Heritage Walking Tour Series | Neil Road Heritage Trail
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| View of The Jinricksha Building at the junction of Tanjong Pagar and Neil Road in 1965 |
Time: 1 – 3.30pm
Tour fee: $16 (for NUS
students), $25 (NUS staff and general public)
Limited to 15 pax. To
register, email babahouse@nus.edu.sg or call 6227-5731
Please make payment by
10 April 2013 at NUS Museum upon receiving confirmation email.
* Details on
directions and meeting point will be sent upon confirmation and payment.
The walking tour introduces the neighbourhoods
gazetted as the Tanjong Pagar Historic District and the Blair Plain Historic
Residential District. We will start off at the URA Centre with an overview of
the origins of Building Conservation in Singapore. Walking along Neil Road, we
will find out about the communities that occupied the area in the past, the
background to URA’s conservation programme for the area,
and observe current activities and developments in the vicinity. Walking along
Neil Road, several examples of past and current conservation efforts as well as
issues will be introduced for discussion.
The walk concludes with a visit to the Baba
House. Owned by a Straits Chinese family for almost a century, it is now a
heritage house and offers the experience of ‘stepping back into the late 1920s’
for a visit to the family home. This combined tour of the wider neighbourhood
and house gives an insight into the life of one family and the wider society,
and a sense of its members’ surroundings and daily encounters as residents in
this area.
Tour
Leader
Kelvin Ang is the Director of
Conservation Department (Conservation Management), of the Conservation &
Development Services, Conservation Department of the Urban Redevelopment
Authority (URA) of Singapore. URA is Singapore’s national planning
authority, tasked with the mission to plan and facilitate the physical
development of Singapore, making it a great city to live, work and play in.
Mr Ang recently completed his MSc.
in Sustainable Heritage at the Bartlett Graduate School, UCL, on a
post-graduate scholarship from the URA. He has a decade of experience in both
architecture and conservation planning. Together
with other government agencies and the private sector, he has advised on the
restoration of many national significant buildings to their former glory. He
also played a key role in the recent restoration of one of Singapore’s last
intact 19th Century residences, at 157 Neil Road, for the National
University of Singapore. Since his return from
his Masters course, he is now overseeing a new team that will be expanding the
scope of the Department’s work to focus on the management of conserved
buildings, education, outreach and promotion of Singapore’s built heritage.
Heritage Walking Tour Series
The Heritage
Walking Tour Series presents one with a chance to re-encounter sites and their
significance to Singapore's complex urban heritage. Guided by researchers and
academics, these tours take the participants through the layers urban change,
introducing aspects of history, architecture and society. Whether you are a
Singaporean, permanent resident or in town for a day, you will enjoy the experience
and often the untold stories behind the streets, back alleys and landmarks of
Singapore.
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