As a Stacked reader so memorably said to us once: “If we don’t have room for golf and flats, we definitely don’t have room just to bury people in.” Singapore isn’t shy about building over graveyards anymore – at least not today (despite some definite taboos in our grandparents’ day). In fact, some of our most desirable property hotspots – including Bidadari, Bishan, Queenstown, Tiong Bahru, and Orchard – were once rows of headstones in the earth. In light of the current season, we’re taking a look at these areas and how they came to be: First, a quick note on the graveyard/property hotspot correlation It’s a little counterintuitive, and runs contrary to our instinct: why would a former graveyard end up being a successful and coveted estate? It’s practically the first rule of horror movies that “recycled = haunted,” so the connotations are strong. But there’s a reason hotspots like Bishan, Bidadari, Tiong Bahru, Queenstown, and Orchard all had cemeteries worth clearing....