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In addition to street shoe shiners, in some countries, among others Japan, the US and Singapore, there are artisanal shoeshines who specialize in the care of bespoke luxury shoes. These are usually found at high-priced men's outfitters or operate as independent businesses. [7] Since 2017, annual World Championships in Shoe Shining are hosted in ...
Streetdirectory.com is an online web mapping service, founded by Singapore-headquartered Virtual Map in 2000. It originally used licensed data from Singapore Land Authority under a non-exclusive agreement until July 2004.
The brand is notable for featuring a "Check & Fit" foot test and mat service at various locations operated by professional foot fitness assistants. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The brand offers a wide variety of items including men's and women's shoes, [ 4 ] children's and elderly shoes, socks, insoles and backpacks . [ 5 ]
The building was designed by Gan Eng Oon, William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon of the Singapore architect firm Design Partnership, now known as DP Architects. [4] Sited on 1.3 hectares and built to a height of 89 metres, [13] the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "megastructure" described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham. It is one ...
Genkan of a residence in Japan, viewed from outside looking in.. Traditions of removing shoes in the home vary greatly between the world's cultures. [1] These customs impact whether people remove their shoes when coming home, whether people are expected to remove their shoes when visiting others' homes, and what people wear on their feet in homes if not shoes.
The Downtown Line (DTL) is a medium-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore. It runs from Bukit Panjang station in the north-west of the country towards Expo station in the east via a loop around the city-centre. Coloured blue on the rail map, the line serves 34 stations, all of which are underground. [2]
From the post-war period to the colonial period, the earliest gangs of shoe shiners were proclaimed as “Chat Hi Siu Gwai Dui” (Shoe Shine Busters 擦鞋小鬼隊). A band of seven elderly men clustered in Theatre Lane [2] just across Lan Kwai Fong, cleaning shoes of office executives. Key cutters and cobblers operate out of bright green tin ...
System Map, including lines under construction. This is a list of all stations on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore. [1] As of 2024, the Singapore MRT has approximately 242.6 km (150.7 mi) of system length spread across six operational lines, the 19th highest in the world.