The Philippines: "Then and Now" Photos [Archive]

lumpia

May 23rd, 2004, 03:10 PM

i saw this on the net actually.. enjoy :D
Chinese Chow-chow in Manila, 1880's:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Noel's%20Images/chinese_chow-chow.jpg

Chinese Mestizo clothes, 1880's:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Noel's%20Images/chinese_mestizo_costume.jpg

On the bridge of spain, Manila, 1880's:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0041l.jpg

Ateneo de Manila, Manila, 1922:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/rizal/rizal2.jpg

Escolta (main commercial street) with "Carromotes" horse-driven tram, Manila, 1880's:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0044l.jpg

Group of Filipinos at market in Cavite, 1880's:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/fil591g.jpg

Marketplace alongside the Pasig River, Manila, 1899:
(this pic sorta reminds me of the floating markets in Bangkok today)
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0051l.jpg

View of the Pasig River and Paseo de Magallanes. Binondo, Manila, 1899:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0052l.jpg

Business corner, Manila (notice the "Bazar Japones" selling Japanese goods and the apparently Moro named "Al-Hajas" shop) 1898:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/mura345b.jpg

Arrow Fishermen (most probably Aeta), Pasig River, Manila, 1898:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/mura322b.jpg

Malacanang Palace and River Pasig, Manila 1898:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/mura366a.jpg

Typical Nipa Hut in Suburbs, Manila (the original "bahay kubo" LOL) 1898:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/mura420b.jpg

High class Tagalog girls, 1880's:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0011l.jpg

Calamba Milk-woman, 1880's:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0012l.jpg

Working Women, 1880's:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0016l.jpg

Lepanto Igorot women weaving, Mountain Province, Luzon. 1902:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/jenks84l.jpg

Town of Alberique. Davao, Mindanao, 1880's:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/pop0002l.jpg

Kat-Yu'-Fong widow's house of the Bontok people, Bontoc. 1902:
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/pop/jenks37l.jpg

lumpia

May 23rd, 2004, 03:10 PM

weirdo

May 23rd, 2004, 03:23 PM

wow astig. ung asa likod ng ateneo sa isang pic san agustin un db? astig. buhay pa ung mataas na thing sa left.

weirdo

May 23rd, 2004, 03:23 PM

wow astig. ung asa likod ng ateneo sa isang pic san agustin un db? astig. buhay pa ung mataas na thing sa left.

renell

May 23rd, 2004, 04:31 PM

hm.. i remember seeing the ruins of an Ateneo building in Intramuros. baka ito na yun.

renell

May 23rd, 2004, 04:31 PM

hm.. i remember seeing the ruins of an Ateneo building in Intramuros. baka ito na yun.

Virtute

May 24th, 2004, 01:14 AM

Sorry for the Link. If you see there's a see Gallery link on that same page. Anyway, here are a few of many many pics.

Calle Rosario, Binondo 1900-1905:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/A%20typical%20Manila%20street%20scene%20Calle%20Rosario,%20Binondo.jpg

Calle Real de Manila 1900-1910:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/Calle%20Real%20de%20Manila.jpg

La Catedral de Manila 1900:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/catedral%20de%20manila.jpg

Church at Parañaque damaged by 10inch shell from a U.S. warship 1899:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/church%20at%20para%f1aque.jpg

Intramuros 1899:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/intramuros.jpg

Virtute

May 24th, 2004, 01:14 AM

mhe-ann

May 24th, 2004, 02:11 AM

ang galing naman. :applause:

mhe-ann

May 24th, 2004, 02:11 AM

ang galing naman. :applause:

Virtute

May 24th, 2004, 03:14 AM

Santa Cruz, Manila 1900-1910:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/Santa%20Cruz%20Manila,%20P.%20I.jpg

The Jesuits Optical Observatory in Ermita 1896:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/The%20Jesuits%20optical%20observatory%20in%20the%20Ermita%201896.jpg

Intramuros walls taken from the top of Manila Hotel:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/Wall%20city%20from%20top%20of%20Manila%20Hotel,%20Manila.jpg

Virtute

May 24th, 2004, 03:14 AM

Virtute

May 24th, 2004, 03:17 AM

Here's more.

Luneta Park 1900-1910. Looks like it was taken from the Manila Hotel? The water front would be on the right of the picture:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/La%20Luneta.jpg

Miguel Lopez de Legaspi Monument 1900-1910:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/Legaspi%20Monument%20near%20Luneta%20Manila,%20P.%20I%201900-1910.jpg

Manila Cathedral 1900:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/manila%20cathedral.jpg

Manila Hotel near Luneta 1900-1910:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/manila%20hotel.jpg

The old Santo Domingo (by architect Felix Rojas) in Intramuros that was one of Manila's first casualties of WW2; Japanese planes bombed it along with the Intendencia and other Walled City sites close to the Pasig in December, 1941. Too bad the Dominicans close to sell out after the war and move to Espana...the post-war church is no comparison:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/skyscrapers/Old%20Spanish%20church.%20Manila,%20P.%20I.%20San%20Sebastian%20church.jpg

Virtute

May 24th, 2004, 03:17 AM

renell

May 25th, 2004, 05:08 PM

wow @Manila Cathedral. it looks massive from the outside and the inside! too bad i wasn't able to go in.

the Miguel Lopez de Legaspi monument still stands right? i remember seeing something like that near Manila Hotel...

renell

May 25th, 2004, 05:08 PM

Edmundtanso

June 25th, 2004, 01:10 AM

beautiful!!!! thanks guys! i love it!

Edmundtanso

June 25th, 2004, 01:10 AM

beautiful!!!! thanks guys! i love it!

pau_p1

June 25th, 2004, 02:50 PM

pau_p1

June 25th, 2004, 02:50 PM

rico

June 25th, 2004, 05:55 PM

the clothes they used to wear would suggest that the philippines was less warm back then. am i correct? global warming i guess. hehehe

great pics. :D

rico

June 25th, 2004, 05:55 PM

the clothes they used to wear would suggest that the philippines was less warm back then. am i correct? global warming i guess. hehehe

great pics. :D

Virtute

June 28th, 2004, 10:02 AM

the clothes they used to wear would suggest that the philippines was less warm back then. am i correct? global warming i guess. hehehe

great pics. :D

LOL I'd doubt it but if you have pictures of your grandparents or older relatives, you notice how much more formal they were. I remember a picture of my grandfater in the early 1920's and he had a white suite on. I'm sure it's a thin fabric made of cotton. Having a three-piece-suit is suicidal LOL! Of course most ofthe pics they are posing so they wear something formal. I think in those days, taking your picture is a big event, you need to hire a photographer, have him come to your house and he sets up place to take a pic or you go to the photo studio and have your picture taken there.

