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Tan Tye Place, Singapore (30 July 2017)
Tan Tye Place is a minor road in Clarke Quay, Singapore. It is within the Singapore River Planning Area, in Postal District 06. It connects on one end to River Valley Road, while the other connects to Clarke Quay.
Tan Tye Place is lined with warehouses as it is one of the roads leading towards the northern bank of the Singapore River. These warehouses have since been readapted into a food and beverage precinct. On the west side of Tan Tye Place is Canninghill Piers (presently under construction as of Feb 2023), replacing the previous development here, Liang Court.
Tan Tye Place was named after the landowner of the area. Tan Tye (1839-1898). Born in Fujian Province, China, Tan Tye arrived in Singapore in the 1860s1. He had a sawmill3 at this site. In addition to the lumber business, he was also into shipping, pineapple plantation, canning and real estate.
In addition to Tan Tye Place, also named after Tan Tye, but now expunged, is Tan Tye Alley. There is also a Tan Tye Creek that no longer exists. Tan Tye Place is known in Hokkien as Ong3kae1 Snua3kha1 Thik1long1 Pni3 Thau2
(Traditional Chinese: 王家山腳鐵廊邊頭, POJ: ông-ke soaⁿ-kha thih-lóng piⁿ thâu)
Map of Tan Tye Place, Singapore
Sights along Tan Tye Place
- Canninghill Piers (GPS: 1.29156, 103.8447)
Tan Tye Place, with the now demolished Liang Court and Novotel Clarke Quay. (30 July 2017)
Tan Tye Place roadsign (30 July 2017)
Tan Tye Place Singapore on Google Street View
Tan Tye Place Singapore (Mar 2022)References
- Singapore Street Names - A Study of Toponymics by Victor R Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (2013, 2023), ISBN 978-981-4408-35-6
- What's in the Name? How the Streets and Villages in Singapore Got Their Names by Ng Yew Peng (2018), ISBN 978-981-32-2139-0
- BookSG
List of the Streets in Singapore; Discover Singapore
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