Well known the fact it is that this cluster of HDB flats right smack in the city center holds one of the best views of Downtown Singapore, the Marina Bay Area, the Central Business District, the Marina Bay Financial Center, and the colorful fireworks display during the annual National Day Parade and the Countdown on New Year.
It has long been said that if you want to catch the beautiful spectre of fireworks on these occasions, don't bother squeezing with the crowds over at Marina Bay. Come to the corridors of these public housing blocks at Bras Basah for a much better view.
I'd been curious about the view for a while now, and since today there was a wee bit of time, I decided to do a quick hop up to the higher floors for a quick look before getting my pens, folders and correction fluids at the stationery shops below.
I wasn't disappointed.
The view spread herself out before me.
One side looked across to Raffles City, Marina Bay Sands and Downtown, even granting me a more intimate view of the usually exclusive Raffles Hotel and her sprawling colonial grounds. And the other side looked down onto the shop houses of Middle Road and Bugis, stretching to Andaz, Shaw Center at Beach Road and in the near distance, all the way to the Indoor Stadium over at Kallang.
It has long been said that if you want to catch the beautiful spectre of fireworks on these occasions, don't bother squeezing with the crowds over at Marina Bay. Come to the corridors of these public housing blocks at Bras Basah for a much better view.
I'd been curious about the view for a while now, and since today there was a wee bit of time, I decided to do a quick hop up to the higher floors for a quick look before getting my pens, folders and correction fluids at the stationery shops below.
I wasn't disappointed.
The view spread herself out before me.
One side looked across to Raffles City, Marina Bay Sands and Downtown, even granting me a more intimate view of the usually exclusive Raffles Hotel and her sprawling colonial grounds. And the other side looked down onto the shop houses of Middle Road and Bugis, stretching to Andaz, Shaw Center at Beach Road and in the near distance, all the way to the Indoor Stadium over at Kallang.
