Scania N113CRB luver SG Hey! Anyone here used to live at hillview hdbs? I just want to know more about my old neighbours! Here's some pictures....... Before demolition ( Pics not taken by me, credits to those who had taken this)... ...... during demolition (images taken by me) At famous round-about (main entrance) Blocks 8 and 7(or 9) untouched, last blocks to be demolished.... Komatsu excavator used in demo... Block 2 under demo ( Ong clinic, nice bread store) Used to be my block....... More of block 2 I was there during the demolition, believe me it was LOUD! All the hammering, DONG DONG DONG DONG TING TING TING!!!!!!! Hillview HDB is no longer there now, what's left were trees and grass, even the entrance to the carpark at the round-about was gone too! So yea, anyone here used to live at Hillview HDB? Pls reply! Pls!!!
Volvo Olympian SG Ah , nostalgic pics .... i use to pass by this area from 2000-2004 , sadly i do not take any pics of them because i didn't knew those flats will be torn down , so when i pass by there again back in 2005 , almost half of the flats there were gone , some still demolishing About few months ago i went there again and all are gone! OMG.... now i wonder what are they gonna use for that huge land ...anyone knows?
Scania N113CRB luver SG Im told that it was going to be used for building Condos. Stupid condos, made us lost our childhood place!!! Btw its not really their fault actually , the residents voted to have their house changed during the sers votings. Btw i cant imagine how the condo residents have to cope with all of the noise and dust. The dust is not so great becuz of all the nettings and coverings and sprinklers, BUT THE NOISE??? I couldn't hear myself talking properly when all the hammering was going on! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4nhHnthxco I took a couple of video of all those hammering and such, but i only uploaded one... Its kinda laggy but notice how loud the demolition is!! We have to shout becuz of all the noise.
Scania N113CRB luver SG Hey i got a pic of ur block!! Btw ur blk has a nice bread store rgt? Think is kaya bread... ANYONE HERE STAYS AT BLK12 ???
seow SG I remember one of the last stores to continue operation was the muslim store, mee reebus etc.
ETboy SG sg got use explosive to bring down buildings 1 ah? i didnt knw tat… i tot all along they dun do tat…
Scania N113CRB luver SG Yeap! Think i've seen them assembling a crane used for hoisting the excavators up to the top floor, which in turn the excavators start hammering and chewing up the blocks. TRUST ME! THE HAMMERING WAS SUPER LOUD! Because the area below the surface that was being hammered was hollow, the already noisy hammering was amplified ( try hitting a concrete surface that has an air pocket underneath and you will know what i mean).
Scania N113CRB luver SG YES!!!! It is very rare ! Seen one photo from my textbook showing a block of flats being imploded. I think it is one in a lifetime that you get to see buildings being imploded in SG.
Volvo Olympian SG I use to have friends living there last time , but now all currently in Bt Panjang and some other places.
ETboy SG den why dun they use explosive to zero the building ? fast and cheap ? and boom 1 sound only rather den the crane chopping down the building
Scania N113CRB luver SG CHEAP? Are you sure? Implosion are one of the most expensive ways of demolishing a building, that's why it made up 1% of the demolition industry, the rest were all conventional methods . And imploding hillview will never be accepted, since it creates a huge amounts of dust and that the condos are in such close proximity.
