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Golden Mile Complex (Chinese: 黄金坊; pinyin: Huángjīn fāng) is a high-rise commercial and residential building on Beach Road in Kallang, Singapore, within walking distance to Nicoll Highway MRT station.
- Try authentic Thai dishes at Flying Pig. Thai food doesn’t only consist of mookata and green curry. There are other noteworthy dishes that have garnered Thai expats’ stamps of approval and are absolutely worth a try.
- Visit Diandin Leluk Thai Restaurant – One of Singapore’s Thai food OGs. Image credit: @prettypotpourri. Diandin Leluk is about as legit as it gets when it comes to grub from the Land of Smiles.
- Enjoy cheap Thai street food at Golden Banana. Ask anyone for cheap delicious snack recommendations at Golden Mile Complex and chances are they’ll say “sweet potato balls” or “banana fritters”.
- Tuck into cheesy goodness at NINJA Cheese Mookata Buffet. Ninja Cheese Mookata Buffet offers all-you-can-eat meals at $37.90++ per pax, jazzed up with unlimited decadent mozzarella and nacho cheese dips.
The Golden Mile Complex is a combination of commercial and residential buildings located on Beach Road in Kallang. The place was called ‘Golden Mile’ because it refers to the Strip of the land between Beach Road and Nicoll Highway in Singapore.
- Building Golden Mile Complex
- A Hub of Modernity
- The Rise of “Little Thailand”
- National Icon Or National Disgrace?
- A Landmark Saved, A Community Lost
Officially opened on 28 January 1972, Golden Mile Complex was an urban renewal project by the government to “redevelop and rejuvenate the slum-ridden areas in the Singapore city centre”.1 In the 1960s, the site was home to squatter settlements, small-time furniture and rattan makers, and the Kampong Glam Community Centre.2 In June 1967, then Minist...
Woh Hup Complex was part of a pioneering wave of shopping centres to open in Singapore in the early 1970s, along with People’s Park Complex in Chinatown and Tanglin Shopping Centre and Specialists’ Centre in the Orchard Road area. Like many of the complexes built then, Woh Hup Complex was also a strata-titled development. This form of property owne...
By the mid-1980s, many of the building professionals had moved their offices elsewhere and Golden Mile Complex became better known as the haunt of foreign construction workers, specifically those from Thailand. After work, particularly on Sundays and public holidays, homesick Thai workers thronged Golden Mile Complex to drink Singha beer, catch up ...
In 1994, Rem Koolhaas visited Singapore and marvelled at its development in his seminal essay “Singapore Songlines”. He was particularly captivated by Golden Mile Complex and People’s Park Complex, which he praised as “‘masterpieces’ of experimental architecture/urbanism”.26 On his next visit to Singapore in 2005, Koolhaas said: “These buildings we...
In August 2018, news broke that more than 80 percent of the owners of units in the complex had agreed to put the building up for an en bloc sale at $800 million. This came hot on the heels of the sale of another modernist icon, Pearl Bank Apartments,37 just six months earlier. Heritage and architectural experts were dismayed at the news. “It will b...
Guide to Golden Mile Complex: where to eat and things to do. Singapore's Little Thailand is where to go for authentic Thai food, groceries and some late night fun
Mar 6, 2023 · The closest and most convenient station for accessing Golden Mile Complex via MRT is Nicoll Highway (CC5). As its shortcode suggests, Nicoll Highway Station (CC5) is the fifth station on the Circle Line. The Circle Line is shown in orange colour on Singapore’s metro map.
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