Dakota Crescent, built 1958

Title
Dakota Crescent, built 1958
Creator
Darren Soh
Year/Period
2014
Region
Singapore
Object Type
digital photographic prints, digital fine art prints
Material
ink, colour (pigment), paper (fiber product)
Technique
photographic printing techniques, photographic processes
Dimension
Image size: 60.0 x 80.0 cm
Accession No.
2020-00228
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Acquired with support from Mr Tsai Eng Rung

Dakota Crescent was built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in 1958. It is one of Singapore’s first public housing projects by colonial authorities which sought to provide mass housing before the establishment of the Housing Development Board (HDB). The estate derived its name from a Douglas DC-3 Dakota plane that crashed at its neighbouring Kallang airport in 1946. It is also home to a dove-shaped playground which is one of its kind in Singapore.