Brickfields: past future perfect?

It’s a melting pot of history and culture, but will upcoming projects be kind to this thriving urban enclave?

I HAVE always loved Brickfields. I once had the honour of sharing some digs with several self-professed underground musicians, and we rented a few apartments in Brickfields. Some of them felt such affinity for the place that they coined our little community the Republik of Brickfields and went on to form a band with that name, too.