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Sago Street is a street in the touristic heart of Singapore's Chinatown. It cuts across the Chinatown area from southwest to northeast, intersected by Temple Street and Smith Street. On the south side it connects with Sago Lane while on the north side it continues as Trengganu Street beyond the intersection with Temple Street.
Sago Street today
Author: Terence Ong (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
As with Sago Lane, Sago Street has been around since the 19th century. It got its name from the sago factories located in the area, when that part of town was a manufacturing hub for sago flour, arouond the 1840's.
By the end of the 19th century, the character of the area has become more urbanised and built up. It has become the seedy side of Singapore, for it was here that prostitution dens came to occupy the streets. There was a Tua Pek Kong temple here as well, so the local called the street the "little Tua Pek Kong street".
Today this part of Singapore has been gentrified and made touristy. The town houses have been readapted to present-day use as restaurants, pubs and shops selling souvenirs. The street itself is thick with street vendors.
Location of Sago Street
Let me show you Sago Street on Google Map. Click here.Learn more about the Streets of Singapore
If you wish to learn more about the streets of Singapore, I recommend that you get a copy of the Toponymics: A Study of Singapore Street Names (Geography & Environment Research)
by Victor R. Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (Eastern Universities Press by Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 981 210 364 3). It helped me a lot in broadening my knowledge of the streets, and made it more fun when I explored and get to know them personally.
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