The Vision of 'Housing in a Park'

We dropped by the 'Transforming our Dawson' exhibition last Saturday since Dawson was just a stone's throw away from our place.

I must say I was very impressed by the vision of transforming this old HDB estate into a huge park! The Alexandra Canal will form the waterway. Although this waterway may not be as near 'plushy' as the more 'uber' vision of Punggol estate, i.e. waterfront housing, it's good town-planning to make any canals attractive in any way. The existing greenery in Margaret Drive will be preserved and a section of the current road expunged to make way for an eco-corridor, on top of other environmentally-friendly features.


The dustbins & lamp posts are going to have special designs: leaf patterns!

Of course, there has to be the latest, contemporary & edgy HDB high-rise apartments, modelled after the Pinnacle@Duxton: Skyville & Sky Terrace@ Dawson. No, don't even dream about the prices of such public housing coming down! They are your premier HDB flats, a class of its own.

As it is, nearby Tanglin area has lush greenery & bounded by Holland & Bukit Timah is the charming Botanic Gardens, the grand Dame. Transforming Dawson & Margaret Drive into a Park is a further extension of green space, so desperately needed in a crowded, concrete jungle of Singapore. I imagine jogging around the neighbourhood will be a pleasant 'green' experience.

For more info, go to http://heartland.hdb.gov.sg/index.html

P.S. with elections just round the corner, this is possible propaganda material. So view at your own will (risk). Ha!