36) Original Bird Corner at Hotel Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel
Hotel Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel has a Bird Cage and Birds mural on its side to remind people that previously, one of the two heritage shophouses it occupies, was a popular pet bird shop displaying hanging bird cages with colourful songbirds that drew many tourists and curious onlookers to it. This was the original historical Bird Corner.
Bird Cage and Birds mural by Unknown Artist at Hotel Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel.
Across the road, at the side of the Link Hotel, at the intersection of Tiong Bahru Road and Seng Poh Road is another historical Bird Corner that was set up in the early 1980s by Wah Heng, the owner of a traditional coffee shop.
37) Coffee Shop Bird Corner at side of Link Hotel
Having seen how the Pet Bird Shop across the Tiong Bahru Road attracted heaps of people with its colourful songbirds chirping beautiful melodies, he set up a metal structure for pet bird owners to hang their bird cages outside his coffee shop. The Coffee Shop Bird Corner attracted heaps of bird owners that came to showoff their pet birds in bird cages that they hung at the Bird Corner, the birds owners and other coffee shop customers enjoyed the birds singing, enjoyed socializing and of course enjoyed food and drinks purchased from the coffee shop.
Bird singing competitions were held at the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, including one sponsored by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Herbie Mann, the popular American jazz flutist also visited the corner in 1984 and performed to the accompaniment of bird songs.
Coffee Shop Bird Corner at side of Link Hotel.
This is the end of the Tiong Bahru tour. At Seng Poh Rd and Tiong Bahru Road, you have a choice of three MRT Stations:
MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8
MRT (TE16) Havelock Station Exit 1
MRT (EW17) TIONG BAHRU Station Exit A
MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8 is the recommended MRT Station to go to as you have a choice of three lines (The East West Line, the North East Line and the Thomson East Coast Line) to serve you and it is nearer to your free tour destinations. However, if you prefer, you can go to the nearest MRT Station, which is MRT (TE16) Havelock Station Exit 1 on Zion Rd and take the MRT for just one station to MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station.
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38) Directions to MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8
With you facing the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, your back facing Tiong Bahru Rd and Seng Poh Rd on your left, walk along Seng Poh Rd towards Outram Rd.
Cross to the otherside of Outram Rd, turn right and continue walking on Outram Rd.
To the MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8
MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8.
Take the escalator to the Ticket Concourse Level.
To join the Free Chinatown Tour, get out at Exit 6 MRT (EW 16, NE 3, TE 17) Outram Park Station.
To join the Free Orchard Rd Tour take the TE line to MRT (DT10 TE11) Stevens Station and then take the DT line to Exit B MRT (CC19 DT9) Botanic Gardens Station.
39) Directions to MRT (TE16) Havelock Station Exit 1
With you facing the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, your back facing Tiong Bahru Rd and Seng Poh Rd on your left.
Turn left, keep to the right to walk down Zion Rd at the intersection of Tiong Bahru and Zion Rd.
Intersection of Tiong Bahru Rd and Zion Rd.
To the MRT TE16 Havelock Exit 1
MRT (TE16) Havelock Station Exit 1.
Take the escalator to the Ticket Concourse Level.
40) Directions to MRT (EW17) TIONG BAHRU Station Exit A
With you facing the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, your back facing Tiong Bahru Rd and Seng Poh Rd on your left.
Make a U-turn to face Tiong Bahru Rd.
Cross to the other side of Tiong Bahru Rd.
Turn right and walk along Tiong Bahru Rd.
To the lift at Tiong Bahru Rd at Road Level.
Take the lift to the Ticket Concourse Level.
Take the lift from street level to theTicket Concourse Level.
