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sugarboy

November 17th, 2005, 11:59 PM

Doy: 'The man who gave way'

First posted 03:32am (Mla time) Nov 18, 2005
By Fernando del Mundo
Inquirer News Service

Editor's Note: Published on page A1 of the Nov. 18, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE DIARY mysteriously surfaced two days after the urn containing Salvador H. Laurel's ashes was buried at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani in Makati City.

In it, the former Vice President, foreign secretary and senator provides a glimpse of the tumultuous events just before and after the first fateful People Power revolution.

The peaceful uprising nearly two decades ago ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and catapulted Corazon Aquino to power.

With the diary and notes from voluminous documents, his widow, Celia Diaz-Laurel, cobbled a book titled "Doy Laurel."

It is a portrait of a man's quest for the highest office in the land, inspired by a father who was Japan's surrogate president in the Philippines during World War II. Today would have been his 77th birthday.

Juxtaposed in the current political environment, the Laurel narrative is a study in self-abnegation and betrayal, of unanswered prayers and unrealized dreams.

A celebrated stage actress, painter and writer, Celia says her husband had coaxed her into getting into the project.

"You will write my odyssey," he had whispered to her from his sickbed. "No," she had protested. "You will get well ... and we will write it together."

With a faint smile, she recalls, he moved his head from side to side, saying with a hint of finality, "You will write it!"

Laurel died on Jan. 27, 2004, of cancer.

Main preoccupation

Soon after, Celia buckled down to work. The product is the coffee table book published in May -- 337 glossy pages filled with photographs chronicling the life of one of the major Philippine figures during the dark days of the martial law regime.

"My main preoccupation now is to remind people of my husband," says Celia in an interview in the study of the Shaw Boulevard home her husband built from his earnings in the early days of his law practice.

He is being forgotten

"All his life was devoted to the country," says the 77-year-old widow.

"It's a pity his efforts are being forgotten. Many people now do not know Doy Laurel. He's the one that gave way," she says, seated at a table filled with her husband's papers. Canvas oil portraits, some unfinished on easels, are scattered about in the room.

Laurel's political journey started when he launched the Citizen's Legal Aid Society of the Philippines in 1966. He had taken up a pro bono case brought against a policeman by a poor woman whose husband had been peppered with bullets and dumped in a trashcan.

He won the widely publicized trial that made him a national icon.

Since then, he became obsessed with defending indigent litigants who could not afford the high cost of justice.

He was well prepared for it. He had a brilliant law practice after working on his master's and later a doctorate at Yale -- until he decided he would be a "defender of the defenseless." Saying he wanted to bring his crusade to Congress, he successfully ran for the Senate in 1967.

The declaration of martial law in 1972 found him locked out of the Senate. As with others who had thought they would give the President the benefit of the doubt, he kept at the sidelines until 1978, when his politically influential clan broke away from Marcos.

Laurel became one of Marcos' passionate foes, organizing the disparate and fractured political parties into a solid front -- the United Democratic Opposition, or Unido.

He traveled -- often alone -- across the land to build Unido, sensing that sooner or later, Marcos would submit himself to an election.

The snap election

It was a prescient move.

In November 1985, Marcos, weary of massive protests sparked by the assassination of opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr. on his arrival from self-exile two years earlier, called for snap elections.

As Corazon Aquino vacillated, Unido moved to proclaim Laurel its candidate against Marcos. Aquino subsequently declared her candidacy.

Under pressure to field a single presidential candidate against Marcos, Laurel, after lengthy discussions with Aquino, decided to stand down. He agreed to be the vice presidential candidate of the widow of his slain boyhood friend.

Aquino ran under Unido, which had helped organize the massive crowds that joined the funeral of the assassinated opposition leader, the "yellow brigades" and the confetti revolt in Makati that rocked the foundations of the Marcos regime.

Like father

Stepping aside for Aquino was a supreme sacrifice for Laurel. He thought about his father from whom he drew inspiration. He recalled that 32 years earlier, Jose P. Laurel had given way to Ramon Magsaysay, who went on to become President.

"I believe that personal and group interest must yield to national interest," he says in his diary.

In March 1986, one month after the installation of Aquino as President in the wake of the EDSA 1 uprising and Marcos' escape to Hawaii as mobs howled at the Palace gates, the young government was plunged into a debate.

