Located at Tiong Bahru, Block 78 Guan Chuan Street, this little known wartime civilian bomb shelter, is now open for tours organised by the National Heritage Boar (NHB). The tours is part of NHB's planned event to mark the 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore to the Japanese invaders in 1942 during WWII. There will also be a community exhibition at the nearby Tiong Bahru market.

The tours are scheduled to begin February 2012, every Saturdays at 10am and 11am. Each tour last an hour. The public can register for the tours by sending an email to: lee_bee_cheng [at] nhb.gov.sg

Bukit Brown Cemetery, located between Lornie Road and the Pan Island Expressway, was earmarked for redevelopment as early as 1991. The cemetery dates back to the 1890s and is the resting place for many of Singapore's early settlers and well known pioneers.

In September 2011, the Land Transport Authority announced that a new expressway, parallel to Lornie Road will be built cutting across the 86 ha site. More than 5000 graves will be affected. Exhumation will begin in a year's time.

The body was that of Indonesian maid Ruliwayati, who worked for a family living on the 6th floor of the block. A Bangladeshi maintenance worker is alleged to have murdered her and dumped her body in the tank. The PUB has since flushed, washed and sterilized all the affected tanks. Water supply to the block has been restored. PUB reassured residents that the water is now safe for consumption.