Have you ever found yourself eating a maple bacon donut on a Citi Bike en route to Whole Foods after an exhausting yoga session and wondering: Am I a gentrifier?
No, you don’t need to love wine bars, dog parks, and bike lanes to be a gentrifier. (And anyone can love these things!) To the people who study gentrification, it’s more about where you live and how much you earn. Gentrifiers are people with medium or high incomes moving into low-income neighborhoods, attracting new business but raising rents, and often contributing to tensions between new and long-term residents. Sociologists coined the term, which alludes to the European gentry—and which has only become more loaded at a time of skyrocketing rents and profound demographic changes in American cities.
But are you a gentrifier? With the help of an urban policy expert, we devised a calculator that determines if you are based on your income and neighborhood. Try it out below:
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This calculator considers you a gentrifier if you meet two conditions. First, your household income must be greater than the median household incomes of your county and neighborhood for your household type. Second, the median income of your neighborhood must be below 1.3 times the median income of your county for your household type. This is to ensure rich neighborhoods cannot be gentrified.
This calculator defines your neighborhood as your ZIP code tabulation area. We used these areas because median household income data for more granular geographies, such as Census tracts, have high margins of error.
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Keep in mind that researchers have defined and measured gentrification in a variety of ways. To find a useful formula for this calculator, we got in touch with Ingrid Gould Ellen, a professor of public policy and urban planning at New York University. Most experts consider a neighborhood to be gentrifiable if its incomes are in the bottom half or quarter of the income distribution of a metropolitan area, she explained in an email to Slate. If the incomes of such a neighborhood are rising faster than incomes citywide, the area is undergoing gentrification. Some researchers have traced changes in educational or racial demographics as proxies for gentrification. For the purposes of this calculator, Ellen suggested this formula: If your neighborhood’s median income is lower than the median income of your city, and your income is higher than your city’s median, you’re a gentrifier.
After some testing using data from the American Community Survey, we calibrated the formula for gentrifiable neighborhoods to include areas with less than 1.3 times the county median income, because some counties have a median income that would already be considered low. And we decided to ask you for your ZIP code, not your street address. The calculator does have limitations—there might be several neighborhoods of varying affluence in a single ZIP code—but it should nevertheless help you understand how you fit into your area socioeconomically. And remember: Whether you’re a gentrifier or not, you should always strive to be a good neighbor.
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By My Old School is a family-owned vintage boutique that stocks fashion items such as dresses, ties, cufflinks, belts and bags, home ware such as glasses, lamps, fans and photo frames, furniture and quirky retro knick-knacks from the 1960s or older.
Address: 5 Coleman Street #03-08 Excelsior Shopping Centre, Singapore 179805
Email: ptimage2008@yahoo.com.sg
Tel: 65-6339-3985
Open Mon – Fri 11am – 6pm and Sat 11am – 4pm. Closed on public holidays.
This vintage store sells mainly collectible toys, tin toys, vinyl players, movie posters and magazines from the 70s-90s.
Address: Extra Space Eunos, No.7, Kaki Bukit Road 2 (opposite Ubi Driving Centre), #01-6009, Singapore 417840
Website: mad-about-vintage.com
Tel: 65-9155-1337 (By appointment only)
Nurhana Jamaludin, or Han, the owner, sells original vintage furniture and vintage furniture that are retro in design. You are supposed to view the products online first, reserve it, and then decide whether to buy or not. Give him a buzz before you head down.
Address: 315 Outram Road, #03-02 Tan Boon Liat Building , Singapore 169074
Website: journeyeast.com
Tel:65-6473-1693
Open Mon – Sat 11am – 6pm and Sun & public holidays 11.30am – 6pm
Vintage furniture hunters will be glad to know that Journey East’s showroom is a huge 8,600 sq ft, with lots of reclaimed teak wood pieces from the 1920s – 1960s, vintage designer one-off pieces, retro delights, industrial furniture and dining tables, and eclectic, one-of-a-kind lighting, accessories and art pieces from all over the world.
You can find refurnished furniture such as vintage industrial metal chairs, teak wood cabinets and drawers, writing desks and even stuff like antiquated gears for bikes.
Address: 44 Zion Road, Singapore 247776
Website: TheGodown.com
Email: online@thegodownstore.com
Tel: 65-6333-8966
Opens Mon – Sat 11am – 7pm
You will be able to rediscover pre-loved and refurbished homeware at The Godown, a retailer that is filled with East Asian-inspired specially hand-selected furniture pieces, homewares, decorative furnishings and accessories with a contemporary twist. It has new items added every month.
Lorgan’s
Address: 100 East Pasir Panjang Road, Century Warehouse, #01-03, Singapore 118521
Website: lorgans.com and lorgansdesignsource.com
Email: lorgan@lorgansdesignsource.com
Tel: 65-6272-4988
Opens Mon – Sun 10.30am – 6.30pm
A lounge chair in a popular fifties style, a diamond chair, a Crosley radio with a distinctive fifties style, and more, Lorgan’s carries pre-loved furniture and also vintage reproductions.
Restore Living
Address: 124 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088533
Website: restoreliving.com
Email: email@restoreliving.com
Open Tue – Sat 11am – 7pm (closed Mon) and Sun 12pm – 5pm
Restore Living specializes in vintage furniture that have been restored, and it also houses a coffee place where you can sit down and enjoy a good cup of coffee.
i Preloved, Reloved handpicks vintage furniture and light fittings, retro ceramics, glass wares, vintage bags, accessories, clothing and other quirky stuff that will make good conversation pieces in your home. Owners Judy and Karen strongly believe that recycling and upcycling great furniture and home ware is a fantastic way to go green and save the earth.
Started in 2003, Originals carries recycled furniture from India and Java, as well as more contemporary teak pieces. Its art pieces exude individuality and a simple, clean, contemporary style, seen in the mix of old and new teakwood furniture and the contrast of assorted materials of glass, stainless steel and iron.
