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Pagoda Street

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By the 1930s, the coolie trade in Singapore stopped and hence the many coolie lodging places went out of business. By the 1950s, the shophouses changed to
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in Singapore, located on the South Bridge Road end of the street. Due to Sri Mariamman Temple, the street was called
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trade stations between the 1850s and the 1880s. One famous firm for the coolie trade located at the street was
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of the shophouses on Pagoda Street and other parts of Chinatown originates from the
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along the street became coolie lodging places due to the coolie trade.
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In the late 1980s, Chinatown was gazetted as a Historic District for
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Singapore street names : a study of toponymics
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Chinatown, Singapore

Chinese
pinyin
street
Chinatown
Outram Planning Area
Singapore
New Bridge Road
South Bridge Road
pedestrian mall
Chinatown MRT station
Chinatown Heritage Centre
Chinese
pagoda
gopuram
Sri Mariamman Temple
Hindu temple
Hokkien
place of worship
opium
coolie
Cantonese
shophouses

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