The main draw of my current apartment in Singapore is that it is ‘across the river’ from Tekka Centre, a housing complex which contains one of my favorite hawker centers. Here’s the neighborhood view on Google maps:
The apartment overlooks the parking lot on the lower left, and that blue building (with the pin) in the top right is Tekka Centre.
Now I’m here, on the 10th floor so I have a nice view of Tekka:
Notice anything different? The Rochor river is gone — demolished or covered or redirected to make room for subway construction. Gives the neighborhood a pretty different feel from the last time I was here.