Looking at a little architecture in the 2 or 3 blocks exactly adjacent to my hotel, I enjoyed seeing the modern, private condos, or small homes and even the older pre-war buildings.
Space and housing in Singapore are presenting a growing problem, as the island is not infinite in size, yet the population expands continually, now over 5 million. So, having a home is not cheap. A nice three bedroom condo in a top neighborhood, roughly 1,200 sqr. ft. would set you back over a million dollars easy.
This is a little park up at the top of a slight hill about 3 blocks called Mount Emily park. Singapore stresses green areas as vital to helping keep the temperatures in check and maintaining the ecological balance. Large and small green spaces flourish everywhere.
Returning down the hill and back to the hotel, I walked through a block or so reminiscent of Indian design, with doorway adornments, shuttered windows and rich wooden colors. I'm located only 2 or 3 blocks from the Little India neighborhood, so I'm certain some of this architecture is a spill-over from that area.
Literally I have a neighborhood to my left each morning and a city to my right. There are no suburbs and only the nature preserves still smack of early Singapore, when it was marshes and a group of conjoined islands. The rest of the country is growing up and up and upon itself.
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