it? I always walk by the place and imagine it'd be so nice as a conserved and converted restaurant/cafe/pub with the land space as an al fresco area.JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545270561934615893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360583188844510356.post-55404364097176410142008-05-26T23:32:00.000+08:002008-05-26T23:32:00.000+08:00Thanks for your post. The red gourd was actually ...Thanks for your post. <BR/><BR/>The red gourd was actually an burner for offerings to the deities. <BR/><BR/>It was shaped like a gourd because to the Chinese people, it represent or rather symbolizes longevity and the ability to ward off evil spirits.<BR/><BR/>I recently visited rural part of China and their burners are also gourd shaped. <BR/><BR/>The only difference was that theirs was a slimmer one.SGalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640179613670014644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360583188844510356.post-88901198958812602852008-05-26T23:20:00.000+08:002008-05-26T23:20:00.000+08:00First-time poster here. I really like your blog! I...First-time poster here. I really like your blog! I just moved to Tiong Bahru last month; I'm not Singaporean, and a lot of the things here are new to me. I'm curious as to what the red gourd actually is and what it symbolizes? I've seen it many times (before it was destroyed) and have always wondered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com