Today, we’re back in the East again for our landed estate exploration. This time at Fowlie Road.
It’s been raining almost every day, so it was a little tricky to find a day clear enough to do one of these landed enclave walkabouts. You may be wondering what my logistical difficulties have to do with this series about landed houses – well, given how much rain we’ve had lately, one of the things I was concerned about was obviously flooding.
According to this NLB article, at least part of Fowlie Road is low lying. The nearby Onan Road was prone to flash floods in the past, but there have been less of these today compared to the ’70s. You can find out about heavy rain warnings here. I did a Google News search for “Fowlie Road flooding” but no recent news came up.
Before we start our wanderings, let’s take a look at the map of the area.
As you can see from the map, this is a part of Singapore we’ve been to a few times: see my earlier mention of Onan Road for the link to our Onan Road landed estate tour. Fowlie Road runs parallel to East Coast Road and connects Joo Chiat Road and a linear green park.
I really like its proximity to the green space. There is also a “shortcut” to Tanjong Katong Primary School which is only about a five minute walk away.
The streets in this neighbourhood are laid out in a grid pattern and most of the streets generally follow a north-south orientation. But Fowlie Road is among a handful in this estate that follow a somewhat West-East orientation.
