Makati City for a start....

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/pd3e697a4cf7b3a56c1b565220210ed0b/f8556984.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p7661324a872d69d20f5a71b000abffee/f8989e58.jpg

PBCom Tower looking good! :cool:

And here are hubzilla's amazing photos:

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2184.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2166.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2203.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2202.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2204.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2205.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2212.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2207.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2208.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2209.jpg

http://www.gvsdestoroyah.com/HPIM2211.jpg

Picture boybaha found:

http://www.vikochka.com/philippines/manila.jpg

Edmundtanso's pictures:

http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/4787087-L.jpg

http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001330-L.jpg

http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001325-L.jpg

http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001326-L.jpg

Makati with a little bit of Mandaluyong:
http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/4787084-L.jpg

http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/4787104-L.jpg

Manila:
http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001327-L.jpg

Makati have a not bad skyline. i like Edmundtanso's pictures:)

Whoa!!!!!!!!! Neat! Incredible..

Can someone please tell me what's the relationship between Manila, Makati and Quezon City? Are they different cities in the same metro area?

:eek2: great pics!!

i realized metro manila looks very misty

like that:
http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001327-L.jpg
http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001325-L.jpg

night pics are awesome.

Wow! I love GreyX's first pic :)

What is this thing in the center? a haze tornado?
http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001327-L.jpg

keren!!

WOW!
Simply Amazing! I'm speechless
Phillippines GO GO! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

wow. nice thread. dunno such thing exists outside the philippine forums. why add the manila pic though? i thought it's a makati city thread.

Whoa!!!!!!!!! Neat! Incredible..

Can someone please tell me what's the relationship between Manila, Makati and Quezon City? Are they different cities in the same metro area?

Manila, Makati City and Quezon City are just three of the eight or so component cities that make up the Philippines' National Capital Region called Metro Manila.

The pace of urban development in Metro Manila has been so frenetic the past few years that some areas in the outlying provinces have been annexed into it.

It was an eyeopener, seeing pictures of Manila metro area. It must be one of the least talked about skylines in Asia. Definitely more impressive than Mumbai.

^ i know.. why is it so unknown? its a shame that Makati and Metro-Manila is treated like sum sorta disease (i'm baffled to y it is tho :s)..

ANYWAY! heres an OLD pic of the skyline i took from NAIA1 on my way back to london, AGES ago.. i found it lying in my old website dir LMAO.. it lay forgotten there all these years :D.. i dont have a scanner, so i cant scan the newer pics (i scaned this at my college bout a yr ago.. but its from '99 i think :lol: ):
http://www.angelfire.com/ab2/amadu/mkt.dat

(all the people think i was takin pics of them LMAO..)

arrr...this unknow city has a better skyline than toronto!! :bleep:

What is this thing in the center? a haze tornado?
http://edmundtanso.smugmug.com/photos/5001327-L.jpg

It's A river...Pasig River

he means that in the middle of the picture there is something white that looks like a small tornado or something

arrr...this unknow city has a better skyline than toronto!! :bleep:

Manila (and the Metro areas) is not in the least bit "unknown." Manila is one of the major world capitals in Asia. :)

By "unknown", I think he meant Makati because this component city of Metro Manila is indeed not familiar to many people outside of the Philippines.

yup... Makati city is a component city of the Nat'l Capital Region which is adjacent to the Philippine capital, Manila. The National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila is composed of the following cities....

Manila - the Capital City
Quezon City - the old capital city and the largest city in NCR
Makati City - the financial district
Pasig City
Mandaluyong City
Pasay City
Paranaque City
Muntinlupa City
Taguig City
Caloocan City
Las Piñas City
Malabon City
and municipalities of
San Juan
Pateros
Navotas

the skyscrapers are generally concentrated in the cities of Makati, Pasig, Mandaluyong and Manila with some on the other cities...

here is a picture of Mandaluyong
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pefb818ae273aa33f2b9a8a0f52736bc3/f82e589b.jpg

and the Ortigas Center (the 2nd largest financial center of Metro Manila at the borders of Mandaluyong, Pasig and Quezon Cities)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pc7f6075eeaef469339f072eeca0c2e1d/f82e5cb4.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pddf1509ed758375683a7105c4af39eac/f82e5c66.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p45359737cd7d465ada081d6d38b80e8b/f82e5c41.jpg

@luis4083... yes.. that is the Pasig River in that Picture

Thanks pau_p1 for the pictures of Mandaluyong City.

Maybe the title of this thread should be changed to "Metro Manila Pictures" so that we could also include cityscape pictures of other cities in Metro Manila with large concentrations of skyscrapers.

That way our friends from all over the world can see what the national capital region of the Philippines is like.

good idea! so we can also put pictures of places of interests in the metro area...

yeah.. that would be a good idea... but how could we do that?

yup... Makati city is a component city of the Nat'l Capital Region which is adjacent to the Philippine capital, Manila. The National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila is composed of the following cities....

