Singapore Sights - Seletar colonial buildings

Seletar is also in the north of Singapore. It is west of Punggol, and northwest of Kampong Buang Kok (my post). It is most famous for Seletar Airport, build in 1928.

These houses were built for military personnel of the British Royal Air Force. Of the 378 colonial bungalows, a lot are still in use and therefore in good repair, but 178 are condemned, to give space to the Seletar Aerospace Park that expands in the area.

The buildings are black and white, with high ceilings and a lot of windows: built to ensure good air-circulation in tropical climate.

For me, other than the shape and form of the buildings, what is very interesting is the names of the streets: Piccadilly, Baker Street, Oxford Street, Regent Street, Brompton Road, Battersea Road, Edgware Road, Hyde Park Gate, Park Lane. Can it be more British?

Construction works for the Seletar Aerospace Park next to Piccadilly. There are already 45 aerospace firms located here, and more are expected to set up operations.

Some of the condemned buildings.

These ones are on Baker Street.

The Baker Street ones from the other side, i.e. from Baker Street.

This is Oxford Street.

This house is on Oxford Street.

Some of the houses around Hyde Park Gate are fenced off. No entry. Some of these are actually not condemned but gazetted - it means that they are going to be preserved.

Sources: here, here, here, here