These days, we all seem to have digital cameras now LOL.

Virtute

June 28th, 2004, 10:02 AM

Virtute

June 28th, 2004, 10:05 AM

wow... does that Jesuit Observatory still exists?... wow.. I didn't know we had this before......where would this supposed to be in Ermita?

and wow... so the trees at the sides of the Luneta park was just planted to make it look as forestlike as of today... plus... look at how Roxas boulevard used to look like... that thin strip of rough road....:D

Yah I noticed the same exact thing!

I was trying to find out if the Miguel Lopez de Legaspi monument still exist. I don't remember seeing this near or in front of the Manila Hotel anymore. Sad, it could be another casualty of WWII.

Virtute

June 28th, 2004, 10:05 AM

pau_p1

June 28th, 2004, 10:36 AM

yeah I agree... most pictures taken back then are formal ones... candid shots are not common... if you notice the common people in the streets... they wore something of light material... though most are long sleeved due to high conservatism back then...

maybe.. Manila is less warm than today because of the polution but still warm...

pau_p1

June 28th, 2004, 10:36 AM

Virtute

June 29th, 2004, 04:52 AM

I just remembered this pic posted by Lumpia:

http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/mura345b.jpg

Here's something interesting.

Basically I've seen the same exact picture from an old Philippine History book in the library years ago. At least 20 yrs ago. It was much clearer and bigger picture if I can remember it took a whole page (obviously the one shown here has reduced quality and smaller). What I remember though is the caption. It said something about the column of soldiers marching towards the right. Basically the caption said these were Spanish soldiers marching through towards the outskirts of Manila to fight the Filipino rebels/insurgents. Notice the Spanish flags draped downed on the windows. I guess to show support of the Spanish troops marching below.

Thought I'd just share this to you guys. Also to note that a lot of soldiers in the Spanish Army were Filipinos natives themselves. Some fought their own brothers in the early part of the Revolution. Eventually most Filipinos natives deserted and joined Aguinaldo's army or the revolutionaries.

Virtute

June 29th, 2004, 04:52 AM

pau_p1

June 29th, 2004, 05:59 AM

pau_p1

June 29th, 2004, 05:59 AM

Virtute

June 29th, 2004, 08:56 AM

virtute.. that was a nice historical backrounder for the picture... well i guess its in the nature of Filipinos to join the strong and fight against its brothers... it is evident to contemporary Filipinos who stripped their Filipino citizenship to join the US Army and US Navy to fight for Uncle Sam... some even came to Mindanao to join the Phil-US Military exercises...

I guess it's safe to say that some of these Filipinos who were in the Spanish Army (ie. 73rd All Filipino Regiment, but not the only all Filipino Regiment) that had a hand in helping defeat Aguinaldo, forcing the Revolucionarios to make a peace treaty and be exciled (Biak na Bato). They (Filipinos in the Spanish Army) finally woke up the second time and joined Aguinaldo when he came back from HongKong to restart the Revolution. Many paid with their lives defeating the Spanish and then losing to a new superior enemy, the Americans.

Also to note from what I heard according to Spanish historians, a large percentage of the Spanish sailors who died when U.S. Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay were actually Filipinos in the Spanish Navy.

I think the most traitorous part in the history of that era were the Macabebe Troops and the Filipino Constabulary Troops under the Americans who joined knowing they had to fight the remnants of Aguinaldo's guerilla army. This is totally a different situation and no excuse. That is why when the "Revolucionarios" who were composed of ordinary Filipino men and ex-Spanish Army soldiers, would sometimes write, "Traidor de la Patria," on the forehead of who they assassinate. Meaning Traitor of the country/mother-land.

Virtute

June 29th, 2004, 08:56 AM

Thunderflip

July 28th, 2004, 03:40 PM

Very classic.Reminds me of some European city.By the way,does the Miguel Lopez de Legaspi Monument still stand?It looks so beautiful,to be honest more beautiful than the Rizal Monument.Was it destoyed during WWII?Looking through these pics, you can see how far developed the nation was back then.We had an international port and links to the west, we almost had everything.Ahead of many Asian nations.If you would compare a Manila pic to a Tokyo image of the late 1800's, you would notice that the infastructure and development of the two nations were at par.What a shame,if Manila wasn't bombed during the war, it would have been another Rome, Prague or Budapest in terms of architecture.Too bad,we only have Intramuros left.It would have been wonderful if the heart of Manila would have been filled with Gothic churches, Spanish colonial houses, American-inspired neoclassical monument buildings and wide pedestrian alleys with huge and leafy trees that would cover you from the heat of the sun.To bad, the Manila we know today is full of slums,crowded, traffic highways,urban buildings, the last hideaway are the malls,which actually get pretty boring after a while.Sayang talaga.For me,these buildings were one of the biggest losses after the war.

Thunderflip

July 28th, 2004, 03:40 PM

Hawayano

August 9th, 2004, 03:29 AM

Virtute~
Thanks for posting the very informative and romantic pics. As most everyone else in here said, these show Manila when it had a wealth of attractions and was a more manageable city. Only one mis-ID: the neo-gothic church with the people riding calesas along the side: that's the old Santo Domingo (by architect Felix Rojas) in Intramuros that was one of Manila's first casualties of WW2; Japanese planes bombed it along with the Intendencia and other Walled City sites close to the Pasig in December, 1941. Too bad the Dominicans close to sell out after the war and move to Espana...the post-war church is no comparison.

