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MAKE A MEME View Large Image From Singapore Shophouse by Julian Davison: Minimum width required by building regulations but most shophouse front porches are 6 to 7 feet in width. The idea was to provide a continuous covered walkway. Stamford Raffles wrote the five-foot ...

From Singapore Shophouse by Julian Davison: Minimum width required by building regulations but most shophouse front porches are 6 to 7 feet in width. The idea was to provide a continuous covered walkway. Stamford Raffles wrote the five-foot ...

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Keywords: shophouse singapore public domain publicdomain joo chiat joochiat road outdoor shop From Singapore Shophouse by Julian Davison: Minimum width required by building regulations but most shophouse front porches are 6 to 7 feet in width. The idea was to provide a continuous covered walkway. Stamford Raffles wrote the five-foot way in the shophouse constitution in his famous Ordinances of 4 November 1822 where he drew up a town plan and determined that &quot;each house should have a verandah of a certain depth, open at all times as a continued and covered passage on each side of the street&quot;. From Singapore Shophouse by Julian Davison: Minimum width required by building regulations but most shophouse front porches are 6 to 7 feet in width. The idea was to provide a continuous covered walkway. Stamford Raffles wrote the five-foot way in the shophouse constitution in his famous Ordinances of 4 November 1822 where he drew up a town plan and determined that "each house should have a verandah of a certain depth, open at all times as a continued and covered passage on each side of the street".