Traveling from one end of Orchard Road to the other will eventually be a very different experience, as plans are afoot to transform the 2.4km stretch into a more lively street with different offerings in each of its four sub-precincts.
We would not have been walking down Tanjong Pagar Road in the middle of the night, were it not for an expensive gift we accidentally left at Starbucks along Orchard Road in Singapore earlier that day.
The knock was frantic. It was about 10 p.m., and I was browsing on my iPad as my roommate, Marbee, was packing her suitcase by the door in the other side of the room.
Singapore has again led the way in conservation by turning an abandoned British colonial-era administration building into Hotel Fort Canning, a three-story, 86-room (two of which are luxury suites) heritage boutique hotel nestled between Orchard Road, Clark Quay, and the city’s CBD.
SINGAPORE – That Sunday, despite a downpour, I walked into Orchard Road with a bounce to my step. I had...