Hawayano

August 9th, 2004, 03:29 AM

Virtute

August 9th, 2004, 07:10 AM

Virtute

August 9th, 2004, 07:10 AM

SunKing

August 9th, 2004, 08:31 AM

The Luneta:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/SunKing/luneta2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/SunKing/luneta.jpg

SunKing

August 9th, 2004, 08:31 AM

The Luneta:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/SunKing/luneta2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/SunKing/luneta.jpg

Thunderflip

September 19th, 2004, 08:59 PM

Manila Tram in Escolta circa 1900
http://pro.corbis.com/images/IH022103.jpg?size=67&uid={f69b152d-4f53-4fec-b41d-3c5c310ebe33}

Thunderflip

September 19th, 2004, 08:59 PM

Manila Tram in Escolta circa 1900
http://pro.corbis.com/images/IH022103.jpg?size=67&uid={f69b152d-4f53-4fec-b41d-3c5c310ebe33}

mysaong03

September 19th, 2004, 09:38 PM

i notice that girls, or most people in general has much darker skin tone compared to us or to our generation today (wala pa kasing bleach non, just kidding). well obviuosly, multi-racial na kasi tayo coz most of our grandparents (mostly those in the upper-middle class & urban areas) married mestizos.

yeah, those miniboats on the pics also resemble today's bangkok, meron din pala tayo nyan? it's amazing!!!

the old san juan de dios site is where my sch currently stands.(lyceum)

im starting to think 'what ifs' that would have then changed the course our history...

1 what if we werent colonized by spain? could we have ended up islamic? but what if other europeans other than spaniards colonized us??

2 what if spain has managed us in a good way?? -like teaching everyone to spaek spanish, & taught us effective governance & education like the americans, & the latter has never entered the picture? oh man, that cud hav been so weird...

2 what if WW2 never happened, & the 10-yr commonwealth transition has been successful? manila could have been really really nice maybe...

3 what if japan successfully invaded us & our neighbors, could japan & its colonies have ended up to be first world & ultra-modern as what the present japan is today??

4 what if ferdinand marcos havent declared martial law, & assuming either benigno aquino or osmena was elected the new president, could we have kept our status as the second richest in asia competing 'head-on' w/ japan, instead of japan facing south koreA???

wala lang... i know, some of u would find it not too sensible, but what if???

mysaong03

September 19th, 2004, 09:38 PM

Thunderflip

September 19th, 2004, 10:37 PM

You know, I've thought about that a gazillion times already. Even without bleaching, people of today tend to go lighter, it is because of evolution, people change physically.
Back then. where people were very dark-skinned and very native-looking, it is obvious why we were reffered as Indios.Today, most of us are refferes as Mongoloid Asians coy we kinda turned lighter and more oriental-looking due to the huge impact of Chinese immigrants to the country. It is obvious that today, almost every Filipino has
Hispanic, Chinese, Indian or American genes.

Those boats are legacies we inherited from the Malays, I dunno if they are still used today.

1) If we wern't colonized by Spain, we would have most likely ended up as an Islamic nation, probably similar to Indonesia and we woudn't be unique having great gothic, medieval and Spanish architecture anymore. We were attempted so many times to be captured by the Dutch, the British and the French. Manila was under British rule fro a couple of years.It was the British who introduced English in the 1700's, not the Americans.

2) That would have never happend. Spain, England, Netherlands and France were brutal colonial powers who commited a lot of slaughtery in their own colonies. Be glad, we did not end up like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile or even Puetro Rico where there are barely any natives left. They were the ones who taught us to be unfair, brutal and corrupt. Remember, colonial leaders always managed to degrade the natives of their colonies and put them down to have control over them. They forced them to think that they were inferior human beings and even used the name of Christianity to keep them under power.Only every 10th Filipino could speak Spanish during these times and not too many natives mixed with whites, and if, these. half-casts integrated in the white society as well.There were not so many westeners who migrated in the country since it had a very far route and it was not attractive as its South American counterparts.And most Europeans decents that were left were mostly slaughtered by the Japanese during WW2, others migrated out of the country.

3) If WW2 never happend, Manila would resemble a European city, like Prague, Rome, Milan or Berlin.The Spanish architecture and churches would have given the city a Rome touch, while the government area would have resembles Washington DC. Some thought is that the Philippines would alöso have ended up as a US ctate or still a self-governing territory by today.

4)Of course, all Japanese colonies would have ended up resembling its ultra-modern infastructure and Japan would have probably ended up as the world economic power by now. It could easily benefit from its colonies' natural resources.

5) To be honest, we probably could have been even ahead of Japan being the most progressive country of the East since we are more world-open than the Japanese and Filipinos can really easily integrate with the world. You do not have to imagine the Philippines being ultra-modern since a developed country is not about being high-tech.
Highly industrialized countries like Italy, Greece, Ireland can still compete globally. To be honest, I think we are the big losers after WW2, since both Germany and Japan transformed into "ECONOMIC WONDERS" after the war.They almost completely recovered and gain world economic power.We turned to a different direction and so did Poland etc. Slums in the country didn't really exist until the end of WW2 where the homeless who lost their houses started building huts, and so did slum areas mushroom all over the country.

Thunderflip

September 19th, 2004, 10:37 PM

MelonLime

September 19th, 2004, 10:47 PM

^^^^ some of thats depressing *sigh*......

MelonLime

September 19th, 2004, 10:47 PM

^^^^ some of thats depressing *sigh*......

mysaong03

September 20th, 2004, 05:00 AM

yah, i agree, thunderflip...but even if as much as we wana achieve want we really wana in the course of our future, it seems that we never learned from the mistakes of the past, now thats our big problem...sayang lahat ng napaghirapan...

mysaong03

September 20th, 2004, 05:00 AM

renell

September 20th, 2004, 07:56 AM

Some thought is that the Philippines would alöso have ended up as a US ctate

that's wishful thinking, but no it wouldn't have happened since unlike Spain, the US did not come with intentions of holding on to the Philippines for good. it had planned independence for us (well at least self-governing, but Subic and Clark were still there, and so was the reliance on military supplies) but WWII occured. that's why we were a commonwealth in 1935 under Quezon, to prepare for independence around 1942 i think.

renell

September 20th, 2004, 07:56 AM

ryanr

September 20th, 2004, 08:12 AM

Thunderflip was spot on... Just imagine how great the Philippines could have been if some of those turning points didnt happen...

