Shophouses were both home and business premises for many where families lived upstairs and ran a business  from downstairs.

Due to the need for land, many of the shophouses were demolished to make way for high rise development.

Some areas have been protected and restored by their owners. The drawing below is an example of one of the shophouses in the Blair road area.

Singapore Shophouses – 9 Spottiswood Park Rd.

A photo of the shophouses sketched above.

Photo of Singapore shophouses That Owen sketched

I meet one of the locals who after a chat about life in Singapore and NewZealand, came back a while later with a bag of tea.

Here is a photo of it hanging on his door while it cooled.

Tea in a bag that a nice man brought for me while I was sketching a shophouse.

To find out more about Singapore Shophouses see https://www.ura.gov.sg/uol/conservation/vision-and-principles/The-Shophouse