Night views

Last night the Passengers passed the time with colleagues on Boat Quay along the river. The quay features a seemingly endless string of eating and drinking establishments. So far I have sampled the first and second locations, but time remains. The rows of waterfront tables turn their backs on the modern central business district and look out onto a number of grand colonial projects. The scene above presents one of the old iron bridges in front of the purple nightlights that illuminate the textured and modern Esplanade center. Here are some more views.

The grand Fullerton Hotel, seen rising above the 1868 Cavenagh Bridge, was built as a post office in 1928. It became a plush hotel in this decade. Its wedge-shaped courtyard inside now provides a stunning atrium.


The first columns of the sprawling Asian Civilisations Museum's building were erected to house the colonial bureaucracy of Singapore since the 1860's. The ACM opened on the site in 2003.