People's Park in Chinatown

People's Park used to be an open public park at the foot of Pearl's Hill in Chinatown which is one of Singapore's most populous districts and later became People's Park Market until a fire destroyed the place on Christmas Eve in 1966. Shortly after, the HDB decided to rebuild the Market as part of Urban Renewal and rehouse all the stallholders. The new shopping cum residential complex was completed in 1968 with the shops and stallholders moving in and resumed their businesses. Today, People's Park Food Centre became a favorite visit of many tourists from Southeast Asia with the food stalls at the ground floor together with retail and textiles shops on the 2nd and 3rd levels.
People's Park Food Centre in Park Road, 1968
Food stalls at the ground floor
Retail shops on the 2nd and 3rd levels


A childcare centre at the roof deck of People's Park Food Centre, 1968

Residential units at the background 


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