This centered on whether it should keep Marcos' 1973 Constitution while dismantling the infrastructure of the authoritarian regime.

"I felt it was ironic that after succeeding in abolishing a dictatorship, we should again resort to dictatorial power by abrogating the constitution and governing by decree," Laurel writes in his diary.

The betrayal

At a special Cabinet committee meeting, it was decided that the Batasan -- the Marcos rubber-stamp parliament -- would be retained but Aquino would be given emergency powers. There would be a timetable for transition, the formal inauguration of the new government, the writing of a new Constitution and the holding of elections.

It was, Laurel says, a "fast-track plan" to achieve constitutional normalcy and political stability at the earliest possible time.

"Another plan was hatched and suddenly executed. It was a species of political treachery which was never honestly explained," he says.

Laurel was unaware of it at the time.

In accordance with the decisions in the committee, Laurel accepted the formal turnover of the office of the Prime Minister from Cesar Virata on March 25, 1986.

Less than four hours later Aquino read on national radio and television a proclamation abolishing the 1973 Constitution, the Batasan and all national and local positions, including Laurel's job as prime minister.

Utmost restraint

"I could not believe what I heard. Cory (Ms Aquino’s nickname) had, unilaterally, decided to set up a revolutionary government," he says.

"I was concurrently Vice President of the Republic, Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister at the time. Any decision involving no less than the abolition of the fundamental law should have been discussed with me.

"Yet, I was not consulted. I was naturally aggrieved ... But it was too late, the deed was done. I felt I had given up so much and worked so hard to bring the new government to power. I wanted it to succeed so I held my peace and exercised utmost restraint," Laurel says in his diary.

Reduced to an outsider

Increasingly, Laurel was eased out of the Palace inner circle -- "reduced to an outsider whose access to the presidency was being substantially sabotaged by a cordon-sanitaire."

The wounded Laurel kept the hurt to himself, as he had done before when things did not work out his way, says Celia. There were other setbacks to follow.

In 1992, he would run for President again and lose in a field of seven aspirants, with the eventual winner, Fidel V. Ramos, getting only 23 percent of the votes cast. It was a plurality that, while not a majority, was still reflective of the people's will in a democracy.

"What God chooses is always better than what I choose," he would say later.

Laurel would be named chair of the National Centennial Commission that would oversee celebrations in 1998 marking the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine independence from more than three centuries of Spanish colonial rule. Graft charges were later brought against him for alleged overspending. This was a man with an unblemished public record.

While fighting for his innocence in court, Laurel never lost sight of his lifelong mission -- to see how he could help move the country forward. He worked at the same time on a book that would distill his thoughts on where the country had gone wrong and what it must do.

What next?

It is a takeoff from Rizal's work and is titled "After 100 Years -- What Next?" Essentially, Laurel makes a case for the failures of the presidential system and the need to adopt a parliamentary type of government.

Even as his health was failing him, Laurel completed the book that his wife is now preparing to publish.

"Doy was such a strong person physically," says Celia in the interview. She agonized as she saw how "little by little his muscles would disappear."

She remembers her husband's last words to their son Cocoy, a popular stage actor and singer:

"Now I realize why we are here. We are not here for fame, for fortune, even for political power. I was there. We are here so we can help those who cannot help themselves."

sugarboy

November 17th, 2005, 11:59 PM

ThisFire

November 18th, 2005, 05:01 AM

^ by posting this, it will help people remember

ThisFire

November 18th, 2005, 05:01 AM

^ by posting this, it will help people remember

Jefferyi

November 18th, 2005, 06:40 AM

I am not sure but it seems to be either in movies or in trade (something to do with coconut). Some of these bussiness are just hard to search. I'll just post something If I will find anything relating to this company. Why do you want to know about it? Just asking. :cheers:

Nice of you to reply but its basically cause I'm doing a little research on a hazy fam history. Oh well, I hope you continue posting pics of Manila preWWII.

Jefferyi

November 18th, 2005, 06:40 AM

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 08:05 AM

Fernandez Hermanos

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I discovered this entire forum by accident--in Sydney, of all places.

Anyway, it's great to read all the posts.

