Ten national monuments are located within the Museum Planning Area, namely the Armenian Church, the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Cathay Building (now The Cathay), the Central Fire Station, the House of Tan Yeok Nee, the MacDonald House, the Old Tao Nan School (Peranakan Museum), the National Museum of Singapore, the Old Hill Street Police Station and the Singapore Art Museum/Former Saint Joseph's Institution.

Other historical sites include: The Museum Planning Area is bordered by Rochor to the northeast, the Downtown Core to the southeast, the Singapore River Area to the southwest, River Valley to the west and Newton and Orchard to the northwest.

Two buildings here, both designed by local firm WOHA, have also been awarded at the World Architecture Festival: SOTA, in 2010 in the learning category, and Bras Basah MRT station, a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line (CCL), in 2009 in the transport category.

Like Telok Ayer Street, it also features them in close proximity to each other: along Waterloo Street and its preluding path there stand the Buddhist Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, the Hindu Sri Krishnan Temple, the Jewish Maghain Aboth synagogue and the Catholic Church of Saints Peter & Paul.

Furthermore, the concept of living within the Central Area had gained popularity, and up-market skyscraper condominiums could be built.

The URA replied that several plots of land had been sold for residential-commercial mixed use, and that more housing developments were to be planned and constructed.

Furthermore, a hotel development at the foot of Fort Canning Hill near the junction of Clemenceau Avenue and River Valley Road is in the planning stages, and is meant to be a retreat from urban living "amidst lush greenery".

The Museum Planning Area is served by four Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations: Dhoby Ghaut, Bras Basah, Fort Canning and Bencoolen.

Furthermore, a new road network has been put in place to ensure smooth traffic flow after the full development of land around the MRT Stations.

A web of underpasses and covered walkways will link Orchard, the Singapore River, Raffles City and Marina Centre.