The New 7th Storey Hotel
| The New 7th Storey Hotel, Singapore | |
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| 七层楼酒店 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Closed & Demolished |
| Type | Hotel |
| Architectural style | Medium-rise |
| Location | Downtown Core, Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°17′56.7″N 103°51′24.8″E / 1.299083°N 103.856889°ECoordinates: 1°17′56.7″N 103°51′24.8″E / 1.299083°N 103.856889°E |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 9 |
| Lifts/elevators | 1 elevator |
| Website | |
| nsshotel.com | |
The New 7th Storey Hotel was a budget hotel located on Rochor Road in the Downtown Core of Singapore.
The New 7th Storey Hotel was established in 1953. The founder of the hotel, Wee Thiam Siew, spotted the potential for a hotel business on its current site in the early 1950s. Wee also owned the Ban Leong Group. At that time, there was an influx of immigrants and European businessmen.
The then five-star hotel did well and became prominent. It was the tallest standing structure in the Beach Road area, and offered panoramic views of the beach. It was commonly used as a landmark by drivers to locate the lower Rochor vicinity. With the advent of land reclamation in the 1970s and 1980s, the seascapes gave way to flyovers. Following urbanisation directives, shophouses, a Chinese temple and pasar malam markets in the hotel's immediate surroundings were also pulled down. In the 1990s, the development of the high-rise skyscrapers in Marina Centre such as the Suntec City obscured the sea view that the hotel once enjoyed.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the building's top floor was the site of cha cha parties thrown by post-war British officers and graced by Singapore's veteran singer S. K. Poon. After Singapore's independence in 1965, most of the hotel's guests were traders from India and Indonesia. Since the Asian economic crisis of 1997, fewer traders have been putting themselves up at the hotel's rooms. Most guests now are backpackers from Europe and North America.
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