My late grandfather was was a World War I (US Army Veteran) who fought in Europe with the likes of Tomas Claudio. But my grandfather survived and became a manager of Western Pacific Corporation, one of the companies under Fernandez Hermanos. Fernandez Hermanos was a big company--the Fernandez family (one of the brothers is Don Carlos Fernandez) owned not only WESPACOR but also Compania Maritima and numerous other subsidiaries.
The Fernandezes were strong supporters of Diosdado Macapagal's bid for the presidency. They hugely contributed to the campaign of Macapagal---my late grandfather together with Diosdado Macapagal and actor Rogelio de la Rosa were all friends from the same town--Lubao, Pampanga. When I go to Manila for vacation this Christmas I will try to retrieve whatever photos I can get on early 20th century Manila. I do have photos of Japanese structures in Davao before World War II. Hoe to post them by new year.

Thanks guys.

Is it true that Rogelio Dela Rosa almost run for office and would have won hands down as the first Philippine actor president had not Diosdado Macapagal prevailed upon him not to run for office? Rogelio de la Rosa was the most popular actor/matinee idol then. He was the perennial screen partner of Carmen Rosales (the Philippines' Greta Garbo) after whom two towns of Pangasinan -- Carmen and Rosales were named.

Rogelio de la Rosa did become a Senator, didn't he? His brother Jaime de la Rosa was also a matinee idol and became a Councilor in the City of Manila.

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 08:05 AM

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 08:19 AM

The question is, did Laurel really have a choice in the matter but to give way? That was his fate. He was not destined to be president.

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 08:19 AM

The question is, did Laurel really have a choice in the matter but to give way? That was his fate. He was not destined to be president.

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 08:21 AM

going back to the thread--i suddenly remember 1973 was the year when dapitan and laon laan streets in Sampaloc ceased becoming 2 way streets.

Dapitan became one way from mayon, quezon city to all the way to UST. Laon laan was one way from andalucia/a. mendoza (where central market, world theater, JE tailors and p. gomez elementary school were located) to mayon.

1973 marked the year the Department of Tourism was established (with Jose Aspiras as Secretary), Maryknoll College's Margie Moran became Miss Universe in Athens, Greece (with Ginger Rogers, Olympic athletes Hollywood celebrities and European royalty as judges in contrast to supermodels and a few 2nd tier celebrities who judge these days), Marilen Ojeda was runner-up to Miss International in Tokyo, Anette Liwanag was runner-up to Maja Internacional in Spain and Evangeline Pascual was runner-up to Miss World Marjorie Wallace in London.

Ariel Ureta was the multimedia star (he was hosting Ariel con Tina, Ariel and Company After 6, did box office movies, etc). Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos were the movie queens.

There were many tourist buses around Manila. Foreigners were beginning to discover Manila. Most of them were Japanese.

Thanks for this account!

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 08:21 AM

surfsam

November 18th, 2005, 09:02 AM

True.

As a trade-off, de la Rosa became Ambassador to several countries, including the Netherlands, Sri Lanka and several other countries. In fairness, de la Rosa learned the ropes from career diplomats. He was a very capable, hands-on ambassador.

My grandfather was one of Macapagal's campaign managers. Rogelio de la Rosa's sister was Diosdado Macapagal's 1st wife (who died during the war, mother of former Pampanga Governor Cielo Macapagal-Salgado and former SEAG shooting medalist and Olympian Art Macapagal). My grandfather, together with other friends, asked de la Rosa NOT to run. Since they are like family (even though Macapagal married Pangasinan/Iligan City's Eva Macaraeg, mother of President Gloria MA and Diosdado Jr), de la Rosa gave in to pressure. Many of Macapagal's campaign team members were his childhood friends (e.g. my grandfather, director Tikoy Aguiluz's father AMABLE AGULUZ SR., Cecile Licad's father and others) and relatives.

I have heaps of stories about Malacanang during that era. Some of them off the record.

But there's one interesting tidbit--Rogelio de la Rosa and Carmen Rosales were a couple after Rosales' husband died during the war. when it was time for rosales and de la rosa to hide in the mountains, Carmen Rosales decided not to go because she wants to use her superstar position as a front for guerilla forces. starlet Lota Delgado (who already had a crush on de la Rosa) was in the group with de la Rosa. During the later war years, a relationship developed and de la Rosa married Delgado.

