Located next to the famous Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, the street was once known as "Street of the Dead" as it acted as a hospice for poor Chinese immigrants who are terminally ill or dying. They also provide a place for singles who had no one to care for them. Activities associated with the dead like selling of coffins, joss sticks, candles, funeral clothes and appliances as well as paper models and luxury items for the next world, were later demolished in 1961 and make way for the Chinatown Complex, which was built in 1972. Next to it stand the new Buddha Tooth Relic Temple.