Marine Parade is where my grandparent's house is located and where I spent most of my childhood. From kindergarten to secondary school, I would always go to their house after school to eat lunch and/or dinner, as well as to do my homework etc. It is like a second home to me as I spent a lot of time here. On the weekends, my grandmother would bring my cousins and me to Parkway Parade to eat brunch and have a walk. Parkway Parade has been there since I was born and as it’s the closest mall, it was the only place I could go to buy things.
Marine Parade is a planning area and residential estate located in the Central Region of Singapore. Straddling the tip of the southeastern coast of Pulau Ujong, Marine Parade serves as a buffer between the Central and East regions of the city-state. Bordering it are the planning areas of Geylang to the north, Kallang to the northwest, Bedok to the northeast, Marina East to the southwest and the Singapore Straits to the south.
Marine Parade's early history can be associated with the precinct of Katong. Throughout the early to mid 20th century, the area was a heaven for the wealthy Peranakan community of Singapore. Katong witnessed a growth in Straits Chinese culture, developing a distinctive architecture style and even becoming the place of origin for the renowned Katong Laksa dish. Marine Parade as it is known today, mainly consists of housing flats along the southernmost points of the estate, which were built in the 1970s after the reclamation of the island's east coast.
The main public housing estate comprises 58 blocks of HDB flats. The public estate is bisected by the arterial Still Road South that provides access to the major highway, East Coast Parkway, leading to the city area and to Singapore Changi Airport.
Marine Parade will be served by the Mass Rapid Transit network when its station on the Thomson-East Coast Line stage four opens by 2023.
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