After the war, Rosales was awarded for her extraordinary valor during the war (she saved many Filipinos because the Japanese respected her artistry. she decided to make japan's toho productions-produced movie TATLONG MARIA, directed by gerry de leon, written for the screen by Tsutomu Sawamura from Jose Esperanza Cruz’s novel and co-starring norma blancaflor and novelist liwayway arceo; the movie was released in 1944; re-released after the end of the Japanese occupation as Back to the Farm/Sa Libis ng Nayon ) on the condition that war prisoners in many locations will be released.

In fact, because of her extraordinary courage, 2 areas in Pangasinan were named after her (Carmen and Rosales--where we used to pass by going to Baguio). Rosales refused to make a movie with de la Rosa (hurt because de la Rosa ended up with another girl) unless she is paid 45,000 pesos (a hefty sum then). Sampaguita Pictures' Dr. Jose Perez offered the amount to her and a movie that they made (KAMPANANG GINTO) made a killing in the box office.

President GMA is civil but not close to her half-siblings. I will not elaborate the reasons why. But from where i'm sitting, i suppose the children from the first family were not treated well especially when they were kids.

BTW until now we still do not have extant copies of TATLONG MARIA. Many copies were destroyed during the war.

Since we are in a nostalgia mood, allow me to post an article written by one of my former teachers at UP, Lynn Strait Pareja.

Carmen Rosales remembered
By Lena Strait Pareja
Inquirer News Service

CARMEN Rosales lived in an era when a movie star was a celebrity par excellence-when movie queens were glorified and their private lives were kept hidden so that nothing would tarnish their appeal as gilded idols of the silver screen.

When Sampaguita Pictures signed up Carmen Rosales to be the leading lady of Rogelio de la Rosa in "Takipsilim" (1939), she was a virtual unknown. She had earlier appeared in "Arimunding-Munding," but there was no follow-up picture immediately after.

When "Takip Silim" was released during the Christmas season, a "legendary" love team was born. The magic of Rosales and Rogelio de la Rosa would remain on local screens for three decades until the mid-1950s.

Classic romantic films

Among their classic romantic films were "Señorita" (1940), "Colegiala" (1940), "Lambingan" (1940), "Panambitan" (1941), "Tampuhan" (1941), "Maala-ala Mo Kaya" (1954), "Ang Tangi Kong Pagibig" (1955) and "Iyong-Iyo" (1955).

When De la Rosa tossed his hat into the political ring for the presidential elections, Rosales continued appearing in Sampaguita movies together with other leading men like Jose Padilla Jr. ("Matandang Dalaga," 1954), Cesar Ramirez ("Uhaw na Pagibig," 1955), Ric Rodrigo ("R.O.T.C.," 1955), Eddie Garcia ("Halik sa Lupa," 1961), and Leopoldo Salcedo ("Anak ni Kamagong," 1964).

She started her professional acting career after she was proclaimed Radio Queen in 1937. She met and fell in love with radio personality Ramon Novales. Their marriage produced one son, Rene. Ramon met a tragic death during World War II while fighting the Japanese.

Carmen continued his fight. Soon after, a barrio (Carmen) in Rosales, Pangasinan was named after her. Her real-life war exploits have been made into a movie by Sampaguita, "Guerilyera" (1946).

Freelancer

After the war when she resumed her acting career as a freelancer, she married Jose Puyat Jr., with whom she had one son, Cesar. She appeared in Premiere Productions' first picture, "Probinsiyana" (1946), which turned out to be a big box-office hit.

When she returned to Sampaguita, she was reunited with Leopoldo Salcedo in Eddie Romero's "Hindi Kita Malimot" (1948).

In 1949, she became the highest-paid movie star when LVN Pictures paid her the unprecedented sum of P45,000 to team up again with Rogelio de la Rosa in "Kampanang Ginto."

Aside from being a top-rate actress, Carmen was also a singer. She recorded the famous love songs of Constancio C. de Guzman, Mike Velarde and Josefino Cenizal.

I got hooked on Carmen as a movie fan since I was old enough to read and write. I saw her movies before the war in Masbate.

Each time I came home from seeing a Carmen Rosales movie, I would spend hours inside my grandmother's bedroom pretending I was Carmen fluttering her eyelids at Rogelio de la Rosa as she sang my favorite song.

Better singer

My American forbears named me after Lena Horne, but as far as I was concerned, Carmen Rosales was a far better singer. Now that I have replaced my late grandmother as the Lola of the family, it strikes me as odd indeed that I would still feel the same way as I did 64 years ago!

