This postcard shows an aerial view of the old civic quarters of the city centre on the north bank of the Singapore River and the Central Business District (CBD) on the south bank. Prominent colonial landmarks situated on the north bank include (foreground, from left to right): the Empress Place Building, erected in 1865 and initially referred to as Government Offices before it gained its new moniker after the public square in front of it was named after Queen Victoria in 1907; the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, originally known as the Town Hall and the Victoria Memorial Hall when the two structures were completed in 1861 and 1905 respectively; and the Old Supreme Court Building with its distinctive neoclassical dome, built in 1939 at the site of the Grand Hotel de l'Europe. Notable buildings found in the CBD area include: the Fullerton Building (left centre), which was erected in 1928 to house government offices and the General Post Office; the 63-storey Overseas Union Bank (OUB) Centre (centre left), the tallest building in Asia and the eleventh highest in the world when it was completed in November 1986; and the 63-storey UOB Plaza (centre right), which shared the title of tallest building in Singapore with the OUB Centre when it was completed in 1992. The two bridges near the river mouth are the Cavenagh Bridge (right) and Anderson Bridge (left), erected in 1868 and 1910 respectively.
