This postcard shows several tourist attractions in the Central Business District (CBD). The 63-storey Overseas Union Bank (OUB) Centre (right) was erected as part of the government’s urban renewal plans for the CBD area located on the south bank of the Singapore River. Built at a cost of $500 million to house the bank’s headquarters, the 280-metre-high structure was then the tallest building in Asia and the eleventh highest in the world when it was completed in November 1986. The Pinnacle was a fine dining restaurant-cum-supper club serving Chinese and Western cuisine that was located on the 60th floor of the OUB Centre. The Pinnacle overtook the Compass Rose restaurant at the Westin Stamford hotel in Raffles City as the highest restaurant in Asia when it opened in December 1986. Besides offering panoramic views of the city skyline, the restaurant also displayed antiques in glass showcases for guests to admire.The Change Alley Aerial Plaza was a shopping complex consisting of a revolving tower, a look-out deck for tourists, and a shopping arcade housed within an overhead walkway linking Clifford Pier to Clifford Centre. Built in the mid 1970s, the skeletal structure with its distinctive tower soon became a defining landmark on the Collyer Quay waterfront. In 1978, the Red Lantern restaurant serving oriental cuisine was opened inside the Plaza’s revolving tower. It was then the third revolving restaurant operating in Singapore, with the other two located at the Mandarin Hotel and Prima Tower.