I'm still a Carmen Rosales fan. And that is the magic of the movies that nobody can take away from me!

surfsam

November 18th, 2005, 09:02 AM

surfsam

November 18th, 2005, 09:46 AM

surfsam

November 18th, 2005, 09:46 AM

TheCameraReturns

November 18th, 2005, 12:22 PM

TheCameraReturns

November 18th, 2005, 12:22 PM

TheCameraReturns

November 18th, 2005, 12:25 PM

I thought the EL Hogar was recently repainted. Somebody posted a link to somebody's photo blog that shows the current restored state of the El Hogar Filipino.

Sorry I can't find it.

Just came from the area today. El Hogar has not been repainted.

TheCameraReturns

November 18th, 2005, 12:25 PM

TheCameraReturns

November 18th, 2005, 12:32 PM

Escolta sometime in the 1960s. Thanks to Wonderboy for the photo!

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Corner of Escolta and Nueva (recently renamed Yuchengco whatever.. course it will always be Nueva to me!).

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TheCameraReturns

November 18th, 2005, 12:32 PM

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 03:45 PM

Plaza Moraga looks so much neater in the 1900s with those Spanich colonial structures and the cobbled-stoned streets.

On the other hand, Escolta looks better now with the greenery on the sidewalks than in the 1960s.

I wish they will stop renaming streets that have acquired a distinct name-recall.

Thanks again TheCameraReturns :applause:

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 03:45 PM

sugarboy

November 18th, 2005, 04:16 PM

speaking of miss universe in the seventies, i remember that as a kid i had this crush on guada sanchez. anyone remember her? miss philippines of 74.

i remember then that my cousins were having their house built in dasma in 74 and i'd try to sneak a peek at the sanchez residence hoping to see guada in their garden. as it comes back, i kinda feel like fred savage of the wonder years. :)

sugarboy

November 18th, 2005, 04:16 PM

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 04:39 PM

over-all i think doy laurel isnt a bad person. but it was cory's destiny to be president even though she had lapses during her presidency. cory had charisma which doy's persona could not approximate. during that tine, doy strikes me as a traditional politician. someone who belongs to an old boys' club of sorts.

it was still nice for him to step aside. we know how callous other politicians can be--those who would still insist on having mandate even though they are already disliked by everyone.

the reason why doy initially supported marcos is that they are both close fraternity brothers (UPSILON SIGMA PHI) at UP. ninoy, another upsilonian had the balls to fight marcos because he did not stay too long in UP (he served as a war correspondent during the korean war and didnt bond very long with his age-group). when it seemed that the tide was turning against marcos, laurel decided to shift gears.

doy should be given credit though for marrying celia diaz (who is truly a patroness of the arts--she co-financed many productions of Repertory Philippines under Bibot Amador) and bankrolling cocoy laurel's cult movies (who can ever forget LOLLIPOPS AND ROSES with nora aunor and pre-miami vice don johnson; LOLLIPOPS AND ROSES AT BURONG TALANGKA also with nora aunor; and OH MARGIE OH (starring margie moran!!!!, german moreno, ike lozada, sandy garcia, lilian laing de leon, sylvia la torre and many other 1970s pop/camp figures). doy and celia also bankrolled IWI LAUREL's records (remember cecile azarcon's composition SPECIAL MEMORY, a big hit during the 1980s and used as background music in Gary Valenciano and Aga Muhlach's HOTSHOTS--directed by 1950s idol Nestor de Villa's son Jeric Soriano.

Wow! A lot of trivia memorabilia here. I'm enjoying it. :) I remember being "kilig" even as a child when I saw Nora and Cocoy in "Lollipops and Roses at Burong Talangka" rerun. I want to see it again. I vaguely remember "Lollipops and Roses" but I do remember reading that a teen Don Johnson was in that film as a third wheel. I'd like to see that. I wonder if they preserved those films? Margie Moran in "Oh Margie Oh" was so flat.

Well if you have to give credit to Doy for marrying Celia Diaz Laurel, do we discredit him for having an affair with Pilar Pilapil? Anyway, they have a beautiful and talented offspring former newscaster Pia Pilapil.

