Today, we’re heading back east, but to District 16 instead of Katong. We’re touring Lucky View, which is part of a network of streets all named Lucky (Lucky Heights, Lucky View, Lucky Crescent etc.)
As shown above, it’s in between Spring Park Estate and Parbury Avenue, two landed estates we toured a while back. One thing that stood out about both landed enclaves was their elevation: it was quite a trek walking up Parbury Avenue, and some of the houses on Spring Park Avenue had an amazing elevated view of the road below. With a name like Lucky View, I’m expecting more of the same today, but let’s see!
Before we start the walkabout, here’s the Master Plan of the area: as you can see the immediate area is mostly landed houses, save for a few low-rise apartments (zoned 1.4, which means a limit of five storeys.) There are also a few schools nearby: Temasek JC, Temasek Primary School, Temasek Secondary School...