tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post9091174843285023002..comments2024-03-03T20:31:09.646+08:00Comments on Second Shot: Putting Heritage Right at Old National Library SiteIcemoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-39486337794920074312022-08-07T16:05:09.368+08:002022-08-07T16:05:09.368+08:00Do you still have the brick?Do you still have the brick?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-61498588608995029642010-08-25T14:01:30.617+08:002010-08-25T14:01:30.617+08:00Yeoman, in my last photo I tried to replicate the ...Yeoman, in my last photo I tried to replicate the angle of the 'postcard photo'. If you enlarge my photo, you might change your mind :)<br /><br />I agree with your guess on modification of pillar to match the building.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-11720409742694993612010-08-25T10:10:05.283+08:002010-08-25T10:10:05.283+08:00I still think the two wretched pillars are the one...I still think the two wretched pillars are the ones shown in the 'postcard photo'. The fence and one of the wretched pillars originally belonged to St. Andrew School as shown in the National Archives photo. <br /><br />My guess is, when the school was demolished to make way for the National Library building, the pillar was modified or reconstructed with red bricks to match the library's red brick building. Another pillar was built on the un-fenced side to form a pair. <br /><br />Just guessing.Yeomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465510100830309628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-53305618773130321512010-08-23T02:09:38.998+08:002010-08-23T02:09:38.998+08:00The wretched pillars will be covered in the 'a...The wretched pillars will be covered in the 'akan datang'. Be prepared to see my second shot!Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-37763483413078866922010-08-23T00:45:25.903+08:002010-08-23T00:45:25.903+08:00i cant remember where i read it off but i think th...i cant remember where i read it off but i think the wretched pillars are not of the old nat lib! the ones in the postcard pics are the entrance and the current remaining ones are the exit?polestarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129033004300912593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-92171896771700382372010-08-22T23:58:25.355+08:002010-08-22T23:58:25.355+08:00Icemoon. I support your hypothesis that these 2 &#...Icemoon. I support your hypothesis that these 2 'wretched pillars' are not part of the entrance to the former Nat Lib. Even though I had thought so earlier, I had always felt a little suspicious becos:<br /><br />1) The entrance was too narrow compared to the postcard photos.<br /><br />2) More importantly, I found the pattern on the fence joined these pillars to be identical to those of the present National Museum. I thought at that time that the library and the museum probably shared a common fence. But now, reading your article, I begin to have my doubts.<br /><br />Anyway, I took some close up photos of the the fence at the supposed library gate and compared them with old photos of the museum and noticed that the patterns were identical.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-56403975726078356562010-08-22T10:26:44.266+08:002010-08-22T10:26:44.266+08:00haha...wait for your "akan datang"...lol...haha...wait for your "akan datang"...lol..menoreply@blogger.com