Like That One
Address: 2 Bukit Batok St 24, Skytech #01-02, Singapore 659480
Website: likethatone.com
Email: likethatone@gmail.com
Tel: 65-6560-9168 / Cheu: 65-9023-2988 / Belle: 65-9125-1492
Opens Wed – Sun 11am – 5pm
Like That One is a one-stop shop of 1,400 sq ft for stunning restored items, and funky, vintage furniture, all harvested from second hand furniture stores and garage sales worldwide, and lovingly painted and brought back to life. You can find art-decor furnishings, chic 1950s and 1960s goods and stuff, and eclectic accessories.
Fred Lives Here stocks items from all over the world including Europe, US, China and other parts of Asia. The imaginary ‘Fred’ reproduces modern classic furniture, or further modernizes them into something unique and one-of-a-kind – for instance, by adding graffiti, studs, or dripping acrylic paintwork.
If you have ever wondered where to find furniture and accessory pieces that look like hotel furnishings, just head over to Hock Siong & Co., a 3-warehouses vintage showroom with curios, unique knick-knacks, ornaments, lighting, carpets, crockery and cutlery, and of course, furniture that are mainly sourced from hotels, shops, show flats, restaurants and bars.
You can find a huge assortment of Chinese antiques with stunning wood carvings and stone statues of the best quality here – from benches, consoles, tables, chairs, nightstands, lamps and more.
The Shophouse
Address: 315 Outram Road, #07-03 Tan Boon Liat Building, Singapore 169074
Website: theshophouse.com
Email: info@theshophouse.com
Tel: 65-6323-7190
Open Mon – Sat 10am – 6.30pm and Sun 10.30am – 6.30pm
The Shophouse started out as a teak importer on the East Coast of Singapore, and has since evolved into a retailer and design house with furniture that have been 100% personally selected by its owners Jamie Gorman and John Galligan.
Expat Auctions
Address: 102F Pasir Panjang Road, Citilink Warehouse, Administration #02-04 Showroom/Auction House #01-01, Singapore 118530
Website: expatauctions.com.sg
Email: admin@expatauctions.com.sg
Tel: 65-6278-0511/65-9624-8575
Office operates Mon – Fri 9.30am – 4.30pm. But warehouses are only open for viewing the day before an auction from 9am – 7pm. Auctions usually happen on Thur and Sat but do call to confirm.
Expat Auctions is a “live” auction house that sells quality recycled home furnishings on behalf of its owners. The owner Rob Pendergrast conducts auctions twice a week, usually on Wednesday and Saturday nights. Most of the furniture and furnishings come from expatriate families who are downsizing or leaving Singapore. Check out the photos on their website before heading to the auctions.
Singapore Trading Post
Address: 315 Outram Road, #07-01, Tan Boon Liat Building Singapore 169074 and 200Turf Club Road, PasarBella #02-K61 (next to Dutch Coffee Colony), Singapore 287994
Website: singaporetradingpost.com
Tel: 65-6221-4619
Open Tue – Fri 10.30am – 5.30pm, Sat 10.30am – 6pm and Sun 11am – 5pm. Closed on Mon.
Singapore Trading Post, started by the team behind Expat Auctions, specializes in an assortment of Asian furniture and decor from India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar.
The Past Perfect Collection
Address: 896 Dunearn Road, #02-01D Sime Darby Centre Singapore 589472
Website: pastperfect.sg
Tel: 65-6737-3078
Open Tue – Sat 10am – 6pm and Sun 11am – 5pm. Closed on Mon.
The Past Perfect Collection is where you can find unique, one-of-a-kind antique furniture from India’s bygone Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial eras.
Changi Junk Store, owned by Pak Haji Basman Johari, has a history of more than 40 years, and sells all kinds of vintage furniture, precious antiques and knick-knacks. Among the more interesting finds are a pair of wooden Peranakan clogs, carved bird cages, classic Malay sireh sets, and Indonesian oil paintings and sculptures.
Woody Antique House
Address: Blk 13 and 15 Dempsey Road, Singapore 249674 and 249675
Website: woodyantique.com
Email: enquiry@woodyantique.com
Tel: 65-6471-1770/ 6475-7036
Open Mon – Fri 10am – 6pm and Sat / Sun / Public holidays 10am – 7pm
Woody Antique House stocks Chinese antiques and reproductions, fine Burmese teakwood indoor and outdoor furniture, resort-style hyacinth furniture, Indian antiquities, and other exquisite vintage furniture and accessories from China, Mongolia, Tibet, India and Myanmar to complete your home decor.
Carpenter and Cook
Address: Lorong Kilat cafe – 19 Lorong Kilat #01-06 Singapore 598120
Website: carpenterandcook.com
Email: info@carpenterandcook.com
Tel: 65-6463-3648
Open Tue – Sat 10am – 10pm and Sun 10am – 7pm. Closed on Mon.
Carpenter and Cook is a vintage home store and artisan bakery care, with a range of carefully curated vintage furniture and home decor from the UK and parts of Europe, such as weighing scales, upholstered church chairs, typewriters, tea cups, and more. Very likely, things that you pick up here will make you the only one in Singapore with that particular piece, so rare are their ware.
Treasures of the Raj
Address: 19 Tanglin Road #03-28 Tanglin Shopping Centre Singapore 247909
Website: totr.pw
Email: hd@totr.pw / harriet_dias@hotmail.com
Tel: 65-9173-5041
Open Mon – Sat 11am – 6pm and Sun by appointment only.
Harriet Dias, the owner, comes from Bombay, and travels widely to collect and showcase quaint period furniture and antiques in solid mahogany, teak and rosewood, all of which are sourced from old colonial mansions in India and lovingly restored.
Second Charm
Address: Blk 21 Kallang Avenue, #05-165, Mapletree Industrial Building, Singapore 339412
Website: secondcharm.net
Email: secondcharm@gmail.com
Tel: 65-6294-2919 / 9628-9171
Open Tue – Sat 11am – 5.30pm and Sun 12 – 5pm
Secondcharm specializes in fine reproductions, custom-made furniture, antiques and collectibles and also in the restoration of old furniture. It has also recently start to specialize in custom-made industrial inspired furniture.
