Bencoolen Street

I lived in the Prinsep Street / Bencoolen neighbourhood in the early / mid 2000s. I've always enjoyed the vibrant street life. It is close to everything I love: Little India, Arab Street, Sim Lim Square, Sim Lim Tower, Burlington Square, and more. From early morning till late night, there's always something fun to do and see here.

On my first full day back in Singapore today, I walked from Whampoa to Bencoolen then to Orchard Road. It felt like I got to see some of the same places and people (popped in to many of the film photography stores I used to frequent). As with everything else about this place, everything has changed. But Bencoolen Street is still the place of temples, synagogues, churches and street life that I remember it to be.

I even got my film developed and scanned in 3 hours (shout out to Triple D Minilab)!

a scan of a color photo showing a geometric office building juxtaposed against another one

Windows.

a scan of a color photo showing a man leaning against the side of a temple wall, and a truck on the right side of the photo

Temples and trucks.

a scan of a color photo showing a carving of a Hindu deity on the side of the Sri Krishnan temple

Deities.

a scan of a color photo showing devotees praying at a Hindu temple in Singapore

Prayers.

a scan of a color photo showing the exterior of a Japanese-inspired coffee shop in Singapore called Kurasu

Great coffee.

a scan of a color photo showing little weird statues of cats, swans and rabbits in a car park in singapore

Cats, swans, rabbits.

a scan of a color photo showing the exterior of an intricate old building in singapore with green, pink and yellow colors

Heritage.

a scan of a color photo showing two cartoonish green characters by the side of a long hallway

Googly eyes.

a scan of a color photo showing a historical green building

Green.

a scan of a color photo showing a fedex van by the side of a historical green building

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