- Nikon D80, Sigma 20mm f1.8.
- At 20mm, f5.6, 1/250 seconds, ISO 100.
- Aperture priority, auto white balance, center weighted metering.
- Picasa: Straightened. It's difficult to get the building perfectly straight, how ever you adjust it, one side looks slanted.
Unusual design, it's like a doughnut with a bite taken out of it. I had an uncle who stayed there, many years ago. I remember a strong breeze blowing the whole day. The direction of the breeze would change, depending on whether it was day or night.
This is a view from the Outram MRT station. I walked down the path and took a few photos, with different patterns of branches over the scene, then chose the best one later. It's 6pm in the evening, still bright.
It has its own website, with a dedicated group of residents fighting to stop the apartments from being sold and torn down.
http://www.pearlbankapartments.com/directory.htm
Pearlbank is now more than 40 years old, being the oldest 99 yr leasehold high rise in Singapore. Pearlbank has gone through many phases in its' history > From Singapore's highest and largest single residential complex in 1972 to a dubious reputation as a 'red-light' building in the 1980's, to housing foreign workers in the 90's.
With the introduction of this web site in 2001 - we are working to eradicate the listings of our building under 'short-term rentals' and 'cheap accommodation' by zealous real estate agents.
With the introduction of 'rental guidelines' for Subsidiary Proprietors in 2002, all these problems are now behind us.