Rococo Kent
Address: 753 North Bridge Road #02-02, Tangerine (Entrance via Jalan Kledek), Singapore 198721
Website: rococokent.com
Tel: 65-8522-8631
Closed on Mon
Rococo Kent stocks a wide variety of vintage, mid-century industrial furniture, and also accessories such as branded vintage bags, clothing, fashion accessories, jewelry, wallets, tea cups, typewriters, stools, and more.
KB Living
Address: 50 Bukit Batok Street 23, #05-28 Midview Building Singapore 659578
Website: kbliving.com.sg
Tel: 65-6316-5574
Open Wed – Sat 11am – 4pm and Sun 12 – 4pm. Mon-Tue by appointment only, call 8126 3255 to arrange.
KB Living is a treasure trove of unique furniture pieces, from vintage to decor style, to modern, and there are also plenty of architectural pieces and collectible items.
Things Your Mother Throw
Address: 1092, #02-16 Lower Delta Road, Singapore 169203
Website: tymt.net
Tel: 65-6315-0221
Open Sat & Sun 1 – 6pm and Wed & Thu by appointment only.
Things Your Mother Throw, a vintage store cum creative research lab, stocks vintage and antique furniture made from old teak and other hardware, from mid-century antiques to machine age art decor pieces. No two pieces are alike, and there are also collaborations with artists to produce one-of-a-kind pieces.
Taylor B Design
Address: 43 Keppel Road, Floors 1, 2 and 4, 099418 and 27 West Coast Highway, Westway Building, Singapore 117867
Website: taylorbdesign.com
Email: customerservice@taylorbdesign.com
Tel: 65-9420-4000 / 9-420-4040
Open Mon – Sat 11am – 6pm and Sun 1pm – 6pm
Taylor B Design’s 120,000 sq ft showroom cum warehouse houses everything from antique Chinese furniture, to designer brands such as Caracole, Sohnadig, Andrew Martin and more. With more than 5 containers of new stock weekly, you will never be bored shopping here.
Gallery 278
Address: 278 River Valley Road Singapore 238319
Website: gallery278.com
Email: mail@gallery278.com
Open Mon – Sat 10am – 7pm and Sun & Public Holiday: 12pm – 5pm
Furniture from Gallery 278 are all crafted from recycled timber harvested from old kudus houses in Indonesia. Spectacular or subtle, contemporary or rustic, from credenzas, platform beds, lounge chairs and more, this place has it all.
Jim Art Pte Ltd
Address: 211 Holland Avenue #03-04 Holland Road Shopping Centre Singapore 278967
Tel/Fax: 65-6468-2858
Jim Art and Craft imports goods such as rugs, wooden carvings, lamp shades, cushion covers, Buddha carvings, vintage chest, boxes, glass lamps, mugs, puppets and handbags directly from India, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Burma and Vietnam.
Prakalyam Gallery
Address: The Vertex, 33 Ubi Avenue 3, #01-09, Singapore 408868
Website: prakalyamgallery.com
Tel: 65-6635-4741
Open Mon: 12pm – 6pm, Tue – Fri: 11 am – 6pm and Sat: 11am – 5pm
Prakalyam Gallery has an excellent and exquisite array of 19th and 20th centuries rare antiques and antique furniture collection from across India, such as a classic French-influenced study table, a four-poster bed bearing the British Empire’s royal crest and more.
Jennifer’s Vintage & Antique
Address: Blk 27 #01-306 Jalan Bahagia (Near Balestier Rd & Whampoa Drive), Singapore 320027
Website: Jennifer’sVintage&Antique
Tel: 65-9633-7309
Open Sat 12 – 3pm (By appointment only)
What Jennifer sells are all pre-loved and genuine vintage stuff, for instance, vintage crates, soft drink bottles, table lamps and so on, and all are what you see are what you get.
Viewpoint Trading & Collectibles
Address: 150 South Bridge Road, # B1-19 Fook Hai Building, 058727
Tel: 65-9856-8683
Owner Mr Michael Poh made a name for himself as one of the few who recovered vintage treasures from the Katong Red House Bakery in 2004. His treasure trove currently includes old clocks, barber chairs, wooden bird cages, old typewriters, paraffin lamps, cupboards, and other quirky knick-knacks dating back to as far back as 1930s. He also has a warehouse in Kallang to store his wares.
Junkie’s Corner
Address: 2 Turf Club Road, Bukit Timah, Singapore 287988
Tel: 65-9791- 2607 (Charlie / Joseph Teo)
Opens 12pm – 7 pm (please call to check)
There is a wide selection of used antique furniture, art pieces, toys and signboards, and any other vintage junk you can find. Although a little dusty and haphazard, you can occasionally find treasures here in hidden corners.
The Heritage Shop
Address: 93 Jalan Sultan #01-01 Singapore 198997
Website: theheritageshop.com
Tel: 65-6223-7982
Open Mon – Sun 1.30pm – 8pm
Photo: China Collection
The Heritage Shop stocks a lot of vintage accessories and knickknacks from yesteryears, and not so much of furniture.
China Collection
Address: 20 Malcolm Road, Singapore 308259
Website: chinacollection.com.sg
Email: anne@chinacollection.com.sg and doug@chinacollection.com.sg
Work: 65-6235-1905 / Anne: 65-9787-8556 / Doug: 65-9858-6889
Open Mon – Sat 10am – 5pm and Sun 12pm – 5pm
After hours by appointment only
China Collection, a family business, has been sourcing for Chinese antiques for more than 10 years. Its other products include Chinese furniture, fine porcelain, table lamps and outdoor stone statues.
Wellie Batik
Address: 211 Holland Ave Holland Road Shopping Centre #03-18 Singapore 278967
Website: welliebatik.com
Email: welliebatik@gmail.com
Tel: Eric 65-9171-5662 / Mr Ang 65-9392-2276
Wellie Batik, which has been in business for more than 40 years in Singapore, specializes in age-old designed Indonesian batiks, particularly the original kind which is made using a manual wax-resistant dyeing technique, and printed ones.