Doy had to side with Macoy because they had a long history. His father Jose Laurel pardoned Marcos in the Nalundasan murder case. So as a return of favor, Marcos spared Doy of political detention unlike the rest of the oppositionists Salonga, Diokno, Manglapaz, Aquino, etc. -- a whole slew of them. This did not escape the voters' memory even if Doy solidified the UNIDO opposition base against Marcos in the later years after Ninoy Aquino's assasination. He could not muster the votes to propel him to his much desired presidency. So that is their storied past.

@sugarboy -- Guada Sanchez had a classic beauty. She became more beautiful when I saw her in a talk show with Julie Yap Daza compared to an earlier cut-out picture of hers that I had as a kid (based on an old calendar) when she had ultra-long hair. She looked pudgy then. I think as consolation prize they gave her the fourth place, Miss Asia Pacific.

Lili

November 18th, 2005, 04:39 PM

Manila-X

November 18th, 2005, 04:48 PM

Sa alam ko, napaka turbulent yung panahon na yon! Kaya pumunta ang erpat ko sa HK dahil doon!

Manila-X

November 18th, 2005, 04:48 PM

Sa alam ko, napaka turbulent yung panahon na yon! Kaya pumunta ang erpat ko sa HK dahil doon!

sugarboy

November 18th, 2005, 09:03 PM

eto pa other trivia from the wonderful years of the seventies.

i remember having watched a movie starring miss aruba, maureen ava viera paired up with francis arnaiz (the basketball player). anyone remember the title of that movie?

also, wasn't there a movie which starred gloria diaz and vic vargas? was that "an affair in tahiti"? eeeks! all these postings and our avid participation really begin to denote our age ain't it?

anyway, i guess you all are enjoying this as much as i do :)

sugarboy

November 18th, 2005, 09:03 PM

Animo

November 19th, 2005, 04:05 AM

Ayuntamiento Building

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Ayuntamiento Building, main stairway

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Ayuntamiento Building lobby

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Ayuntamiento Building dining hall

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While the inaugural ceremonies of the First Philippine Assembly were held at the Manila Grand Opera House, its first session was held at the Ayuntamiento de Manila in Intramuros in the afternoon of the same day.

The Ayuntamiento was a two-storey building occupying half a block near the Manila Cathedral.

The other half of the block was occupied by the Universidad de Santo Tomas. Both these two massive buildings were burned and bombed during the Japanese occupation.

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Sorry guys only small pictures are available for free. It looks grand on the inside tho! :)

Animo

November 19th, 2005, 04:05 AM

Animo

November 19th, 2005, 04:08 AM

Bureau of Printing

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Digital Print from Google book Search: Power and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines by Fenella Cannell

'Culture' is not a term with much purchase in rural Bicol; although there is a certain awareness of the value of 'heritage' in national (and nationalist) politics, it appears to be less significant than in other areas of the islands. The term people usually use is ugali mi, 'our ways'. A discussion of this issue is given in the conclusion.

While Spanish government in the Philippines was famously indirect and the peninsular Spanish population in the islands extremely thin, the archipelago became more significant to Spain after its empire was fractures by the Latin American revolutions in the mid-19th century.

Spanish policy in Bicol and other Philippine provinces (by contrast with Mexico and the former Inca Empire) was to missionise from the first in native Filipino languages. Both Augustinians and Franciscans compiled catechisms, grammars, vocabularies and many religious texts and hymns in Bicol (although children were taught the Spanish alphabet with hornbooks, not the indigenous writing method).

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Bureau of Science building

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Digital Print from Google book Search: Searching the Heavens and the Earth: The History of Jesuit Observatories by Agustin Udias Vallina

Miguel Selga (1879-1956). Born in Rajadell (Barcelona), Spain, he entered the society of Jesus in 1895. He studied sciences in the University of Zaragoza and obtained his licentiate in 1908. In 1913 and 1914 he visited the American observatories of Georgetown (Washington), Harvard, Boston, Yerkes (Winsconsin) and Lowell (Arizona) where he worked on stellar spectra and binary stars.

In 1915 traveled to Manila and in 1926 was appointed director of the Manila Observatory and of the Philippine Weather Bureau, succeeding Algué. From 1926 to 1927 Selga was professor of astronomy and meteorology at the University of Philippines. His main fields of research were astronomy and meteorology. He studied binary stars and stellar spectrography, and the occurrence of typhoons in the Philippines. In 1945 he witnessed the destruction of the observatory by the Japanese Army. He retired as Director in 1948.

