Middle Road, Singapore (28 July, 2017)
Middle Road is one of the main roads in downtown Singapore. It starts at Nicoll Highway and ends at the intersection with Selegie Road and Wilkie Road. Cutting through the city blocks of downtown, Middle Road forms intersections with
Beach Road,
North Bridge Road,
Victoria Street,
Queen Street,
Waterloo Street,
Bencoolen Street and
Prinsep Street.
Sights and landmarks along Middle Road include Shaw Tower, NTUC Income Beach Junction, National Library, Hotel Inter-Continental Singapore, Midlink Plaza, GSM Building, Sculpture Square, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Fortune Centre, Sunshine Plaza, and IOI Plaza.
Middle Road is one of the older roads in the downtown area of Singapore. It appears on the 1836 Coleman Map of Singapore. The road was called Sio Poh Ang Moh Pah Theek, meaning "Uptown European Foundry". The "uptown" (sio poh) in this case refers to the part of Singapore north of the Singapore River.
Sights along Middle Road
- BOC Plaza (GPS: 1.29912, 103.85276)
- Chiat Hong Building (GPS: 1.29896, 103.85386)
- David Elias Building (GPS: 1.30176, 103.85024)
- Fortune Centre (GPS: 1.30049, 103.85215)
- Great Eastern House (GPS: 1.29658, 103.856)
- GSM Building (GPS: 1.29945, 103.85237)
- Hotel G Singapore (GPS: 1.30043, 103.85084)
- ICB Enterprise House (GPS: 1.29967, 103.85299)
- InterContinental Singapore (GPS: 1.29833, 103.8548)
- Lee Kai House (GPS: 1.29967, 103.85299)
- Mercure Singapore Bugis (GPS: 1.29967, 103.85299)
- Midland House (GPS: 1.29904, 103.85377)
- Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts NAFA (GPS: 1.29997, 103.85167)
- National Design Centre (GPS: 1.29869, 103.85331)
- National Library (GPS: 1.30149, 103.85064)
- North Bridge Centre (GPS: 1.29718, 103.85496)
- Objectifs - Centre for Photography & Film (GPS: 1.29974, 103.85195)
Sculpture Square (GPS: 1.29974, 103.85195)
- Singapore Pools (GPS: 1.30149, 103.85064)
- Sunshine Plaza (GPS: 1.30043, 103.85084)
- The Prospex (GPS: 1.29887, 103.85398)
- TMC Academy (GPS: 1.30149, 103.85064)
Middle Road, Singapore (30 July 2017)
Middle Road, in the direction of North Bridge Road (28 July, 2017)
Buildings along Middle Road. The one in blue houses Academies Australasia in 2020. (28 July 2017)
TEG International College, Singapore (28 July 2017)
Middle Road roadsign (28 July, 2017)
Middle Road Singapore (Feb 2022)
References
- Singapore Street Names by Victor R Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (2004), ISBN 981-210-364-3