Aphorism Antiques at Tiong Bahru is a gallery that specializes in European and oriental antiques and objets d’art from the 18th to the early 2oth century. All the furniture pieces, be it a classic Louis XVI piece of furniture from a Parisian bourgeois apartment, or a charming regional objet d’art from the French province, have been carefully selected in France, UK and the US.
Yasashii Trading
Address: 23 Bukit Merah lane 1 #01-114, Singapore 150123
Tel: 65-9067-6162
Opens Mon – Sat 11am – 8pm
Yasashii Trading’s collection of antique rosewood furniture and collectibles span from Peranakan vases, treasure chests, vintage projectors and more.
A Thousand Tales
Address: 17 Mohamed Sultan Road Singapore 238966
Website: athousandtales.com
Email: info@athousandtales.com
Tel: 65-6498-0854
Open Tue – Sat 12pm – 8pm and Mon & Sun by appointment only
A Thousand Tales, which also houses a bar & cafe, sells mainly bespoke mid-20th-century Scandinavian inspired award-winning furniture such as retro-looking armchairs, tables, designer lights, sofas, bath wares, vintage shelves and nightstands. According to apartmenttherapy.com, also on sale are one-of-a-kind artwork by Japanese sculptor Sumio Suzuki and trendy poster prints by Brit Steve Lawler aka Mojoko.
The owner, Mr Keng Ah Wong, established the business in 1972. His shop is a delightful showcase of everything vintage, from old typewriters, reconditioned fans, an old Chinese four-poster bed, to porcelain bowls, old jewelry, figurines and statues, old suitcases, furniture and lights.
Barossa Furnishings
Address: Block 20, Sin Ming Lane # 05-51, Mid View City, Singapore 573968
Website: barossasingapore.com
Email: barossafurnishings@gmail.com / barossa@singnet.com.sg
Tel: 65-6471-2042 / David Ditcham 9664- 8451 (by appointment only)
Barossa Furnishings specializes in furniture for the bedrooms and dining rooms, and also custom-make furniture for all areas of the house. It is also a leading restoration and repair business for antique and modern home furniture.
Noden Collective
Address: 65, Ubi Road 1, Oxley Bizhub, #03-75, Singapore 408729
Website: nodencollective.com
Opens Thur – Sun 11am – 6pm
Noden Collective, established in the Spring of 2013, stocks a good selected range of stunningly crafted furniture, lighting, objects and art pieces. It is also the distributor of Skandinavisk candles.
Art from Junk
Address: home studio at Jalan Rumah Tinggi (Bukit Merah area)
Website: artfromjunk.com
Email: contact@artfromjunk.com
Tel: 65-9112-6264
Viewing of furniture is only by appointment on weekdays from 7 to 9 pm and on weekends.
Art from Junk is the latest addition to the vintage furniture scene. It reuses second hand furniture to use as unique canvas to create exciting and colorful artwork and hence each piece is totally one-of-a-kind, drawing inspiration from retro patterns, old-school motifs and other vintage designs.
Asher’s Vintage Market
Address: 280 Tampines Street 22 Singapore 520280
Website: asher’svintagemarket.com
Email: asher.mak@gmail.com
Tel: 65-8484-2474 / 9832-0022
Open Mon – Fri 8pm – 10pm, Sat 10am – 1pm and Sun 3pm – 6pm
Owner Asher sells his wares online, and updates his customers regularly with unique, sometimes a bit strange, collectibles such as cash registers, coffee tables, large bevel mirror, barcelona chair, vintage suitcases, old posters, kitchen wares, tea sets etc. through Facebook. He has open house sales once in a while so do look out for it.
Thrift House Marketing
Address: 69 Boon Keng Road, Singapore 339772
Tel: 65-6296-2069
Opens Mon – Sat 9am – 7pm
Thrift House Marketing sells second hand furniture such as beds, tables, chairs, study desks, as well as office desks and shelves at great prices, and is a place where usually the locals would visit.
Hidden Treasures
Address: 228 South Bridge Road Singapore 058777
Warehouse: 50 Midview Buiilding Bukit Batok Street 23 #06-01, Singapore 659578
Website: hiddentreasures.com.sg
Email: kk@hiddentreasures.com.sg
Tel: 659-769-0706 and 6221-0089
Opens Mon – Sun 10.30am – 6pm
Hidden Treasures sells authentic Chinese antiques and custom-made furniture pieces such as vases, brass accessories, chests, antique wooden window panels, antique Chinese door panels, Chinese bed frames and wooden screens, Chinese paintings, leather boxes, wedding baskets, Chinese Buddhist art, lacquered ware from Myanmar and other curios from China.
With a wide selection of upholstered furniture, glassware and China, My Rabbit Hole is a treasure trove of accessories that will add a touch of class and style to your home.
Birds & Co. Brocante (by BooksActually)
Address: No. 9 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru, Singapore 168645
Website: Birds&Co.Brocante.com
Email: booksellers@booksactually.com
Tel: 65-6222-9195
Open Mon: 10am – 6pm, Tue – Fri 10am – 8pm, Sat 10am – 9pm and Sun 10am – 6pm
Birds & Co. Brocante is established by BooksActually, and is housed at their Yong Siak Street outlet. It sells vintage furniture pieces like rattan chairs, side tables, vintage vases and home wares, and other eclectic stuff.
Wee’s Collection specializes in the buying, selling and renting of vintage items, from Post War period till the 1970s, including teakwood and rosewood furniture, glasses and porcelain wares, enamel wares, time pieces, signboards, Peranakan wares, vinyl records, old books, pictures and letters, toys and others.
Address: 1013, Geylang East Ave 3, #01-144, 389728
Website: FromofOld.com
Email: frmofold@gmail.com
Tel: 65-9692-6348
Opens on Sat 12.30pm – 3.30pm
From of Old is an online store that sells all things vintage, retro, and nostalgic such as vintage thermos flasks, clocks, paintings, accessories, and more. It also sells on Carousell.
