Singapore city plan — Singapore Improvement Trust / Survey Department 1958 map
£640
SKU: P-8-007266
'Map of the City of Singapore'
A late-colonial city plan prepared by the Singapore Improvement Trust’s Planning Department on 1 September 1958, shortly before Singapore attained full internal self-government in 1959. Based on Survey Department mapping, it records the street network, railway, harbour and named public buildings, with Queenstown, Bukit Timah, Serangoon and the airport at Paya Lebar extending beyond the densely built centre. Toa Payoh is still sparsely developed, before its transformation into a Housing and Development Board new town in the 1960s. Paya Lebar, marked as Singapore Airport, recalls the city’s international gateway before Changi opened in 1981. An enlarged inset follows the Singapore River through the commercial and civic district, identifying Raffles Place, City Hall, the Supreme Court and Clifford Pier. Its numbered grid and scales in miles and feet make this a practical street-reference map. The contrast between the tightly packed city centre and the more sparsely developed outskirts is especially clear.
Size 52 x 71 cm | 20.5 x 28.0 inches
Date Published: 1st September 1958
Type: Vintage uncoloured folding city plan
Author: Singapore Improvement Trust
Publication: Map of the City of Singapore
Condition: Fair |
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