Queenstown earliest neighbourhoods
Queen's Close and Queen's Crescent flats were built in 1961. It was the fifth neighbourhood to be built at Queenstown. These flats were of H-shaped design with 7 storeys tall. However, these flats were left standing for around 30 years before they were demolished in the 1990s to build more new houses due to redevelopment plans. Queen's Crescent flats under construction Queenstown Neighbourhood V at Quuen's Crescent HDB terrace houses at Queen's Crescent The completed H-shaped 7-storey blocks at Queen's Crescent The earliest flats at Queenstown were built in Princess Estate in Strathmore and Dawson Road in the 1950s when HDB's predecessor, the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) flats were located. After HDB took over the construction of public housing flats, 3 blocks in Stirling Road at Block 45, 48 and 49 were built in 1960. In the next 5 years, new flats at Tanglin Halt, Commonwealth and Queen's Close were completed. ...