Singapore Food Trail is a 1960s food street located at Singapore Flyer, selling all the best local hawker delights of Singapore, with a nostalgic feel and charm of Singapore in that era. There is a small section where vintage items from the 60s are displayed for sale, and you can spot items such as vintage license plates, signboards, flasks, antique cameras, fans and sewing machines, jukebox, vintage record discs and many more.
World Savage by Stevie General Store
Address: 93 Club Street Singapore 069455
Website: WorldSavage.com Tel: 65-6536-8590
Opens Tue – Sun 2pm – 8pm
World Savage, collectibles store and fashion boutique under one roof, stocks arts and antiques such as books, typewriters, art prints, utensils, eyewear, lamps, tin toys, watches, silverware etc.
Salvation Army Thrift Stores
You may sometimes be able to pick up something worthy and vintage at Salvation Army’s thrift stores, which are basically social enterprises which receive donations-in-kind from the public and companies and resell them through its five thrift stores islandwide, in turn supporting its social and community programmes. If you are looking for vintage furniture, try the Praisehaven Family Thrift Store at Upper Bukit Timah.
For a complete list of Salvation Army’s thrift stores, please click here.
MINDs Shops
There is one more charity chain which you might want to check out too – MINDS shops, of which there are currently 4 outlets at Margaret Drive, Woodlands Ring Road, Lorong Napiri and Rosyth Road. Each store stocks a unique range of carefully selected furniture, clothes, collectibles and house wares.
Cash Converters
The world’s largest second hand dealer, Cash Converters has 7 stores in Singapore. It sells everything and anything, from second hand recorders, video players, televisions, guitars, cameras, to old CDs, tea sets, vintage glasses, strollers, watches, and more.
Online Platforms
Besides physical shops, nowadays the vintage trade are also being carried through consumer-to-consumer online websites. Below are some of the more popular sites for selling and buying antique furniture and accessories.
Honestly, I preferred the proposal to spend $4bn upgrading JFK in a major way and just getting rid of LGA all together. Fill that giant, giant space with parks and affordable housing + a subway extension (paid for by the developers of the housing).
Governor Andrew Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden joined forces this afternoon to announce the imminent overhaul of LaGuardia Airport. The announcement detailed the $4 billion remaking of LaGuardia which will include the development of a central terminal and will also, according to a long series of tweets from the Governor's office, include connecting LaGuardia to mass transit options like ferry and rail service. The new terminal will also be moved about 600 feet closer to Grand Central Parkway to create more space for flight operation, CNBC reports. Cuomo says the project will break ground next year and take about 18 months (rough translation: 18 years) for the first portion of redevelopment thanks to expedited approvals from the Vice President's office. However long it actually takes, congratulations to the state for being ambitious, and for winning the approval of the same vice president who once referred to the airport as a facility that belongs in a third world country.
[Update: Although CNBC first reported that construction was expected to take 18 months, Cuomo's office says construction on the first phase of construction should wrap up around 2019.]
Governor Cuomo was joined today by Vice President Joe Biden to unveil the vision for the comprehensive redesign of LaGuardia Airport. The airport will be transformed into a single, structurally unified main terminal with expanded transportation access, significantly increased taxiway space and best-in-class passenger amenities. Construction on the first half of the new unified terminal, expected to be a $4 billion project that creates 8,000 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs, will be managed by LaGuardia Gateway Partners, a new public private partnership chosen by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to build the project.
Construction on the first half will begin upon final approval from the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. That approval is expected in the first part of 2016; the majority of this first half of the project is expected to open to passengers in 2019, with full completion scheduled for approximately 18 months later. The second half of the new unified terminal is expected to be redeveloped by Delta Air Lines, which has indicated strong support for the new vision, and anticipates beginning the redevelopment of its terminals on a parallel track with the LaGuardia Gateway Partners project to complete the new unified airport
[Rendering of the island-gate system.]
The existing Terminal B will be razed to make room for the new unified departures and arrivals terminal that will link to Delta's terminals C and D, which will move closer to Grand Central Parkway. The terminals will be linked by an island-gate system, in which passengers will travel between their gates through a series of pedestrian bridges that are raised high enough for planes to taxi beneath. The island-gate system will create two miles of new taxiway space for LGA which will ease congestion in and out of the airport and hopefully eradicate the airport's rampant flight delays.
Construction will kick off following the approval of the Port Authority Board, and will be lead by LaGuardia Gateway Partners, who will design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the new terminal as a part of the 35-year lease they were awarded through the state's RFP.
This plan is so dumb. The people peeing on the streets of SF don't care if they get some pee on their shoes. They should just install some f-ing public bathrooms or even public urinal stalls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissoir Solve the real problem: that people need to pee and homeless people have no where to do it.
Image via YouTube/St. Pauli Peeback Normally, urinating in public comes with a hefty fine, but in San Francisco, offenders might be spending their money instead on a new pair of clothes and shoes. The problem has apparently gotten so out of hand in the city that the Public Works Department is implementing “pee-proof” paint on walls that are hot spots for people to relieve themselves. The special superhydrophobic coating called Ultra-Ever Dry is liquid repellent, and therefore splashes the urine right back on the person. An advertisement for Ultra-Ever Dry from its company UltraTech International Mohammed Nuru, San Francisco’s director of public works, got […]
On that note.... Since Phil joined the Greater's football league, we're at an odd number of teams (thanks a LOT Phil). So, we need one more team to join to make it a 10-team league or we need one team to drop out. Current teams are: Archers Tacktinecks Craig's Choice Team Philip's Team (it's not even a good name! jeeze Phil) CTE Easy as 1-2-3 Polyphemus Punchers D'BrickashawDouzable Robyn's Rad Team Inappropriate Whites The Bodega Cats
Once we figure this out, we'll set our draft (hopefully before Ivy and I move on Aug 21).
That was the subject line of the email we recently received, and we mean to rectify that GLARING error right NOW. (Photo via Imgur/Reddit.)