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Intendencia Building

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Finally, at 1745 on Friday, 2 January 1942, the Japanese entered Manila. Maj. Gen. Koichi Abe, 48th Division infantry group commander, led one battalion of the 1st Formosa and two of the 47th Infantry into the northern sector of the capital.

All that night Japanese trucks poured into the city, their occupants taking over private hotels and some public buildings as billets. Enemy troops moved into the University of the Philippines and other school buildings. The next morning the only cars on the street were those driven by Japanese officers and civilians. From their radiators flew the flag of the Rising Sun. Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Thai flags could also be seen. The vault of the national treasury at the Intendencia Building was sealed and a large placard announced the building and its contents to be the property of the Japanese Government.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/USA-P-PI-14.html

Animo

November 19th, 2005, 04:08 AM

ThisFire

November 19th, 2005, 04:48 AM

^ spanich? haha

ThisFire

November 19th, 2005, 04:48 AM

^ spanich? haha

Animo

November 19th, 2005, 05:32 AM

Nice of you to reply but its basically cause I'm doing a little research on a hazy fam history. A greatgrandpa was supposedly involved wth this Finlay lumber company preWWII. Anyways its interesting to know that it was also involved in movies cause my greatgranma(salvador) allegedly came from an old movie industry fam also. Oh well, I hope you continue posting pics of Manila preWWII.

Hi, its nice to find family roots and history. I read somewhere that people who are outside the Philippines (or any other country) are mostly likely to research family histories some point in their life. I just realized that I was right about the company involving coconuts! :cheers:

About Finlay Richardson Company:

http://www.retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/AR/AR00023a.jpg

- Commercial building
- Manila
- 1880
- Photo shows the manager's house of Finlay Richardson Company, a British commercial firm in Santa Ana, Manila.

http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=AR00023

Animo

November 19th, 2005, 05:32 AM

Hawayano

November 19th, 2005, 05:37 PM

Plaza Moraga early 1900s before Jones Bridge. This is the intersection of Escolta and Calle Rosario.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webmoraga1900.gif

November 2005.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webmoraga2005.gif

Say...has anyone in here any idea as to what happened to those thousands of cobblestones when the whole area was macadamized? I mean, did the construction crews just pour right over the stones or were they removed and dumped into some landfill? The reason I ask is: wouldn't it look great if some agency with foresight and mega-bucks could uncover and restore the cobblestone pavements (if they indeed lie beneath those layers of grime and asphalt) to re-create some of historic Manila's ambience again?

Hawayano

November 19th, 2005, 05:37 PM

surfsam

November 20th, 2005, 01:26 AM

surfsam

November 20th, 2005, 01:26 AM

surfsam

November 20th, 2005, 01:31 AM

surfsam

November 20th, 2005, 01:31 AM

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 05:07 AM

according to my pop culture teacher in UP years ago (yup we do study these things in diliman), guada sanchez made the top 12 of the 1974 miss universe pageant but didnt make the top 5. rumors had her placing 7th (6th was puerto rico's sonia stege) because she was too young, too immature--she was only 16 when she competed.

^ Oh, is this so? Then I had my trivia wrong. I thought she made it to the finals. So just semi-finals.

About Gloria Diaz and Vic Vargas. They made the Celso Ad. Castillo film, "Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa". I think even Elizabeth Oropesa was introduced in this film. It was the start of the "wet look" -- braless under T-shirt.

This Weng Weng really made it big internationally. He became a favorite in West Germany. What about Pia Moran? I saw her make a cameo appearance in this film Dubai and boy, she looked so different. She looks like someone with a botched plastic surgery operation. She used to dance, didn't she? Redford White, I saw last in a comedy movie with Michael V and Ogie Alcasid (I think The Bridegrooms? I wish I can remember the name but it was so funny.) His comedic timing was flawless even as he delivers it straightface.

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 05:07 AM

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 05:17 AM

^ spanich? haha

Give me a break ThisFire. Obviously it was a typo. haha. ;)

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 05:17 AM

^ spanich? haha

Give me a break ThisFire. Obviously it was a typo. haha. ;)

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 05:19 AM

Say...has anyone in here any idea as to what happened to those thousands of cobblestones when the whole area was macadamized? I mean, did the construction crews just pour right over the stones or were they removed and dumped into some landfill? The reason I ask is: wouldn't it look great if some agency with foresight and mega-bucks could uncover and restore the cobblestone pavements (if they indeed lie beneath those layers of grime and asphalt) to re-create some of historic Manila's ambience again?

