Completed 1977 as part of Singapore's post-independence multi-use complexes.
It was announced in 2011 that the complex would make way for construction of the North-South Expressway, now the North-South Corridor.
Photo taken 7 August 2016.
All residents and shops had moved out by the following year.
The complex is currently being demolished.
This photo appears in my book, Jalan Singapura.
Blocks 74 to 80 Commonwealth Drive opened 1964.
These flats came under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme in 2008. The last residents moved out 2013. Photo taken 8 August 2015.
Demolition commenced the following year.
This place is now an open field.
Opened 1977 along Commonwealth Avenue.
Closed 1999.
Photo taken 9 July 2013, as the building was being torn down.
The site is now an open field next to SkyResidence @ Dawson, an HDB project which will be completed in 2020.