ION Orchard
Landmark luxury mall at the top of Orchard Road, wrapped in a faceted glass monocoque facade.
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About this audio guide
This guide to ION Orchard starts with today's glass facade and works backward through the ground beneath it: a park informally claimed by Filipino domestic workers on Sundays, a police station that stood on this corner for sixty years, and further back, the nutmeg and spice plantations that gave Orchard Road its name. You'll hear how each era gave way to the next. Stand at Orchard Turn and listen for how many pasts are stacked beneath the glass.
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