Capitol Building

The front facade of the Capitol Building anchors the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road across from Raffles City. Once known as the Namazie Mansions, it now houses the Capitol Kempinski Hotel. Right behind it is the old Capitol Theatre, one of the grandest theatres in Singapore in the 1930s.

During the Japanese Occupation, the Mansions' adjoined theatre operated under the name Kyo-Ei Gekijo, the theatre's English-language movies were later forbidden by the Japanese after a few months and replaced them with their own films and orchestras. The theatre operated until 1944, when a bomb planted by the anti-Japanese resistance damaged it and the Mansions itself.

More details on the heritage building here.

Etchr Accordion Sketchbook
Size: 520 x 210mm