| | The Shophouse: A Characteristic Singaporean Architectural Form |
 | | Before massive post-independence redevelopment destroyed much of the character of Chinatown, its dominant architectural type or form was long the shophouse, a small two- or three-storey structure that combined business quarters at street level and living quarters on the shuttered upper floors. |
| | Vestiges of the older Singapore: (Left) three buildings On Boon Tat Street (around the corner from the Nagore Durga Shrine); (right) the Amoy-Street view of the leftmost structure over which one can glimpse the city's gleaming skyscrapers. |
| | Restored Shophouses on Amoy Street Left: Corner of Amoy Street (facing away from Sin Chor Temple); middle left: Amoy Street. |
| www.postcolonialweb.org /singapore/arts/architecture/shophouse/intro.html (392 words) |
