07 December 2006

Lucky Plaza


Lucky Plaza was, in its heydays in the late seventies and early eighties, the most upmarket and prestigious mall in Singapore, housing Metro Grand, the top department store in Singapore, Times Orchard Centre, one of the larger bookstores then and more.



Over the years, the shopping trends changed. Department stores which were once in vogue began to fade. Old Lucky Plaza soon became the favourite haunt of Filipino maids, now housing mail agencies, remittance companies, travel agencies, shops selling ethnic Filipino products, hairdressers and more.

These are images taken with my mobile of this old mall which had undergone a facelift in recent years. Gone are the ubiquitous mosaic and tiles seen often in malls and apartments of the early and mid-eighties and in their place? New glittering marble tiles and metallic fittings.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the second hand bookstore is still there. Used to patronize on sat, before crossing the street to outer limits. That was ages ago....

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

4574r07h, there was a second-hand bookstore in Lucky Plaza?

You don't mean the Colin Loh's Comics Asylum, do you? Or Game Tokyo?

Anonymous said...

Hmmm.... Sunny Bookstore? For a short while they did bring in some AD&D stuffs at a more attractive price than Mrs Wong... LC was really making huge profit then.

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

It's in Far East Plaza. It was originally beside Angel Bookstore. It shifted into two shops across from it. Then, it shifted to the other end of the corridor.

I'm sure Mrs Wong made a lot of money.

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

the internet wasn't there as an alternative.

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

I don't think she is popular.