Manila - the Capital City
Quezon City - the old capital city and the largest city in NCR
Makati City - the financial district
Pasig City
Mandaluyong City
Pasay City
Paranaque City
Muntinlupa City
Taguig City
Caloocan City
Las Piñas City
Malabon City
and municipalities of
San Juan
Pateros
Navotas

I think they should scrap the name "city" after the city component names; its highly confusing and irregular normal terminology of city-components worldwide..

London for instance isnt one large city, its a Metro region like MM, but there is no big emphasizing of fragmenting the many cities and boroughs here that make up what is officially known as "Greater London". there are some areas here (literally towns with their own administration) that even share counties (provinces) between Greater London and others, for instance where i live (Mitcham) shares counties between Greater London and Surrey, but even officially it is termed as "London". Noone over tries to make London seem a fragmented metro, and that helps to project the image of London being one large strong unified city to the rest fo the world... They had also done this with most of the major cities on earth like Tokyo, Paris, L.A, Bangkok and HK.. they are all small component cities all joined to each other, just like MM, but through the terminology used to refer to these "cities", the rest of the world view them as large single cities. i think MM should do the same thing. it clears confusion that many non-pinoys have when referring to what the capital of the philippines should be called. :D

Even on SSC, u can see the confusion so many non-pinoys have when refering to MM; some classify it as a province and so believe it shouldnt be in the same league as the so-called "megacities" of K.L, Bangkok, Jakarta, Tokyo... When it comes to scrapers and skylines, many countries classify their metro-areas skyline to be one unified thing; but phils is the only place where a component is used as a separate skyline... wouldnt it be better to say "Metro-Manila" skyline rather than "Makati city skyline" "Mandaluyong city skyline" blabla.. If the other countries followed the MM train of thought, then a city like Tokyo will have to break up its component cities skylines too like "Shinjuku skyline" "Shibuya skyline" etc instead of the well known term "Tokyo Metro Skyline".. LOL

if Makati city was just called "makati" and Mandaluyong city just called "Mandaluyong", that would probably clear ALTO fo confusion non-filipino forumers may have :lol:

i'm all for an unoffical name of "Manila" to cover the cities... i dunno why MM is the only city on earth i kno that tries to emphasize the fragmentation of its cities than try to emphasize their unity :D

well Metro Manila is indeed officially Manila internationally.... :D

well I think that the difference would come that Metro Manila is indeed made of component cities unlike other major metropolises that they are composed of districts or burroughs or counties... :D

and Metro Manila is a unified region under the National Capital Region of the Philippines... so internationally when spoken of Manila... it denotes the General Manila Area or Metro Manila.... and not Manila City per se... :D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/pd7a1659e44d5485ae15d72dab0a5ba44/f7dfb23f.jpg

Makati skyline as seen from Quezon City on board the LRT2...

dagdag lang:

pasay city - sin city
muntinlupa - prison city
mandaluyong - lunatic city
pateros - balut town
valenzuela - flood city?

ok sorry. biro lang po.

arrr...this unknow city has a better skyline than toronto!! :bleep:
Therefore,Toronto is more developed. :)

Wow! I love GreyX's first pic :)

What is this thing in the center? a haze tornado?
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smoggy days.

Great pics, thanks for sharing. :)

the skyline is amazing but definitely not better then Toronto. If you count all of Toronto it has a better skyline.

ive always been happy with Makatis skyline :)

dagdag lang:

pasay city - sin city
muntinlupa - prison city
mandaluyong - lunatic city
pateros - balut town
valenzuela - flood city?

ok sorry. biro lang po.

dapat valenzuela or malabon or navota- venice of the orient para sosi :lol:

dapat valenzuela or malabon or navota- venice of the orient para sosi :lol:

Doesn't Bangkok already have that distinction? :?

I think they should scrap the name "city" after the city component names; its highly confusing and irregular normal terminology of city-components worldwide..

London for instance isnt one large city, its a Metro region like MM, but there is no big emphasizing of fragmenting the many cities and boroughs here that make up what is officially known as "Greater London". there are some areas here (literally towns with their own administration) that even share counties (provinces) between Greater London and others, for instance where i live (Mitcham) shares counties between Greater London and Surrey, but even officially it is termed as "London". Noone over tries to make London seem a fragmented metro, and that helps to project the image of London being one large strong unified city to the rest fo the world... They had also done this with most of the major cities on earth like Tokyo, Paris, L.A, Bangkok and HK.. they are all small component cities all joined to each other, just like MM, but through the terminology used to refer to these "cities", the rest of the world view them as large single cities. i think MM should do the same thing. it clears confusion that many non-pinoys have when referring to what the capital of the philippines should be called. :D

Even on SSC, u can see the confusion so many non-pinoys have when refering to MM; some classify it as a province and so believe it shouldnt be in the same league as the so-called "megacities" of K.L, Bangkok, Jakarta, Tokyo... When it comes to scrapers and skylines, many countries classify their metro-areas skyline to be one unified thing; but phils is the only place where a component is used as a separate skyline... wouldnt it be better to say "Metro-Manila" skyline rather than "Makati city skyline" "Mandaluyong city skyline" blabla.. If the other countries followed the MM train of thought, then a city like Tokyo will have to break up its component cities skylines too like "Shinjuku skyline" "Shibuya skyline" etc instead of the well known term "Tokyo Metro Skyline".. LOL

if Makati city was just called "makati" and Mandaluyong city just called "Mandaluyong", that would probably clear ALTO fo confusion non-filipino forumers may have :lol:

i'm all for an unoffical name of "Manila" to cover the cities... i dunno why MM is the only city on earth i kno that tries to emphasize the fragmentation of its cities than try to emphasize their unity :D

