PERANAKAN SHOPHOUSES AT EMERALD HILL ROAD
Pintu pagar' or fence door of the front entrance of a shophouse. These doors afford some measure of privacy when main doors are open for ventilation. Collapsible metal grilles also ensured security even when doors were wide open. Patterned ceramic tiles adorned the floor and wall up to waist-height around the entrance.
1976
19980005143 - 0094
87,432/14A
5320
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Urban Redevelopment Authority Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Contribution received from Tan Yiqian via Citizen Archivist portal

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Pintu pagar' or fence door of the front entrance of a shophouse. These doors afford some measure of privacy when main doors are open for ventilation. Collapsible metal grilles also ensured security even when doors were wide open. Patterned ceramic tiles adorned the floor and wall up to waist-height around the entrance.

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