I dont know... Philippines could have been a self-governing US territory or possibly a state, imo. But because of our location, the US might have made us a big huge military area:D And Manila would be a very economically strong city due to its close distance to Tokyo, Hong Kong, China and Singapore.

ryanr

September 20th, 2004, 08:12 AM

Juan1912

September 26th, 2004, 05:12 AM

those pics show such a nice mixture of cultures (europe-asia) looks very good and original

Juan1912

September 26th, 2004, 05:12 AM

those pics show such a nice mixture of cultures (europe-asia) looks very good and original

renell

September 26th, 2004, 12:36 PM

But because of our location, the US might have made us a big huge military area:D

well that was what they did. i think US state was out of the equation, because we had commonwealth status from them in 1935. we wouldnt have had that if we were destined to be a US state.

renell

September 26th, 2004, 12:36 PM

ryanr

September 26th, 2004, 12:38 PM

i mean a really major military site...not just the Clark, Subic, etc bases but also missile silos and depots, aircraft carrier ports, etc....thats if US was still in the Philippines until now. Thank god, they are not.

ryanr

September 26th, 2004, 12:38 PM

amras

September 26th, 2004, 12:44 PM

amras

September 26th, 2004, 12:44 PM

renell

September 26th, 2004, 12:44 PM

there were toxic wastes in the US bases wasn't there? imo that's pretty major. and wasn't Clark the biggest US overseas base until closure? but i see your point.

renell

September 26th, 2004, 12:44 PM

there were toxic wastes in the US bases wasn't there? imo that's pretty major. and wasn't Clark the biggest US overseas base until closure? but i see your point.

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 08:46 AM

I got this off webshots. Brings back some memories on how it wasn't as crowded as before and the bell bottom pants! I had some of those.

(By pau_p1/Doinks/rmn/):

This is in Makati, That's the old IBM building and beside it was the old RCPI bldg. This picture was taken in the area where Manila Penn now stands. I'm sure, my dad use to work for IBM.)

By RMN: The lovely building on the far right is the Dona Narcisa de Leon (yes, Dona Sisang of LVN) Building designed by Gabriel Formoso that has long since been torn-down in favor of the Equitable-PCI Bank Tower.

Power-Mad: That would be from left, IBM ; RCPI and the Dona Narcisa de Leon Building. Doinks didn't specify if IBM and RCPI were just tenants and if these are the actual names of the buildings themselves.
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image1.jpg

Makati 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image2.jpg

Makati 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image3.jpg

AutoMat in Makati 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image4.jpg

View from the Cultural Center 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image5.jpg

Farmer's Market in Makati 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image6.jpg

I'm surprised how good these pictures are taken back in 1973. Notice the cars below are indeed back in the early 70's. http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image6a.jpg

Magnolia Plant (ice cream) in Manila 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image7.jpg

Somewhere in Manila 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image8.jpg

Manila and the bay 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image9.jpg

I remember as a kid in the 70's watching the musical fountains in Luneta Park. Is it still there?:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image10.jpg

I just can't believe this is Manila back in the early 70's. I mean some things looks new. Of course back 30yrs, they were new LOL:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image11.jpg

Do they still have honor guards in the Rizal Monument? Those are the exact uniforms they were wearing as I can remember as a kid. One thing I remember was a crazy man near the steps trying to make the guards laugh and people behind us were laughing at him.
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image12.jpg

1973 Do these buildings still exist?:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image13.jpg

Don't know where this is but it looks like a fair somewhere in Manila. Maybe near Luneta?:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image14.jpg

Looks new LOL:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image15.jpg

Cubao 1973. Is that the old PU-Cabs that didn't have meters (yellow car near gas station)?:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image16.jpg

La Loma, Quezon City 1973: (Correction by buddytan: The picture of "La Loma, Quezon City 1973" is not actually of La Loma but of Sampaloc, Manila, specifically of Dimasalang pass Maria Clara going north towards Blumentritt and North Cemetery.)
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image17.jpg

I remember these. I bet it's harder to find these calesas these days in common places:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image18.jpg

Quezon City neighborhood in the early 70's: (btotanes: This looks very much like Kamuning, Q.C. -- in fact looking down from where my grandpa's house was on K-2nd. That first cross street is K-C rd, turn right into that street and you hit Kamuning Road, make a right on Kamuning Rd., then that will lead you to EDSA).
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image19.jpg

Look at the shoes and th pants! Ahh... love them, and I bet their shirts are halfway open too. Macho!!! (Quezon City 1974): (Doinks: This is along Taft avenue. The wall is the old PGH wall. I don't know if it's still there but I used to pass by this building almost everyday (a long time ago)).
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image20.jpg

Quezon City (also in 1973 but just b/w photos) in Highway 54:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image21.jpg

Another calesa:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image22.jpg

Quezon City (also in 1973 but just b/w photos) in Highway 54:
(Correction: This I believe is the makati side of the above picture. Right after Guadalupe and before the CBD. Probably right around where if it were today and you looked to the right, you would see Rockwell. - by boyhaha).
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image23.jpg

Quezon City (also in 1973 but just b/w photos) in Highway 54:
(Correction: You are looking at Makati from Mandaluyong here. That large building on the left is the Guadalupe shopping center - by boyhaha).
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image24.jpg

Quezon City. Guess what's showing in the movie theatre, "The Sting," "The Red Pony" and "Don Juan" (starring Brigitte Bardot), all movies that came out in 1973: (Confirmed this is Delta Theatre in Quezon City.)
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image25.jpg

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 08:46 AM

renell

October 3rd, 2004, 09:06 AM

they're not working. and when i try to copy and paste the URL it doesn't work:?

renell

October 3rd, 2004, 09:06 AM

they're not working. and when i try to copy and paste the URL it doesn't work:?

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 09:08 AM

they're not working. and when i try to copy and paste the URL it doesn't work:?

Ok, well give me 10 minutes I'll get them working. Thx!

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 09:08 AM

they're not working. and when i try to copy and paste the URL it doesn't work:?

Ok, well give me 10 minutes I'll get them working. Thx!

