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Peranakan Place, Singapore


Peranakan Place, SingaporePeranakan Place, Singapore (1 August 2017)


Peranakan Place (GPS: 1.30141, 103.83929) is a row of restored two-storey pre-war shophouses in Singapore. It is located along Emerald Hill Road, until the junction with Orchard Road. The houses were built around 1902. They have been restored as part of the Emerald Hill Conservation Area, within the Orchard Planning Area, in Postal District 9.

The name Peranakan Place is very much a branding exercise established by the people who won the tenancy en bloc for these houses from the Urban Redevelopment Authority on 28 November 1984, and they created a company called Peranakan Place Complex Pte Ltd. To a minor extend, it commemorates the presence of a few notable Peranakans who moved to the Emerald Hill area in the early 20th century, among them the Seow family.

The founding of Peranakan Place is to showcase Peranakan culture. By offering food such as laksa, mee siam and satay, the place celebrates Singapore's Peranakan cuisine.

Taking the MRT to Peranakan Place

On foot, Peranakan Place is 500 meters on foot to Somerset MRT Station (NS23).

Peranakan Place is on the Map of Orchard Road, Singapore

Peranakan Place Singapore on Google Street View

Peranakan Place Singapore (Jan 2023)

List of Historic Buildings in Singapore; Discover Singapore

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