Ahtong 1st Gear January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Can someone help me confirm? I seem to recall that back in the 1980s, there was an Ikea in the Marine Parade area? Nearby was also a Cold Storage in a stand alone building? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkie Neutral Newbie January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Yup, if i didnt remember wrongly it should be ard Katong area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahtong 1st Gear January 13, 2009 Author Share January 13, 2009 Yup, if i didnt remember wrongly it should be ard Katong area. Any idea of its exact location? In Singapore land is redeveloped so quickly. Sometimes I try to look for landmarks I visited during childhood but it's as if someone had magically removed everything with a giant eraser. Do you live in the East? Got one supermarket called Tay Ban Guan also disappeared? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkingidiot 1st Gear January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 I think it was at Amber Road, next to SeaView Hotel. It was the 1st Ikea outlet. They closed and moved to Alexandra many years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerms Clutched January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Any idea of its exact location? In Singapore land is redeveloped so quickly. Sometimes I try to look for landmarks I visited during childhood but it's as if someone had magically removed everything with a giant eraser. Do you live in the East? Got one supermarket called Tay Ban Guan also disappeared? yup.. there was an ikea near to parkway.. its near to the round about... there is an amber hotel near the round about rite? its diagonally op the hotel. i think there was a cold storage there as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut Supercharged January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Can someone help me confirm? I seem to recall that back in the 1980s, there was an Ikea in the Marine Parade area? Nearby was also a Cold Storage in a stand alone building? Last time, it was Fritzpatrick's. They were at Amber Road. a stand alone building with a big open car park. Ikea? i cant recall this...... Tay Ban Guan was at Katong area, behind the famous red building. Access was from behind, one of those small lanes. Well, old memories...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Civic2000 Supercharged January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Any idea of its exact location? In Singapore land is redeveloped so quickly. Sometimes I try to look for landmarks I visited during childhood but it's as if someone had magically removed everything with a giant eraser. Do you live in the East? Got one supermarket called Tay Ban Guan also disappeared? http://yesterday.sg/detail/old_katong_sequ...o_tay_ban_guan/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 At katong.... it was at Tay Buan Guan building.... a 3 storey structure... first floor was cold storage and ikea occupies the 2nd and 3rd floor. Before cold storage and ikea came about, the first 2 floors were yaohan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahtong 1st Gear January 13, 2009 Author Share January 13, 2009 Thanks for clearing up the details. Speaking of Yaohan, that's another retailer that has disappeared. IIRC, Yaohan was an original tenant of Parkway Parade occupying the space where Best Denki currently is. Another old place I miss is the old Capitol cinema. It is the site of my very first pak tor. I remember the cinema interior is very old school and the ceiling has a mosiac of zodiac characters. If I'm not wrong it even had balcony seats?? Then the OG at People's Park used to have an in-house restaurant. The special thing about this restaurant is they served meals on army style metal plates. As a kid, I thought the plates was very nice and could never understand why my dad was disgusted with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 parkway parade used to have an amusement park on the top floor..... had carousels and quite a few carnival rights There was also a Hardy's burger at the basement ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 can anyone remember this? Polar Bear ICEE...... used to be found just after the check out counters of yaohan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Now all you see at that area are condos and more condos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahtong 1st Gear January 13, 2009 Author Share January 13, 2009 parkway parade used to have an amusement park on the top floor..... had carousels and quite a few carnival rights There was also a Hardy's burger at the basement ....... That is Ken Air Funworld! There was also a fast food outlet inside called Texas Fried Chicken where the condiment was honey sauce! Speaking of Funworld suddenly reminds me of an incident. My friend and I used to go Funworld for the shooting gallery. The game was exciting because if you hit a target, it will squirt water back at you. Got one time I sabo my friend by shooting a target in front of him. He ducked the spray of water just in time but it hit another player who screamed "####! Who shot me?" Later the 2 of us were laughing loudly on the escalator when this fat girl in front turned to stare daggers at us. She was still wiping her dripping wet face with tissue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galantspeedz Turbocharged January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 (edited) Any idea of its exact location? In Singapore land is redeveloped so quickly. Sometimes I try to look for landmarks I visited during childhood but it's as if someone had magically removed everything with a giant eraser. Do you live in the East? Got one supermarket called Tay Ban Guan also disappeared? Yes TBG was demolished sometime back. Became a billiard saloon. And my favourite was oriental emporium. As for the Yaohan, i think i rem there was a aquarium or crocodile farm next to it. Edited January 13, 2009 by Galantspeedz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahtong 1st Gear January 13, 2009 Author Share January 13, 2009 Crocodile Farm was along the ECP service road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comfy 1st Gear January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 holy cow.. i got no ideas on what u guys are talking about... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Thanks for clearing up the details. Speaking of Yaohan, that's another retailer that has disappeared. IIRC, Yaohan was an original tenant of Parkway Parade occupying the space where Best Denki currently is. Another old place I miss is the old Capitol cinema. It is the site of my very first pak tor. I remember the cinema interior is very old school and the ceiling has a mosiac of zodiac characters. If I'm not wrong it even had balcony seats?? Then the OG at People's Park used to have an in-house restaurant. The special thing about this restaurant is they served meals on army style metal plates. As a kid, I thought the plates was very nice and could never understand why my dad was disgusted with them. Balcony seats see outside leh... I think it's called Circle Seats. Watching movie was cheap $3.50 or is it $5?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galantspeedz Turbocharged January 13, 2009 Share January 13, 2009 Crocodile Farm was along the ECP service road that one i know. but i rem the yaohan at daimaru there also have. I think is aquarium ba ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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