Francis20

October 3rd, 2004, 09:23 AM

Francis20

October 3rd, 2004, 09:23 AM

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 09:52 AM

3RD photo.this seems to be what is now the paseo de roxas. i could see Chinabank bldg. those old photos are indeed nice! manila looks so clean those days! nice cars eh? and the bay looks unpolluted those days!
The photo next to the magnolia plant photo shows insular life bldg...probably the back part of it. the photo next to the luneta monument shows ortigas - those are meralco bldg and philcomsen (which is being demolished now). nice find! i followed the link. maybe the site doesnt allow hotlinking.

Yeah, I tried hotlinking it but now I uploaded them to my site so it should work now.

I need to look closely at those pictures you mentioned. It's nice to look back in the past once in a while. I think the over population is really kicking the country's butt. You can see the contrast in the pics. Of course plus 100 other factors I don't need to mention that ails the country.

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 09:52 AM

Francis20

October 3rd, 2004, 10:00 AM

OK, now they're working. thanks @ virtute.
there must be a lot of things our old folks missed about the old manila. i can only see them on old movies...

Francis20

October 3rd, 2004, 10:00 AM

OK, now they're working. thanks @ virtute.
there must be a lot of things our old folks missed about the old manila. i can only see them on old movies...

ryanr

October 3rd, 2004, 11:40 AM

Oh dear God...Look how developed MM was already back then!! Streets are clean and everything is pretty damn nice! We were so close to becoming a developed country, then the 80s happened!! Just imagine if nothing bad happened to the economy, then MM would be similar or better to Singapore now!

Roxas Blvd (Dewey back then), has always been beautiful. But it started to decline in beauty during the 90s, good thing they fixed up Baywalk.

Is highway 54, EDSA? It looks pretty good.

Those pictures are awesome, Virtute! Thanks for this great thread. Indeed, those pics are surprisingly of good quality.

ryanr

October 3rd, 2004, 11:40 AM

SunKing

October 3rd, 2004, 12:39 PM

My, so clean and orderly! Beautiful!

SunKing

October 3rd, 2004, 12:39 PM

My, so clean and orderly! Beautiful!

renell

October 3rd, 2004, 01:56 PM

yeah highway 54 was EDSA..

:eek: wow great pics :yes: :okay:

renell

October 3rd, 2004, 01:56 PM

yeah highway 54 was EDSA..

:eek: wow great pics :yes: :okay:

Lightspeed

October 3rd, 2004, 02:59 PM

Wow! Very nice.

I hope we can regain the order and cleanliness that the metropolis had back then.

I agree that the number one problem is overpopulation. The strain imposed on the environment by an ever-expanding, out-of-control population is just too great.

Lightspeed

October 3rd, 2004, 02:59 PM

amras

October 3rd, 2004, 04:18 PM

damn, even the baywalk looks much better before than it is today... :bash:

amras

October 3rd, 2004, 04:18 PM

damn, even the baywalk looks much better before than it is today... :bash:

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 05:13 PM

damn, even the baywalk looks much better before than it is today... :bash:

As far as I can remember as a kid in the 70s, Luneta Park was a nice place to go to. At night, it was a lively place, people everywhere, the musical/dancing fountains, kids everywhere running around. I wonder if its still like that.

Is it just me or I noticed how well kept the grass/lawns were back then? LOL

Virtute

October 3rd, 2004, 05:13 PM

Power-mad

October 3rd, 2004, 05:30 PM

Thanks Virtute. Great pictures. Now if only people could help us with the captioning and identifying the buildings and their state of existence or demise...

Power-mad

October 3rd, 2004, 05:30 PM

Thanks Virtute. Great pictures. Now if only people could help us with the captioning and identifying the buildings and their state of existence or demise...

Power-mad

October 3rd, 2004, 05:41 PM

The fourth picture (Automat) shows the Hotel Intercontinental in the background. I'm not sure if it was built in 1964 or 1969. So was it the only Five-star international hotel chain in Makati that time? Peninsula Manila was built in 1976, a good seven years later.

About the night shot of Dewey (7th): where is this exactly? Was this in front of the US embassy. I could make out Manila Hotel and the Citadel Building in the background...
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image6a.jpg

Power-mad

October 3rd, 2004, 05:41 PM

amras

October 3rd, 2004, 06:41 PM

As far as I can remember as a kid in the 70s, Luneta Park was a nice place to go to. At night, it was a lively place, people everywhere, the musical/dancing fountains, kids everywhere running around. I wonder if its still like that.

Is it just me or I noticed how well kept the grass/lawns were back then? LOL

the last time I went to Luneta which is just last summer (me and my friends are strolling in the middle of the night from intramuros' wow philippines to baywalk at roxas). hindi mga kids ang nakita ko kundi maraming taong natutulog. sabi nung friend ko mga homeless daw yon. nakakainis kasi sinisira nila ang lugar at the same time nakakawa din. tapos habang naglalakad kami don, may nagbenta pa sa min ng sakong higaan daw... hehehe... napangiti na lang kami. grabe, sana masolusyonan ito ng gov't.....

amras

October 3rd, 2004, 06:41 PM

absent-minded

October 3rd, 2004, 07:05 PM

oh my goodness...! manila used to be so beautiful...! sayang... what happened between the 70s and now? the roads in those pictures seem to be in better condition than most roads we have today. and look how green it was everywhere... it is indeed good that atienza revived the baywalk. just as bright as it was in that night shot up there, except now more colorful...

oh yeah...

1973 Do these buildings still exist?:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image13.jpg

isn't that somewhere near today's Ortigas CBD? that curved high-rise looks like that building Meralco is still housed in now. and the building on the furthest right looks like the one right across Meralco, but I'm not too sure if it's the same one...

absent-minded

October 3rd, 2004, 07:05 PM

bagel

October 3rd, 2004, 07:55 PM

oh yeah...

http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image13.jpg

isn't that somewhere near today's Ortigas CBD? that curved high-rise looks like that building Meralco is still housed in now. and the building on the furthest right looks like the one right across Meralco, but I'm not too sure if it's the same one...

That is actually Ortigas CBD. Tower on left is Meralco headquarters. Still there. Tower on right is unoccupied, condemned (after 1989 earthquake). It has an antenna structure on top of it. What an eyesore.

