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Joo Chiat Road
Joo Chiat Road (IPA: /ˌdʒuː ˈtʃjɛt/ JOO-CHYET) is a road in Katong District and a residential conservation area located in the east coast of Singapore. Joo Chiat Road intersects East Coast Road and Marine Parade Road and ends at Marine Parade Road junction beside Marine Parade MRT station.
It has won several architectural and heritage awards, including the United Nations' UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation at 125 Joo Chiat Road. The area has the most amenities and diverse eateries in Singapore with numerous Michelin awarded restaurants. Joo Chiat was named after a businessman, Chew Joo Chiat who was the richest man in the Katong district.
In the 1820s, the area that Joo Chiat occupied consisted of coconut and cotton plantations, including Confederate Estate, The Grove and Perseverance Estate. Notable plantation owners included Francis James Bernard, Jose d’Almeida, Thomas Dunman and Hoo Ah Kay. The Confederate Estate Road runs alongside the Confederate Estate.
While the area developed in the 1900s, Chew Joo Chiat (Chinese: 周如切; pinyin: Zhōu Rúqiè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiu Jû-chhiat), a famous prominent ethnic Chinese businessman of Peranakan descent bought most of the area in the Katong/Joo Chiat area, inclusive of the Confederate Estate and Confederate Estate Road. Chew bought land from the Alsagoff family as well as the Little family to plant spices, such as nutmeg, gambier, and pepper which were in great demand by Europeans, and was later known as the "King of Katong" due to his acquisitions. In 1913, Chew bought at auction five freehold building allotments fronting the Confederate Estate Road to further increase his land holding.
In early 1917, transportation of local produce was by bullock carts and Confederate Estate Road was a cart track going through Chew's plantation. As such it was a private road maintained by Chew. At that time, Katong was still under the jurisdiction of the Rural Board.
The Municipal Limit was then extended into Confederate Estate Road with the Municipality intending to construct a road for motor vehicles from Geylang Serai to the beach. The Municipality offered to buy a stretch of Chew's land, inclusive of the Confederate Estate Road, to build the road. Chew saw the benefit of a transport infrastructure going through his land, and donated the road to the authority. For his donation, the road was named after him: Joo Chiat Road. As more people moved into area around Joo Chiat Road, there was a big demand for housing. Chew divided his land into building lots and sold them to developers to build houses such as the Peranakan shophouses. Subsequent establishment of some of Singapore's earliest season houses and holiday bungalows resulted in the area around Joo Chiat Road becoming a wealthy and upper middle class suburb.
In 1957, Katong Presbyterian Church was built at Joo Chiat Terrace, off Joo Chiat Road. It later moved to Joo Chiat Lane in 1971.
Joo Chiat market, at the northern end of Joo Chiat Road, was an important trading centre for Malays from Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. They traded in food, flowers and spices, which remain a major part of the area's economy today. In 1981, planning approval was given for a Joo Chiat Complex, to be built on the site of the former Joo Chiat Market. Joo Chiat Complex, a five-storey building, cost $37 million to build and consisted of 138 shops and 24 offices.
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Joo Chiat Road
Joo Chiat Road (IPA: /ˌdʒuː ˈtʃjɛt/ JOO-CHYET) is a road in Katong District and a residential conservation area located in the east coast of Singapore. Joo Chiat Road intersects East Coast Road and Marine Parade Road and ends at Marine Parade Road junction beside Marine Parade MRT station.
It has won several architectural and heritage awards, including the United Nations' UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation at 125 Joo Chiat Road. The area has the most amenities and diverse eateries in Singapore with numerous Michelin awarded restaurants. Joo Chiat was named after a businessman, Chew Joo Chiat who was the richest man in the Katong district.
In the 1820s, the area that Joo Chiat occupied consisted of coconut and cotton plantations, including Confederate Estate, The Grove and Perseverance Estate. Notable plantation owners included Francis James Bernard, Jose d’Almeida, Thomas Dunman and Hoo Ah Kay. The Confederate Estate Road runs alongside the Confederate Estate.
While the area developed in the 1900s, Chew Joo Chiat (Chinese: 周如切; pinyin: Zhōu Rúqiè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiu Jû-chhiat), a famous prominent ethnic Chinese businessman of Peranakan descent bought most of the area in the Katong/Joo Chiat area, inclusive of the Confederate Estate and Confederate Estate Road. Chew bought land from the Alsagoff family as well as the Little family to plant spices, such as nutmeg, gambier, and pepper which were in great demand by Europeans, and was later known as the "King of Katong" due to his acquisitions. In 1913, Chew bought at auction five freehold building allotments fronting the Confederate Estate Road to further increase his land holding.
In early 1917, transportation of local produce was by bullock carts and Confederate Estate Road was a cart track going through Chew's plantation. As such it was a private road maintained by Chew. At that time, Katong was still under the jurisdiction of the Rural Board.
The Municipal Limit was then extended into Confederate Estate Road with the Municipality intending to construct a road for motor vehicles from Geylang Serai to the beach. The Municipality offered to buy a stretch of Chew's land, inclusive of the Confederate Estate Road, to build the road. Chew saw the benefit of a transport infrastructure going through his land, and donated the road to the authority. For his donation, the road was named after him: Joo Chiat Road. As more people moved into area around Joo Chiat Road, there was a big demand for housing. Chew divided his land into building lots and sold them to developers to build houses such as the Peranakan shophouses. Subsequent establishment of some of Singapore's earliest season houses and holiday bungalows resulted in the area around Joo Chiat Road becoming a wealthy and upper middle class suburb.
In 1957, Katong Presbyterian Church was built at Joo Chiat Terrace, off Joo Chiat Road. It later moved to Joo Chiat Lane in 1971.
Joo Chiat market, at the northern end of Joo Chiat Road, was an important trading centre for Malays from Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. They traded in food, flowers and spices, which remain a major part of the area's economy today. In 1981, planning approval was given for a Joo Chiat Complex, to be built on the site of the former Joo Chiat Market. Joo Chiat Complex, a five-storey building, cost $37 million to build and consisted of 138 shops and 24 offices.
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