54% Trendsetters, 35% Downtown Melting Pot, 4% City Lights, $51k median HHI, 37.9 median age, 57,197 people per sq mile.
Want to know if you’re a trendsetter, a wannabe, or just a Joe Schmo in a glass condo? This new interactive map called the “Zip Lookup” will reveal to you that your life can pretty much be summed up in five digits. Created by ESRI, a geographic-information firm, Zip Lookup is eerily on point when it comes to figuring out an area’s demographics, culture, and daily habits. A quick look at Williamsburg, Brooklyn The map’s findings are based on Esri’s “Tapestry Lifestyle Segmentation” which classifies the U.S. population into 67 market segments “based on their socioeconomic and demographic composition—then further classifies the segments into LifeMode and Urbanization Groups.” […]
If you've ever wanted Apple's MagSafe technology for your iPhone, you're in luck: a new Kickstarter project is looking the bring magnetic connections to your mobile devices later this year. Dubbed ZNAPS, the device supports charging process as well as data synchronization and is crafted in both Lightning and Micro-USB form for iPhone and Android, respectively. Simply plug the connector into your phone's socket, insert the adapter onto the end of your charging/synching cable and magnetically connect them into place. Completely waterproof, the design even incorporates a useful LED charging status indicator.
With an original goal of $94,221 USD, ZNAPS has already raked in nearly $820,000 USD and is expected to be available globally this November. For more on the device and the ability to back the project and claim one for yourself, head on over to Kickstarter.
Wood-fired cooking, a Lebanese diner and fine dining inside the Opera House. It's been a fantastic start to the year for Sydney’s restaurant scene.
2015 has already smashed all of our lofty hospitality expectations. And it’s only July. Here’s our list of the best new restaurants of the year as of now. If brunch is more your thing, here's our list of the most exciting cafes of 2015.
Firedoor
Firedoor is the perfect meeting point of simplicity and ingenuity. The entire restaurant is based on a modest method – wood-fired cooking. Every day, chef Lennox Hastie burns a carefully chosen selection of wood – the smoke it creates forms the basis of each dish’s taste. Hastie, who was trained under master wood-fire chef Victor Arguinzoniz (chef at Asador Etxebarri in Spain’s Basque Country) simply picks the best possible ingredients, pairs them with the right woods and cooks them by instinct. The menu changes regularly, depending on the best produce available on the day. One dish to look out for is the 140-plus-day-aged rib on the bone, one of the best cuts of beef you’ll find anywhere.
Bennelong
Peter Gilmore’s new restaurant in the sails of the Sydney Opera House strips back the scientific complexity of Quay across the harbour and replaces it with a philosophy of simplicity and exceptional local produce. Gilmore says a whole-roasted John Dory wouldn’t gel on the menu at Quay, but at Bennelong he’s serving it with saltbush, turnips and Asian vegetables. Though don’t expect anything less visually brilliant – Gilmore’s taste for artistry is present both in his food and the extravagant décor. Try the pavlova that resembles the Opera House, with sails of meringue cutting through droplets of rhubarb and raspberry.
Waterman’s Lobster Co.
Waterman’s Lobster Co. in Potts Point is bringing the world’s most luxurious crustacean back to the people via the New England lobster roll. The rolls come in two stringently traditional styles, each in a soft, unassuming bun. There’s the Connecticut, with warm butter, or Maine style, with mayo and celery. There’s also a great selection of old- and new-style chardonnay to go with them. Waterman’s only uses meat from the claw and knuckle of Atlantic lobster to ensure the meat is sweet and tender.
Five Points Burgers
Five Points Burgers has had lines out the door since day one. That may be because North Sydney didn’t have anything like it, or maybe it’s because it serves the best American-style burgers we’ve had. Yes, that’s right. The best. It’s no surprise – the miniature North Sydney venue is by Ex-Fat Duck chef Tomislav Martinovic. There are only four options; mushroom, chicken and two classic beef styles. Try the Bronx with Brasserie Bread milk buns, double American cheese, bacon, a soft and pink-centred beef patty, onion jam, bacon and crisp lettuce.
Thievery
The amount of talent in Thievery is absurd. The venue first started as a bar-restaurant hybrid from the owners of the expressive and impressive Eat Art Truck. The next phase of recruitment brought in Julian Cincotta (ex Nomad) and Jordan Mohamed (ex Rockpool) to work the menu and kitchen. The final product is a Lebanese diner styled roughly on the tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. If you’re not familiar with the concept of the Lebanese diner, let’s just say you can get a roast lamb kebab next to fried chicken with garlic paste and tabouli san choy bow.
This doesn't look like child's play, but Calvin Seibert has been molding structures out of sand since he was a kid messing around in Vail's dusty construction sites. Most recently profiled by City Lab, he's a Brooklyn artist who has a meticulous strategy for bringing curved, stacked, angled, and otherwise architecturally intricate structures to life on the sand of New York City's beaches. Whether it's Fort Tilden, Coney Island, or Rockaway, Seibert concocts a complex saltwater-sand mixture before sculpting it with "carefully selected tools: plastic spackling blades and trowels made specially of Plexiglas (metal rusts, after all)."
On his Flickr page, which contains one mindboggling image after another, he writes:
Building "sandcastles" is a bit of a test. Nature will always be against you and time is always running out. Having to think fast and to bring it all together in the end is what I like about it. ... In my mind they are always mash-ups of influences and ideas. I see a castle, a fishing village, a modernist sculpture, a stage set for the Oscars all at once.
In the summer, he works on his sandcastle complexes up to five days a week and 10 hours a day. The rest of the year, he focuses on more "traditional" art (sculptures from discarded cardboard) that goes in galleries.
He doesn't even mind when waves sweep his masterpieces awayor even when kids jump on them.
As Seibert told CityLab, "A sandcastle is ephemeral. There is a thing on the horizon that's going to destroy it. That's what makes it powerful and interesting."