It looks to have been taken on the EDSA center island (in the days before the flyover) in front of where Robinson's Galleria is today.

BTW, if this is the 70s, the Meralco building would be the tallest building in the Philippines. The top floor used to be a restaurant called Lighthouse.

bagel

October 3rd, 2004, 07:55 PM

bagel

October 3rd, 2004, 08:03 PM

http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image24.jpg
This isn't QC. You are looking at Makati from Mandaluyong here. That large building on the left is the Guadalupe shopping center.

http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image23.jpg
This I believe is the makati side of the above picture. Right after Guadalupe and before the CBD. Probably right around where if it were today and you looked to the right, you would see Rockwell. I would guess that in this picture, if you looked to the right you will see a subdivision (Urdaneta?) and then see the Colgate plant and a power plant. I think. I think. I may be wrong.

bagel

October 3rd, 2004, 08:03 PM

bagel

October 3rd, 2004, 08:14 PM

Magnolia Plant (ice cream) in Manila 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image7.jpg

Wow this brings back memories. This is near Horseshoe Drive in San Juan right? I remember being taken to the ice cream parlor at the Magnolia HQ all the time when I was a kid. I can still remember how it smelled in there. And they had such creative deserts! So many different ice cream creations that looked like art to a 5 year old kid. My mom and dad wouldn't let me get the artful ones because they were so big. Wow! The biggest thing I'd get would be a banana split and I couldn't even finish that.

bagel

October 3rd, 2004, 08:14 PM

Power-mad

October 4th, 2004, 02:53 AM

Power-mad

October 4th, 2004, 02:53 AM

lumpia

October 4th, 2004, 03:13 AM

OMG!! :eek: WOW!

lumpia

October 4th, 2004, 03:13 AM

OMG!! :eek: WOW!

pau_p1

October 4th, 2004, 03:14 AM

I guess that this is in Ortigas and not in Makati....

Makati 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image1.jpg

Those line of buildings I think would be the buldings along Ayala right?... between Paseo de roxas and Herrera...

Makati 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image2.jpg

Is that building DBP? and this is Buendia Ave?

Makati 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image3.jpg

I think this is in Makati.. those are the back sides of the Ayala buildings...
[qoute]
Somewhere in Manila 1973:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image8.jpg
[/quote]

@virtute.. yeah there are still guards on Rizal Ave...

pau_p1

October 4th, 2004, 03:14 AM

renell

October 4th, 2004, 03:21 AM

i don't think there's a guard everytime now. when i passed by Rizal Park in the middle of the day i didn't see anyone

http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image20.jpg

LOL:lol: i remember by dad's pics in the 70's when he had hair like that too:D

@power-mad, i don't think anyone has answered your question (none ive seen, i could be wrong) about the Dewey (Roxas) question. That looks like yeah, across the US Embassy. about right where 1322 Roxas Boulevard and Embassy Pointe are. I remember reading there was an old building standing there before.....

renell

October 4th, 2004, 03:21 AM

Power-mad

October 4th, 2004, 04:54 AM

@Renell: Just couldn't resist finding out why I don't recall seeing that cylindrical building ever, considering its central location (Salcedo). Went on foot along Dela Costa yesterday. Almost missed it! Again!

Turns out I've passed through these intersection hundreds of times before (Tordesillas corner Dela Costa). :hammer: Just didn't look around, or up, too much. And for good reason. This busy intersection has no traffic light installed. Better to miss an unusual structure than to risk a collision... Century Tower. That's the building's name.

Maybe this should be in the Makati thread...

Anyway, will be in the Roxas Blvd area tomorrow. Will confirm the locations in the nighshot posted. I think one building there still exists.

@pau-p1: I am more inclined to side with Francis20 here. This would be Chinabank in front of the still unbuilt Citibank. Francis20 should know, he sees this facade everyday. Right, Francis?
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image3.jpg

Power-mad

October 4th, 2004, 04:54 AM

muzic_lover2981

October 4th, 2004, 05:30 AM

wow, cool...thanks for sharing those rendering...

muzic_lover2981

October 4th, 2004, 05:30 AM

wow, cool...thanks for sharing those rendering...

mhe-ann

October 4th, 2004, 11:06 AM

that's all nice @Virtute. Thanks for that. :cool:

mhe-ann

October 4th, 2004, 11:06 AM

that's all nice @Virtute. Thanks for that. :cool:

Francis20

October 4th, 2004, 11:32 AM

@ Powermad, yes, i see that everyday! LOL
I also thought that was DBP, but at close look, it's Chinabank Bldg. DBP's facade has a lot of concrete, whilst this one is all-glass. I see this everyday because i used the entrance of the lower tower on going home, that one is fronting chinabank.

The building on the leftmost is Insular Life. It says in the signage:
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image8.jpg

This is a good guessing game! :D

Francis20

October 4th, 2004, 11:32 AM

Virtute

October 4th, 2004, 11:39 AM

@Boybaha: I'm glad to have been proven right about that EDSA Guadalupe pic. The caption said 'Quezon city on Highway 54.' But the first time I looked at it, I said 'Hmmm, looks like...'

Maybe after 100 or so posts, Virtute will be kind enough to update the captions with input from this thread. Thanks Virtute. I want some more! :bow:

Hah! I'm sure about this though... Delta Theater on the Quezon Ave.-West Ave. intersection. You could see the 'T' and 'A', part of the theater's name at the top. It was used by ABS-CBN as a temporary studio before they opened the new Madre Ignacia studios.

Not been in these parts of QC for so long. Is it still there?

Ok I updated the caps on those pics. I took them from the guy who took the pics. He was a foreigner so I'm sure he wasn't keen to know where he was at that time LOL.

BTW, guys plz let me know the verdict on some of these pics and tell me which ones I need the captions changed. Thx! Hopefully by looking at these pics, besides feeling nostalgic about them, we could see a little on how MM evolved from the 70s to the present.

Another thing, notice like almost every pic there's a volkswagen somewhere. I can count several. And looking at the cars, its rare for me to see these era of cars in the Philippines, only because I grew up here in the States and too young to remember. I mean a car is a car. I never paid attention. So it sometimes feels like I'm looking at old US pics but in actuality, they're old PI pics.

