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Gentrification * Fewer places 'with character' like Holland V

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June 10, 2025

A sense of nostalgia swept over me as I read the article (Empty shops, boarded windows: Has Holland Village lost its mojo?, June 7)

- Teo Eng Keat Julian

Gentrification * Fewer places 'with character' like Holland V

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As a teenager who went to school nearby in the 1990s and subsequently, navigated a budding social life as a young adult in the early 2000s, "Holland V" has always held a special place in my heart.

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