A record of what survives
HeritageSG began as a documentation project in 2018, cataloguing the street-level details — decorative tiles, carved timber screens, painted plaster friezes — that collective memory tends to overlook until they are gone. The archive grew from a single precinct survey of Tanjong Pagar into a wider resource covering all five of Singapore's major conservation areas.
The material is drawn from on-site surveys, Urban Redevelopment Authority records, National Heritage Board publications, and primary research in the National Archives. Where information is contested or uncertain, we note it as such. Accuracy matters more to us than completeness.
This archive does not advocate for any particular development outcome. It records what exists, what has changed, and what the documentary record shows about how Singapore's built environment has been shaped.