A while back, I toured the Kovan landed estate and summed it up as an area that was well-connected and bustling, but lacking a cohesive residential feel. (It felt more like a group of houses that just happened to be located near each other, due to the large number of vehicles travelling in and out of the area.)
A reader, Vincent, then left this comment: “Your walk-about is at the wrong or worse side of landed cluster of Kovan. It is quite messy at the North Kovan area. You should go to Charlton Park area…” So I decided to follow Vincent’s advice and go back to “South Kovan” for a second look and, you know what, he was right!
Join me in today’s walkabout to see how much nicer this part of Kovan is!
The area we are viewing today is around Aroozoo Park: between Block 231 Hougang (HDB estate), Jalan Pelikat, Jalan Mastuli and Hougang St. 21. I had...