Virtute

October 4th, 2004, 11:39 AM

pau_p1

October 4th, 2004, 12:14 PM

one thing that is very distinctive in those pictures is how clean the air is....

pau_p1

October 4th, 2004, 12:14 PM

one thing that is very distinctive in those pictures is how clean the air is....

renell

October 4th, 2004, 01:58 PM

well that's not just in the philippines. that can be said in many parts of the world:)

also there's grass in the center islands. today it's either it won't grow cause of the city's pollution, or because the developers are too lazy to buy grass or grow them.

renell

October 4th, 2004, 01:58 PM

ryanr

October 4th, 2004, 01:59 PM

Francis is right, that building in the left most is Insular Life taken from Salcedo Village.

@ renell - LOL!! My dad had that hairstyle also:D

@ boybaha - Yeah, the highway 54 is Mandaluyong looking at Makati Guadalupe. The bridge can be seen crossing Pasig river.

ryanr

October 4th, 2004, 01:59 PM

pau_p1

October 5th, 2004, 12:25 AM

yup plus that old ark or sign that says 'Makati' that looks like a big eagle... it was torn down when the MRT rose up on EDSA.... the other signage like that left is on Quirino Ave.....

pau_p1

October 5th, 2004, 12:25 AM

yup plus that old ark or sign that says 'Makati' that looks like a big eagle... it was torn down when the MRT rose up on EDSA.... the other signage like that left is on Quirino Ave.....

renell

October 5th, 2004, 02:36 AM

yup plus that old ark or sign that says 'Makati' that looks like a big eagle... it was torn down when the MRT rose up on EDSA.... the other signage like that left is on Quirino Ave.....

yeaaaah. i remember that :D There's also one when you go past Osmena Highway (SLEX extension) from Pasay to Manila.

renell

October 5th, 2004, 02:36 AM

mysaong03

October 5th, 2004, 05:31 AM

hi there, those old pics that were shown only boosts my 'superiority complex', makes me feel so proud that we had once made it to be the second richest asian country, competing head to head w/ japan. love to reminisce & imagine those times when so poor countries like china, taiwan, south korea, hk, singapore & the whole southeast asia used to envy us & talk about us & how very rich we were....im so proud of our achievement talaga!!!

so i was surprised to know that ortigas cbd was already being developed since the early 70s...

i think theres only 1 eagle boundary for makati left nowadays, & thats along the south superhighway..

during that time, the concept of metro manila havent been thought yet, so all the municipalities were attached to the rizal province, except 4 navotas & valenzuela in the north w/c r parts of bulacan. so makati b4, is called like makati,rizal.

i recently turned makulit that i keep on asking my mom how they(us) thought bout the philippines b4. & she said that, most filipinos before were not even aware that we are progressive, at least in the whole asia. but they know very well that only japan,& us were the 'fave' pickings of intl media, coz these 2 were the only 'hi-profile' countries in the continent that time.(makes me think the marcos couple has really managed us very very well during the 1st half of their rule). my mom like evrybody else know that korea, & china before is famine-stricken, but HK is starting to become a big threat coz they also started developing then.

oh well, those were the good old days....love to boast that part of history, hehe....

mysaong03

October 5th, 2004, 05:31 AM

muzic_lover2981

October 5th, 2004, 05:43 AM

i cant imagine how the Philippines is progressive then...infact were second to Japan interms of Progressive Country in Asia...Wow...

muzic_lover2981

October 5th, 2004, 05:43 AM

i cant imagine how the Philippines is progressive then...infact were second to Japan interms of Progressive Country in Asia...Wow...

ryanr

October 5th, 2004, 06:27 AM

yeaaaah. i remember that :D There's also one when you go past Osmena Highway (SLEX extension) from Pasay to Manila.

Yeah...and because of its shape, it could be used as a pylon for the skyway:D hehehe, just kidding...its not strong enough.

ryanr

October 5th, 2004, 06:27 AM

thomasian

October 5th, 2004, 07:06 AM

When I was a kid I even thought it would really be used as an MRT pylon, tapos I was so sad when I saw it was gone during the construction of MRT and the Skyway.

I hope they make something similar to that again.

thomasian

October 5th, 2004, 07:06 AM

pau_p1

October 5th, 2004, 07:29 AM

that sign on SLEX is still there..... I think only those two signs on EDSA was torn down... am I right there was also a sign on EDSA in the Pasay border before?....

I was sad to see it being torn down then... since its been a symbol of Makati back then.... and it looked nice....

pau_p1

October 5th, 2004, 07:29 AM

kiretoce

October 5th, 2004, 03:15 PM

Ahh....that way it was then....if only we can go back in time. :) (man, now I feel old!)

kiretoce

October 5th, 2004, 03:15 PM

Ahh....that way it was then....if only we can go back in time. :) (man, now I feel old!)

Power-mad

October 6th, 2004, 08:52 AM

I promised to check on the status of the buildings seen in this night shot of Roxas Boulevard so here goes...

This would be on the Padre Faura intersection, like Renell said, right where 1322 is now. The building in the foreground still exists. It is now the Golden Bay Hotel. A Fishing Village restaurant is on the ground level. They've since then taken down the vertical concrete structure so de rigeur during the seventies (What's the technical architectural description for this by the way?)covering the facade so the windows are exposed.

Of course the building beside it has been torn down. It's now Pearl of the Orient (or Embassy Pointe depending on your timeline.

I was really stumped by the what seemed like solid concrete building on the US Embassy grounds seen across Roxas Blvd in this photo. I thought maybe this was Museong Pambata? What is there now is a building whose facade is covered by a concrete structure (there you go again) made up of what looks like big X's.

Maybe this building was demolished?

And then I noticed the lighted parts of the building... look closely... what do you see? http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid142/p8e14b498a4cb1e190297afe23e60806d/f6bdc76d.jpg.thumb.jpg

The Missing X's. Now fill up an application for the FBI...
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image6a.jpg

Next post: The other Roxas Boulevard night shot. Only here on Old buildings: They were like this then, How are they now?

