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The Quay is named after the municipal counsellor Dr J Murray Robertson. [1] [2] In 1977, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew called for a large $170 million initiative, lasting a decade, to clean up the Singapore River. [2] This involved clearing away the rubbish as well as dredging the river. The lighterage industry eventually relocated to Pasir ...
Carnaby Street in the early 1950s was a shabby Soho backstreet consisting of "rag trade sweat shops, locksmiths and tailors, and a Central Electricity Board depot practically took up one side of the street." [4] The genesis of Carnaby Street as a global fashion destination began with Bill 'Vince' Green, a male physique photographer. [5]
Gallery Hotel (Chinese: 佳乐丽酒店; pinyin: Jiālèlì jiǔdiàn) was a four-star boutique hotel at Robertson Quay on Singapore River, in the Central Area of Singapore. . Originally known as Gallery Evason Hotel, it was the first "HIP" (Highly Individual Places) hotel in Singapore, and the second in Asia, the first being in Ja
Doctor in Clover (U.S. title: Carnaby, M.D.) is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice and Shirley Anne Field. [3] The film is based on the 1960 novel of the same title by Richard Gordon. It is the sixth of the seven films in the Doctor series.
The KC Arts Centre – Home of SRT is located along the Singapore River at Robertson Quay along 20 Merbau Road. The 380-seat theatre is a hub for the performing arts . This remains the only fully furnished venue run by a theatre company in Singapore.
John Stephen (28 August 1934 – 1 February 2004), dubbed by the media the £1m Mod and the King Of Carnaby Street, was one of the most important fashion figures of the 1960s. [ 1 ] Stephen was the first individual to identify and sell to the young menswear mass market which emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Shaftesbury Capital, formerly Capital & Counties Properties plc, (Capco) is a United Kingdom-based property investment and development company focused on sites in the West End of London, including Covent Garden, Chinatown London and Carnaby Street, Soho.
[96] From the late 1960s until the mid-1970s Carnaby Street and Chelsea's Kings Road were virtual fashion parades, as mainstream menswear took on psychedelic influences. Business suits were replaced by Bohemian Carnaby Street creations that included corduroy , velvet or brocade double breasted suits, frilly shirts , cravats, wide ties and ...