Bridges in Singapore
As an island state with a river running through it, Singapore has a lot of bridges, some old, some new and some inside shopping malls.
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As an island state with a river running through it, Singapore has a lot of bridges, some old, some new and some inside shopping malls.
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After your last photo, I want to go swimming now 😀 Great bridges for this week 😀 😀
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What a fascinating collection of bridges with each of them unique. Brilliant collection.
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There are loads of interesting bridges there. I would have loved to be there when it’s cool and explored more but unfortunately in Singapore it’s never cool.
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The Helix bridge looks like it’s straigh out of a sci-fi movie 🙂
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Yes it’s very futuristic. Singapore is a crazy mix of old and new.
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That’s what I learned through your images. I actually didn’t know that they have so much modern architecture. Also in many cases it looks like Disneyland lol, in a positive way.
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Actually you have pinpointed exactly what Singapore is. It is a city state that is constantly reinventing itself. Naomi had visited there two or three times over the past fifteen or twenty years and she says that nothing ever stays the same for long. Sentosa Island is nothing like what she described to me after her first visit, they have built new attractions all over the city and many modern buildings. They had expanded and changed their transit system so much that Naomi found whole areas unrecognisable. They are very driven by tourism I think and because of that they are always creating something new. Apart from the climate being too hot I would just find it exhausting to live there as I prefer a slower paced life.
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That sounds interesting if you come as a tourist yes. But if it would be the city I live in, I’d be stressed by it too. I remember you complained when old things in your city have been modernized, and I do the same when this happens in my city.
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I won’t say I hate all modern architecture but I like to see fine old buildings preserved and used. I don’t like to see all the history and character of a place swept away so Singapore is not a place I could live even if it were cooler.
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Same here. I actually love futuristic architecture. But that stuff doesn’t fit into our historic districsts. So, I sometimes wish city planners would keep that in mind. I am glad the oldest buildings are protected by laws… but that doesn’t stop city planners to build modern architecture next to it. And this can transform the whole picture very badly. This is what I am complaining about, and as I understood your older posts about these subjects, you do too.
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Exactly, I do think that developers should take into account how the new building fits into the existing landscape.
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