I believe not many young people nowadays know about the old image of Centrepoint back in the 90s. Well to be quite honest, I didn't either, until my parents briefly talked about it in a conversation we had quite some time ago. To them, Centrepoint was a place that they frequented in the weekends, a family mall which was packed with shoppers on the weekends. Families could rest at Macdonalds over at the mall, which was frequently filled with shoppers who wanted to rest or grab a bite, and a variety of shops selling many different things made up the shopping mall.
Also, Centrepoint was extremely famous for its beautiful award-winning Christmas decorations annually, winning the title of 'Best Decorated Building' organised by The Tourism Boad for two years consecutively and earning a reputation of having the best Christmas decorations as well.
Wanting to get a feel of the atmosphere then, I went to the National Archives of Singapore to check if they had any records of Centrepoint in the 90s. There are a few photos of the mall back in the early 90s which give a rough idea of what it was like back then, however due to copyright issues I can't publish them here so for anyone that's interested please go and take a look at the collections of photos there. Of course, you don't have to go down specially for that, just head over to their online gallery (http://www.a2o.com.sg) and type in Centrepoint 1990-2000 in the time frame, select photographs and enjoy!
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