Soul-searching as Pearl Bank Apartments face demolition
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Singapore - The looming demolition of a horseshoe-shaped tower block that symbolised Singapore's growth from a port town to an affluent city-state has sparked soul-searching about whether enough is being done to protect the country's recent history. Pearl BaSoul-searching as Pearl Bank Apartments face demolition
Singapore - The looming demolition of a horseshoe-shaped tower block that symbolised Singapore's growth from a port town to an affluent city-state has sparked soul-searching about whether enough is being done to protect the country's recent history. Pearl Bank Apartments, on the edge of the business district, was groundbreaking when it was completed in 1976 - at the time it was the tallest residential building in Singapore, and became a model for high-rise living in the country and across cities in Southeast Asia. Read more