ABSTRACT
Developed by the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and supported by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA), “City Stories: Mapping the Narratives of Singapore’s Landscapes,” is a community storytelling platform and online resource on the multi-cultural identity and evolution of Telok Ayer and Amoy Streets. Both streets were the earliest to be developed in the 1820s and are part of what is known today as “Chinatown” – the largest conserved historic district in Singapore. Viewers can discover the changing landscapes of these streets, select individual shophouses to uncover their stories, and explore the transformation of this area from Singapore’s shoreline to skyline through maps. The project aims to show how this enclave, while known as Chinatown, has historically been home to multiple ethnic communities whose everyday activities create a more complex understanding of place and public history in the city.
