Collyer Quay

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Collyer Quay, circa 1910
Collyer Quay, 2006

Collyer Quay (

Hitachi Tower, Ocean Towers and Ocean Financial Centre
.

History

Until the late 1960s the front of Clifford Pier was a carpark. After office hours the carpark was transformed into a gathering place for musicians, mobile foodstalls and prostitutes.[citation needed] The carpark later made way for road-widening and construction of new developments.[1]

New developments

An artist's impression of the new developments
Fullerton Bay Hotel
in 2007

There are new developments at the water front property along Collyer Quay between

Fullerton Bay Hotel, opened in 2010. The historical buildings, these being Clifford Pier and the former Customs Harbour Branch Building, were incorporated into the new developments. The hotel and the historical buildings are connected to incorporate the Marina Promenade
and to allow free pedestrian traffic along Marina Bay. A new office building, OUE Bayfront was also built to replace the former OUE building which stood beside Clifford Pier.

References

  1. ^ "History of Collyer Quay". Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  • Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), Toponymics A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern University Press,