Finlayson Green (Chinese:芬礼逊埔) is a street and a traffic island in
Downtown Core
The Downtown Core is the historical and downtown centre of the city-state of Singapore and the main commercial area in Singapore excluding reclaimed lands with many integrated resorts such as the Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive build ...
,
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
, connecting the junctions of
Robinson Road, Cecil Street and
Collyer Quay
Collyer Quay () is a road in Downtown Core, Singapore that starts after Fullerton Road and ends at the junction of Raffles Quay, Finlayson Green and Marina Boulevard. The road houses several landmarks namely, Clifford Pier, Change Alley, Hit ...
and the junctions of Raffles Quay and
Marina Boulevard
Marina Boulevard is a road in Singapore running along the western side of Marina Bay, Singapore, Marina Bay in the Downtown Core district. Starting at Raffles Place intersecting with Collyer Quay and running south, there are a number of landmark ...
. The traffic island is located between
Collyer Quay
Collyer Quay () is a road in Downtown Core, Singapore that starts after Fullerton Road and ends at the junction of Raffles Quay, Finlayson Green and Marina Boulevard. The road houses several landmarks namely, Clifford Pier, Change Alley, Hit ...
, Raffles Quay and the street Finlayson Green. It was named after John Finlayson, the Chairman of the
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company
The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, (1864–1905), the forerunner of today's Maritime & Port Authority, was founded by Guthrie and Company and Tan Kim Ching. The company was expropriated by the Government in 1905 who replaced it with the Tanjong Pa ...
between 1883 and 1895.
See also
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Raffles Place
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the River, mouth of the Singapore River. It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone o ...
, a major city square adjacent to the green
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Downtown Core (Singapore)
Roads in Singapore