The MTA runs different kinds of subway cars, of varying ages and features. Our subway field guide can help you identify the kind of car you’re on and can help spot the cars more prone to “hot car” repairs.
Filipino stingray sandwiches, Hong Kong mango pomelo soup, and Venezuelan patacón are some of the ethnic food options that are available in Queens, the world’s most diverse borough. However, adventurous eaters will now be able to try all of these treats — as well as Colombian arepas, Korean redneck tacos, and Taiwanese popcorn chicken — in the same spot.
On Saturday, Smorgasburg Queens will hold a grand opening at its 7,500-square-foot lot, which is attached to a 10,000-square-foot indoor space, at 43-29 Crescent Street in Long Island City. About two dozen vendors will sell their appetizers, entrées, beverages, desserts, and specialty products from 11 am to 6 pm on a weekly basis.
Though a sister market to the original Smorgasburg in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, this bazaar will have a distinctively Queens flavor. Joe DiStefano, who gives local food tours and blogs about restaurants, is the curator, and he’s recruited a diverse group of… Read More
"Fuck it. I cannot take another Tuesday in that cubical."
If you were stuck in traffic on I-95 this morning, at least you can say it was for the novel reason of "naked man sitting on his car."
According to MyFOXCT, "State police say they responded to a call for a medical assist on the southbound side of the highway near exit 42 at about 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Police say they found the naked man sitting on his car by the side of the interstate." Yes, there he is:
Not super crazy about this, but it is pretty unique. The pool is pretty cool.
The listing says it’s “perhaps the ultimate Mid-Century Modern home available in the world.” We can’t confirm or deny that statement, but we can assure you that this property, Philip Johnson’s Wiley House, is a pretty incredible piece of modern architecture. Located in New Canaan, the same Connecticut town as the architect’s world-famous Glass House, the Wiley House is considered the most “livable” of all Johnson’s works. It was built in the 1950s, sits on six acres of land, and is “a transparent glass rectangle cantilevered over a stone podium,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street executive Frank Gallipoli bought the property for $1 million in 1994, a time when buying modernist homes was not as popular as it is today. He then spent millions more to restore the property, preserving Johnson’s original design, but adding green upgrades like heat-insulating glass panes and floor heating. Gallipoli told the Journal that living in the home is like being “up in a treehouse.”
Philip Johnson designed the home for real estate developer Robert Wiley. At the time, he told the Architectural Record that he tried to resolve “the (perhaps) irreconcilable: modern architectural purity and the requirements of living families. Why can’t people learn to live in the windowless spheres of Ledoux or the pure glass prisms of Mies van der Rohe? No, they need a place for Junior to practice piano while mother plays bridge with her neighbors.”
He went on to describe the interior: “The effect from inside – quite opposite of my glass house – is that of a cage. No indoor-outdoor nonsense. The 15 foot high ceilings free the view into the high hickories that surround the house which at night make fantastic traceries against the black sky.”
The Wiley House has four bedrooms and totals 5,616 square feet. The glass pavilion houses the public spaces (living room, dining room, and kitchen), while the private spaces (bedrooms, a sitting room, studio, and another small kitchen) are in the podium.
Next to an already-existing barn, Johnson designed the round swimming pool on the property, which features a lily pad-esque diving platform. Gallipoli added a pool house and a garage and turned the barn into an art gallery.
“It looks exactly like it would have looked in 1954,” Gallipoli said of the Wiley House to the Journal. He also noted that he visited Philip Johnson at his Glass House before he passed away in 2005.
The holiday weekend has come to a close- back to it tomorrow morning. After all, Rats, It’s Monday. We’ll have a Brand New Maru & Hana for you, a terrific Headline THIS, we’re gonna ask for YOUR help in reuniting a lost STUFFY, and, ’cause it’s Shark Week..an exclusive C.O. interview with Mary Lee, The Celebrity Shark. Honest. Now watch these guys snuggle n’ snooze, then hit the hay, eh?
CHOTK is not JUST for kittehs, you know. They’ve got quite a few little knuckleheads on hand- like THESE guys! Jess Lessard took these photos and fills us in. “The Cat House on the Kings is OVERFLOWING with puppies.”
“While primarily a cat sanctuary, the Cat House time and again opens its doors and hearts to rescuing dogs.”
“Here are just a few that are in the care of the shelter at the moment and will be up for adoption soon!”
one moment please...400 West Street, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseIt was recently reported that Heidi Klum was eyeing this 3.5-acre $11 million private island off Manhattan as her next retreat, but it looks like the supermodel has decided to slum it in the West Village instead. The Post reports that Klum will be renting out a 7,200-square-foot Bob and Cortney Novogratz creation located at 400 West Street through the summer. The home is not an unfamiliar spot for the model who has shot hoops, hot tubbed, and made pizza at the glamorous property when she rented it in previous years. The massive home […]
Sebastian Errazuriz is one of the most diverse designers around. Not only does he create quirky, functional furniture like this spiky-skinned chest, but he also comes up with unique public art works such as last year’s giant golden cow piñata and the more recent yawning video installation in Times Square. His most recent thought-provoker is the Wave Cabinet, a furniture piece that opens and closes in one fluid motion. Made from lacquered baltic birch, steel, and glass, the “functional sculpture” can open in various movements thanks to 100 linked slats, each of which pulls on the following one like a paper fan. The […]
Right now, a team of digital scanning whizzes is back in their Florida lab, making a digital 3D model of the TWA Flight Center. Last week, while the staff and their equipment were hard at work recording every curve, bend, window, and facade of Eero Saarinen's 1962 terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, photographer Max Touhey was granted access. That much free time inside the historic, beloved landmark is hard to come byespecially with a camera in handgiven that it has been off limits to the public since 2001 and is set to undergo redevelopment into a boutique hotel.
The TWA Flight Center holds significance as a building for several reasons. As a work of architecture, the terminal has the distinction of being legendary architect Saarinen's last building, as it was completed posthumously in 1962.
