Our brains work in mysterious ways - one of them is the reluctance to re-learn old tricks.

The same goes for assigning new names to buildings/locations/roads. We continue to stick with names we are familiar with.

Here are some examples of names we refuse to give up:

1.

What it is called: Wheelock Place

What it will always be known as to Gen Ys: Borders

What it will always be known as to Gen Xs: Lane Crawford

2.

What it is called: Bugis Plus

What it will always be known as: Illuma

3.

What it is called: Thomson Plaza

What it will always be known as to Gen Ys and Xs: Yaohan

4.

What the entire area is called: Singapore Sports Hub

What it will always be known as: National Stadium

5.

What it is called: The MCCY and MCI Building

What it will always be known as to old taxi uncles: Old Hill Street Police Station

What it will always be known as to the rest of us: That building with all the colourful windows

6.

What it is called: NUS Bukit Timah Campus

What it will always be known as to SMU Alumni: The old SMU

What it will always be known as to some teachers: The old NIE

What it will always be known as to really old Singaporeans: Raffles College or old NUS

7.

What it is called: The cafe at that fire station

What it will always be known as: The old Bukit Timah Fire Station

8.

What it is called: The Heeren

What it will always be known as to Gen Ys: HMV

What it will probably be known as to Gen Zs: The Atas Robinsons

9.

What it is called: The Singapore Art Museum

What it will always be known as to older Singaporeans: The old SJI (St. Joseph's Institution)

10.

What younger Singaporeans call this: CBD / Shenton Way / City

What it will always be known as to older Chinese Singaporeans: 坡底 (town area)

11.

What it is called: Waterloo Street

What it will always be known as to older Singaporeans: 四马路 (the fourth road).

What it will always be known as to younger Singaporeans: Chinatown

If you are interested in the old names of roads in Singapore and their modern day equivalents, head over to this informative article written by Remembering Singapore.

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