Power-mad

October 6th, 2004, 08:52 AM

Power-mad

October 6th, 2004, 08:54 AM

Did I say vertical? I meant HORIZONTAL CONCRETE structure! Someone give me the proper technical term quick! :bash:

Power-mad

October 6th, 2004, 08:54 AM

Did I say vertical? I meant HORIZONTAL CONCRETE structure! Someone give me the proper technical term quick! :bash:

Power-mad

October 6th, 2004, 01:04 PM

All the buildings in this photo still exist, although that's not an altogether good thing.

The building in the foreground is L and S Building (1414 Roxas Blvd). Poorly neglected state. Several of the concrete vertical 'slats' there have crumbled, or were removed on purpose. There's a Dive Buddies store and the ubiquitous travel agency at the ground level.

I never got to ask the name of the second building here. The view has since then been obscured by two other buildings (the Boulevard Mansion and the S and L Building, which used to have the PAL ticketing office before they transferred to the Caltex building on Padre Faura). This building houses the DENR Bay Area offices and the sad state of the building may reflect the job they are doing at conserving the country's natural resources.

Oh and let's not forget the Ramon Magsaysay Center there. They could do a better job at sprucing up the lobby, although I'd be the first to say that maintaining marble on the seafront is a tough job. The Center still has many tenants so it's the best maintained of the lot in this photo.

Their website says that the architecture has been duplicated by the HSBC building on Ayala. Will have more on this and hopefully some 'now' photos in the future.
http://www.montinola.org/pics/pi_1973/Image11.jpg

By interpolating the angle on this photo and the other one below, I'm very sure that the photographer was positioned in one of the higher floors of the Ermita Center. If any of you guys has access to this building it'll be really cool as we can duplicate the perspective.

Power-mad

October 6th, 2004, 01:04 PM

akaflores

October 6th, 2004, 08:22 PM

Yup. I think Delta is still around. Unfortunately Jack's isn't anymore. I love their supersize burgers. Back then, their 1/4 lb. was already a site to see. Across the street was Maalikaya, QC's first hi-class sauna.

akaflores

October 6th, 2004, 08:22 PM

mysaong03

October 8th, 2004, 04:45 AM

QC havent changed that much, very few skyscrapers, most buildings along major avenues are upto 6-10 floors only, and the size of the roads??, well, ganon pa rin, kaya ganon nalang ka-grabe ang traffic, marami pa ring huge idle lands specially around the circle area, & fairview, kaya marami ring squatters.

i passed by west avenue on my way to sm north edsa, & the delta is still there, the city engineers kinda upgraded the west & south avenues, coz i noticed the sidewalks are paved w/ red cement.

mysaong03

October 8th, 2004, 04:45 AM

ronnaveth

October 8th, 2004, 11:24 AM

near quezon ave-EDSA intersection beside the mrt depot, they have cleared the land in preparation for constructing the north bus terminal....wonder what will happen to those bus terminal lots when they finally leave cubao

ronnaveth

October 8th, 2004, 11:24 AM

renell

October 8th, 2004, 11:47 AM

it's hard to get space in Cubao (i think) so it will be used for sure. I'm guessing on mall-expansion...:?

renell

October 8th, 2004, 11:47 AM

it's hard to get space in Cubao (i think) so it will be used for sure. I'm guessing on mall-expansion...:?

ronnaveth

October 8th, 2004, 12:08 PM

it's hard to get space in Cubao (i think) so it will be used for sure. I'm guessing on mall-expansion...:?
i doubt, butal butal kasi yung mga lots na yon---i would bet...siguro mga offices

ronnaveth

October 8th, 2004, 12:08 PM

it's hard to get space in Cubao (i think) so it will be used for sure. I'm guessing on mall-expansion...:?
i doubt, butal butal kasi yung mga lots na yon---i would bet...siguro mga offices

pau_p1

October 8th, 2004, 01:22 PM

well... I remembered reading about an article on the Cubao Redevelopment Project wherein they will rezone the Cubao area from Araneta Center to Kamuning... I think if I'm not mistaken, that are near the New York street will be residential area... Q-Mart will be transferred... the bus stations will be moved for residential and commercial complexes... something like that...

I've been trying to search that article for quite some time now but I just can find it again.... that project is supposed to cover 100+hectares of the Cubao area... and now Araneta Center has started the redevelopment... and the movement of the bus terminals to decongest that area of edsa...

pau_p1

October 8th, 2004, 01:22 PM

ryanr

October 8th, 2004, 02:11 PM

The offices in the Araneta redevelopment are mainly for Call-centers and other outsourcing businesses. The office above Gateway is an example of this.

ryanr

October 8th, 2004, 02:11 PM

The offices in the Araneta redevelopment are mainly for Call-centers and other outsourcing businesses. The office above Gateway is an example of this.

ronnaveth

October 9th, 2004, 02:01 PM

ronnaveth

October 9th, 2004, 02:01 PM

Edmundtanso

October 9th, 2004, 05:18 PM

wow..look at roxas blvd, all the trees are the same and the grass is green and very well maintained, wish they could keep it like now...

Edmundtanso

October 9th, 2004, 05:18 PM

wow..look at roxas blvd, all the trees are the same and the grass is green and very well maintained, wish they could keep it like now...

buddytan

October 15th, 2004, 06:29 AM

The picture of "La Loma, Quezon City 1973" is not actually of La Loma but of Sampaloc, Manila, specifically of Dimasalang pass Maria Clara going north towards Blumentritt and North Cemetery. The rise in the road in the background is the bridge over the PNR tracks. I remember this area well because this was where my jeepney ride passed through when I was in high school at UST from 1976-80 and took a jeep from Blumentritt.

Dimasalang still floods like a river during rainy season as it did then. I remember I had to walk home once when Sampaloc was flooded and no jeepneys were around by walking along the narrow median in Dimasalang as seen in the photo to avoid falling accidentally into the open manholes along the sides of the street. These things still happen whenever it floods in Sampaloc.

Some things never change but it was good to see what it looked like three decades ago.

buddytan

October 15th, 2004, 06:29 AM

Virtute

October 21st, 2004, 09:04 AM

Virtute

October 21st, 2004, 09:04 AM