Orchard Road ( Chinese. 乌 节 路 , English. Orchard Road , literally. "Road to the orchard") is a street in Singapore , a center of trade and entertainment, the main tourist attraction. Often the street and its surroundings are simply called “Orchard” (“orchard”) [1] partly because of the metro station of the same name located here.
| Orchard road | |
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| Chinese 乌 节 路 Orchard road | |
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| general information | |
| A country | Singapore |
| City | Singapore |
| Length | 2.2 km |
Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 Name
- 3 History
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Geography
The street starts at the intersection of Stamford Road , Benkulen Street and Fort Cunning Road and continues 2.2 km northwest to the intersection with Orange Grove Road and Tanglin Road. Since 1974, the traffic on the street is one-way, from Orange Grove Road towards Stamford Road [2] .
The street has a developed underground infrastructure, including many pedestrian tunnels connecting shopping centers and neighboring streets.
Title
The name of the street, which means "The Road to the Orchard", reminds of the middle of the 19th century, when this path led to plantations of nutmeg , black pepper and fruit trees. Commercial development of the street began in the XX century.
History
Orchard Road has been known since 1830, although it is not indicated on the map of Singapore in 1836. In the 1830s, this area was a place of cultivation of gambir and black pepper. Later they were replaced by fruit tree and nutmeg plantations.
By 1846, road development reached Tank Road. At this time, approximately at the current intersection of Orchard Road and Scotts Road, was Dr. June’s Garden, which helped establish the name of the street. By the end of the 1840s, cemeteries began to appear along the road. A large Chinese cemetery is located in the area of the current intersection with Bideford Road , Benkulen cemetery is not far from the current residence of the Prime Minister. Later, a Jewish cemetery appeared in the area of the current Dhobi Gaut station; It was demolished in 1984.
In the 1860s, many private houses and bungalows appeared on the hills along Orchard Road. In the early 1890s, the King of Thailand, Chulalongkorn, acquired the Hurricane House , which was opposite the Thai Consulate. Then, neighboring plots were acquired, which formed the Royal Thai Embassy at 370 Orchard Road.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the street was compared with the English streets of Devonshire . The Chinese called it tang leng pa sat koi - "the road to the Tanglin market." Tamil people referred to it as vaira kimadam - “ Fakir street” and muttu than - “high place”.
In 2009, $ 40 million was spent on street improvement. On June 16, 2010, heavy rains caused flooding at the intersection with Scotts Road. Water levels reportedly hit the 1984 record. Affected shopping centers located on Orchard Road. More than 70 transport passengers who were in the flooding area were evacuated. Victims and injuries were avoided [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Orchard Road . YourSingapore. Date of treatment May 23, 2013. Archived May 24, 2013.
- ↑ Orchard Road (inaccessible link) . Singapore Infopedia. Date of treatment May 23, 2013. Archived May 24, 2013.
- ↑ Annual Weather Review 2010 (unavailable link) . Date of treatment May 23, 2013. Archived May 24, 2013.
Literature
- National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places , Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3
- Victor R Savage, Brenda SA Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names , Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
- RedDot Publishing Inc (2005), The Official Map of Singapore , RedDot Publishing Inc.
- Thulaja, Naidu Ratnala (22 May 2002), Amber Mansions , Singapore Infopedia, National Library Board, Singapore , < http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_587_2005-01-25.html > . Retrieved July 28, 2009. Archived October 26, 2009 on Wayback Machine
- 100mm of rain fell within 3 hours, causing floods, http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4153228