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Emerald Hill is a quiet residential street just off the commercial bustle of Orchard Road, lined with over 100 beautifully preserved Peranakan terrace houses from the early 1900s. Their ornate facades — colourful ceramic tiles, carved timber doors, louvered shutters, and wrought-iron balconies — form one of Singapore's finest concentrations of Straits-Chinese architecture.
Developed in the early 20th century by wealthy Peranakan families, the street was gazetted as a conservation area in 1981 — one of the first in Singapore. Many houses have since been meticulously restored, and the street was awarded the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Architectural Heritage Award.