The Ellison Building is a historical building at the corner of Selegie Road and Bukit Timah Road. It was erected in 1924 by Isaac Ellison, a prominent member of the Jewish community of Singapore. In August 2016, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Land Transport Authority announced that one of the building's units would be demolished and reconstructed to make way for the construction of the North-South Corridor.
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The building is one of three buildings in the area to feature the Star of David on its exterior.[1]
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- ^ https://www.timeout.com/singapore/blog/part-of-the-historic-ellison-building-will-be-torn-down-to-make-way-for-an-underground-expressway-102416
- ^ https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/protecting-ellison-building-talks-progress
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/a-larger-part-of-ellison-building-to-be-saved-from-demolition-and-reconstruction
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/lta-and-ura-reviewing-plans-to-tear-down-part-of-historic-ellison-building
- ^ https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1123638
- ^ https://mothership.sg/2016/10/the-ellison-building-might-not-need-to-be-demolished-for-the-north-south-corridor-after-all/
- ^ https://mothership.sg/2016/08/yet-another-heritage-site-part-of-it-is-making-way-for-your-cars/
- ^ https://mothership.sg/2016/09/demolishing-reconstructing-ellison-building-is-wrong-professional-heritage-practitioners-in-spore-explain/
- ^ https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/impact-north-south-corridor-ellison-building-will-be-minimised
- ^ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20161020-1.2.8.4
- ^ Building with long history (18 August 2016)
- ^ Tunnel works to affect heritage building (18 August 2016)