Officially, each component, like Makati, is a real city run by a Mayor and has its own ordinancies. Greater Manila has more than a dozen Mayors. Each city and town in Greater Manila has distinct borders and this is why Filipinos cannot view Greater Manila as just one single city because it is really is not a single city. Bangkok is, KL is, New York is, Manila is...but not Greater Manila. Manila (run a Mayor) by itself is very small, just over 40 sq. km. New York City (run by just one Mayor as well) by itself is over 800 sq. km. Greater New York -- a very huge agglomeration of cities such as Boston, New Jersey, Philadelphia, DC and who knows what else -- cannot be viewed as a single city, can it?

The agglomeration that is Greater Manila is just like the agglomeration that is Greater New York but only in a tiny scale so one might assume it as just one city. Here's a list of legitimate Cities and Towns composing Greater Manila Area:

Greater Manila

Cities/Towns Population, 2000

Angono Rizal 74,668
Antipolo Rizal 470,866
Bacoor Cavite 305,699
Biñan Laguna 201,186
Cainta Rizal 242,511
Caloocan NCR 1,177,604
Cavite City Cavite 99,367
Dasmariñas Cavite 379,520
Imus Cavite 195,482
Las Piñas NCR 472,780
Makati NCR 444,867
Malabon NCR 338,855
Malolos Bulacan 175,291
Mandaluyong NCR 278,474
Manila NCR 1,581,082
Marikina NCR 391,170
Meycauayan Bulacan 163,037
Montalban Rizal 115,167
Muntinlupa NCR 379,310
Navotas NCR 230,403
Obando Bulacan 52,906
Parañaque NCR 449,811
Pasay NCR 354,908
Pasig NCR 505,058
Pateros NCR 57,407
Quezon City NCR 2,173,831
San Juan NCR 117,680
Sn Jose del Monte Bulacan 315,807
Santa Rosa Laguna 185,633
San Pedro Laguna 231,403
Taguig NCR 467,375
Taytay Rizal 198,183
Valenzuela NCR 485,433

Total 13,312,774 (est 2005 pop: 14, 550, 000)

NCR or National Capital Area is the official name of Metropolitan Manila created by former President Marcos so that his wife could run the region as its first and last Governor. The other cities and towns not incuded in NCR are those not officially included in the metro area, but due to their proximity (read: just a step away outside the official metro's borders), they are now recognized as part of the agglomeration. Cities and Towns inside the NCR are the only ones without a province. The others belong to their respective provinces like Laguna, Cavite, Bulacan and Rizal.

But I do agree -- the whole area should just be called Manila. The whole world knows Manila better than the Philippines itself. And it should have just one skyline. My point is -- you can't blame the Filipinos if they want to fragmentize their cities.

makati city by night
by dudz
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/enriquezdave/m3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/enriquezdave/m2.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/enriquezdave/m4.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/enriquezdave/m5.jpg

not bad~

guys is Makati same as Manila ??

can someone explain thanks :)

guys is Makati same as Manila ??

can someone explain thanks :)

Makati is not the same as Manila. But it is a part of Metro Manila.

guys is Makati same as Manila ??

can someone explain thanks :)

Makati and Manila proper (the capital) are both independent cities with their own city governments within Metro Manila. :colgate:

But if you look at it, Makati is like Metro Manila's city center. It's the downtown. I've been to Makati, the skyline may not be as great as HK but it looks modern though

yes, Makati CBD is one of the main business districts of Metro Manila, second is Ortigas Center, then last is along the Bay Area. other cities within the metro have their own CBD's as well although they are not as big and as busy as those of Makati and Ortigas.

cubao, QC

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Great Photos.

http://www.realestatemovers.com/152_5254%20-%20resized.JPG

Enjoy! :okay:

Makati CBD
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3/abercromb24/metromanilaskyline02-lowres.jpg

Makati+Manila+Pasay Pano
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3/abercromb24/metromanilaskyline04-lowres.jpg

dapat valenzuela or malabon or navota- venice of the orient para sosi :lol:


wahahaha! i like you guys!!!:nuts:

Makati is great and dense.:cheers:

Whoa!!!!!!!!! Neat! Incredible..

Can someone please tell me what's the relationship between Manila, Makati and Quezon City? Are they different cities in the same metro area?

Manila City, Makati City, Quezon City, Pasig City, Taguig City and about 9 more cities and towns are part of Metropolitan Manila a.k.a. Metro Manila or National Capital Region (NCR). Each of the cities and towns within Metro Manila has its own local government unit headed by a mayor (with vice mayor and city councilors); as a group they comprise the Metro Manila Council a.k.a. Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng NCR. :D

can someone update this thread please....

Makati City thread under Philippine forums (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=644163)

another makati city thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=726362)

w:eek2:w nice.. soon to be NYC