A route linking the Southern Ridges to nearby heritage and green sites is also under study.
The top of the old airport's terminal building, with the National Stadium's domed roof seen in the background. The site that the Singapore Sports Hub occupies was once the airport's airfield.SINGAPORE – In the Dutch city of Tilburg, the bookshelves and tables in public library De Bibliotheek LocHal fill a vast shed where locomotives once sat.
Several buildings and structures of Kallang Airport were gazetted for conservation on Dec 5, 2008, including its terminal building, two administrative blocks and a hangar. Heritage author and blogger Jerome Lim suggested a transportation gallery could be set up on the airport site, adding that future public access is necessary for the buildings to be better appreciated and their stories told.
He suggested that other aspects of the area’s history should also be commemorated, including its possible ties to maritime trade in the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as the Happy World amusement park – later known as Gay World – from which aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart heard Chinese opera music when she landed in Kallang on June 20, 1937 – eight days after the airport was opened.
The authorities are studying the possibility of linking West Coast Park to the Southern Ridges, as part of a Ridge to Coast Loop that links green and coastal spaces in Singapore’s south-west. PHOTO: ST FILE The district’s two decommissioned power station buildings are currently tenanted out for use as an events and entertainment venue, and a virtual production studio.as it studies long-term plans for the district, adding that it is – as part of the ongoing recreation masterplan exhibition – seeking feedback “on how we can activate the waterfront to enrich the overall experience”.
Singapore Heritage Society president Fauzy Ismail said the society hopes that the function and history of each heritage site and structure in the proposed Ridge to Coast Loop will be captured and adapted to current times, amid potential new uses.
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