Saarinen's modernist iconoclasm was not just in the bird-like shape, so obvious to my four-year-old that he spent most of the visit searching for the eyes, the legs, the beak to go with the outspread wings. It is also in the building's pure, Beaux Arts symmetry. Those stone staircases were made for the sweep of a long gown, not the bump of wheelie suitcases. Even without the photographers, moving across the white slopes feels like a film trick, one in which you (the star!) are still and the scenery flows around you. Saarinen also accomplished the neat trick of putting the services on the inside, in dark areas that the French would have called poche. Today's airports put the people in the middle, away from the light and any sense of exterior orientation. The bulk is given over to ticketing and security, baggage and shops, so that people get only a narrow path. It's the opposite at TWA: the perimeter is for humans.
That rare freedom for travelers to explore was also observed by Lori Walters, one of the researchers on the scanning team, though she made note of it in contrast to earlier decades, in which flying was reserved for the wealthy.
The opening of the TWA Flight Center in all its jet-age splendor marked a shift in the history of air travel in which middle-class Americans could now afford to fly. Clearly, the terminal's heyday coincided with the golden age of flying, in which travelers were restricted neither by economic class nor security concerns.
Finally, the TWA terminal is significant to historical preservationists, as the journey to its 2003 landmarking was deemed one of the nation's most inspiring preservation stories. In many ways, Walters and ChronoPoints's scanning and education project is a continuation of that dedication to preserving and remembering the building in some form.
It's a special place for architecture and midcentury design loversand photographers. Touhey said of his experience shooting:
Even when I'm really excited to shoot a space, if it stands the hype the excitement still drops off at a certain point. But TWA is different. You can stand in 100 different places and still be in awe. The interplay of curves is really fascinating and changes dramatically depending where you're looking from. One of my favorite features is of two sharply angled forms on both sides of the "passion pit," two aerodynamic shapes in a sea of curves. I could almost hear a plane taking off! Now I'll have to see what my parents remember from their TWA days when I share the images.
At this point, it's still unclear how the terminal may change once it is converted into a hotel.
What's promising is that many of the building's interior features will likely be kept for their charm and their existing uses on the hospitality front. Still, it will never be entirely the same as it is right now.
Thus, in an effort to commemorate the building, here is the most in-depth photo tour yet of the terminal. That's 98 images plus a hyperlapse video.
Since the silhouette's fragment design-assisted release late last year, Nike has been cleverly, slowly rolling out the Roshe LD-1000 silhouette – likely in part due to the sneaker's popularity. Following last week's bold "Sport Red" release, here we find a mellow new colorway of the sneaker for the summer – the "Wolf Grey" drop. The sneaker is executed with cool grey mesh through the upper, which is accented with hits of matching suede at the toecap, lace track, and heel counter. All of these features rest atop a cushy Roshe NM midsole – which articulates with the foot to provide unparalleled comfort. A cozy, irresistible option year-round, don't miss this colorway of the Roshe LD-1000, which is available at elite retailers such as Sneaker Politics now.
On Fridays and Saturday evenings for the summer—and foreseeable future, so it seems—Venturo Osteria & Wine Bar in Sunnyside, Queens, will host a pop-up cocktail bar mixing up scratch made speciality drinks of the boozy variety. Astoria-based Behind The Wood are spearheading the bar, which features custom themed cocktails on weekend nights from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. [ more › ]
[If I see any bad guys I will let you know with a very tiny ‘woof.’] (Imgur/Reddit.)
Image via YouTube/St. Pauli Peeback Normally, urinating in public comes with a hefty fine, but in San Francisco, offenders might be spending their money instead on a new pair of clothes and shoes. The problem has apparently gotten so out of hand in the city that the Public Works Department is implementing “pee-proof” paint on walls that are hot spots for people to relieve themselves. The special superhydrophobic coating called Ultra-Ever Dry is liquid repellent, and therefore splashes the urine right back on the person. An advertisement for Ultra-Ever Dry from its company UltraTech International Mohammed Nuru, San Francisco’s director of public works, got […]
That was the subject line of the email we recently received, and we mean to rectify that GLARING error right NOW. (Photo via Imgur/Reddit.)
Want to know if you’re a trendsetter, a wannabe, or just a Joe Schmo in a glass condo? This new interactive map called the “Zip Lookup” will reveal to you that your life can pretty much be summed up in five digits. Created by ESRI, a geographic-information firm, Zip Lookup is eerily on point when it comes to figuring out an area’s demographics, culture, and daily habits. A quick look at Williamsburg, Brooklyn The map’s findings are based on Esri’s “Tapestry Lifestyle Segmentation” which classifies the U.S. population into 67 market segments “based on their socioeconomic and demographic composition—then further classifies the segments into LifeMode and Urbanization Groups.” […]
CHOTK is not JUST for kittehs, you know. They’ve got quite a few little knuckleheads on hand- like THESE guys! Jess Lessard took these photos and fills us in. “The Cat House on the Kings is OVERFLOWING with puppies.”
one moment please...400 West Street, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseIt was recently reported that Heidi Klum was eyeing this 3.5-acre $11 million private island off Manhattan as her next retreat, but it looks like the supermodel has decided to slum it in the West Village instead. The Post reports that Klum will be renting out a 7,200-square-foot Bob and Cortney Novogratz creation located at 400 West Street through the summer. The home is not an unfamiliar spot for the model who has shot hoops, hot tubbed, and made pizza at the glamorous property when she rented it in previous years. The massive home […]
Sebastian Errazuriz is one of the most diverse designers around. Not only does he create quirky, functional furniture like this spiky-skinned chest, but he also comes up with unique public art works such as last year’s giant golden cow piñata and the more recent yawning video installation in Times Square. His most recent thought-provoker is the Wave Cabinet, a furniture piece that opens and closes in one fluid motion. Made from lacquered baltic birch, steel, and glass, the “functional sculpture” can open in various movements thanks to 100 linked slats, each of which pulls on the following one like a paper fan. The […]
Now THIS is the way to start a Monday morning, everyone. Meet Chloe, who is all of seven weeks old as of this past Friday!