That would have been a very costly undertaking. But it will look good, especially if there is not much traffic in the area.

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 05:19 AM

surfsam

November 20th, 2005, 05:55 AM

Pia Moran's face was badly destroyed in a near fatal car accident. she was lucky to have her face restored, no matter how dodgy it is. She is having a second wind as a supporting actress. not quite on top but at keast she has regular income.

I remember her dancing on TV many times everyday promoting Bembol Roco's directorial debut ASAL HAYOP. this was in 80 or 81.

guada married early, almost right after her reign. then she separated a few years later. she had a commercial in the late 70s ("every body razzle dazzle" for either lux or palmolive). she returned to private life after.

1974 miss universe was amparo munoz (who didnt finish her reign because she couldnt stand being escorted by chaperones all the time--she even slapped her chaperones and bodyguards). her runners-up were wales (later became miss world helen morgan but dethroned because she is an unwed mother), finland (johanna raunio who did a movie with chiquito and raul roa entitled LORELEI as a mermaid), colombia (ella cecilia escandon) and aruba (maureen ava vierra---she did several movies and was a manila resident for years). she married an ysmael but separated immediately after.

amparo is now an art film actress after surviving countless scandals in her life (suicide attempt, failed relationships, porno photos, etc).

surfsam

November 20th, 2005, 05:55 AM

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 06:47 AM

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 06:47 AM

bagel

November 20th, 2005, 08:30 AM

^ spanich? haha

I yam what I yam. Akakakakak. Toot toot.

bagel

November 20th, 2005, 08:30 AM

^ spanich? haha

I yam what I yam. Akakakakak. Toot toot.

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:36 AM

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:36 AM

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:40 AM

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:40 AM

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:46 AM

sugar boy:

the title of francis arnaiz's movie with maureen ava vierra is MISS ARUBA WENT TO TOWN! The theme song was sung by a very country (READ: at times over the top baduy) group: D' BIG 3 SULLIVANS. The theme song goes something like "Aruba, Aruba Aruba Miss Aruba....Maureen Ava Vierra"

Vic Vargas and Gloria Diaz did the box office hit AN AFFAIR IN TAHITI. they did so many other hit movies together culminating with the low budget but box office hitting ANDRES DE SAYA SERIES produced by the now defunct BUKANG LIWAYWAY PRODUCTIONS who also developed the late WENG WENG, REDFORD WHITE and PIA MORAN!

hahaha. i am enjoying this thread. reminds me of the philippines. it's warm in sydney (summer here coming soon). home is always remembered with fondness because of this column.

glad to know you're enjoying this surfsam. i think the 70s comprised a decade filled with character. whenever i'm reminded of today's complexities in life/living, i just dig into the cookiejar of yesteryears to remind myself how life/living was so simple in those days :)

by the way, next month, i'll be celebrating a year of having participated in this forum. as mentioned in another thread, it all began because of some research we were doing at the office for what to wear for the company christmas party which had as it's theme...the SEVENTIES!

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:46 AM

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:48 AM

...

amparo is now an art film actress after surviving countless scandals in her life (suicide attempt, failed relationships, porno photos, etc).

speaking of porno (or bomba as we knew it then). does anyone remember the magazine GINOO? it was quite like a local GQ of those days.

sugarboy

November 20th, 2005, 09:48 AM

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 12:38 PM

we always had a laugh when pia moran came on the TV for that low budget TV commercial of standard electric fan wherein she would say with awful diction..."FOR EBRY PARCHASE OF STANDARD ELECTRIC FAN.." . later on, the audio was dubbed with a better sounding voiceover but then since the audio wasn't in sync with pia's lips, it was still a disaster! :)

What about the Eskinol commercial of Vilma when she said, "I cheris the way Eskinol cherises my skin." while wearing a towel turban on her head? It was even spoofed by the late Jay Ilagan in Going Bananas.

Lili

November 20th, 2005, 12:38 PM

bagel

November 20th, 2005, 05:03 PM

speaking of porno (or bomba as we knew it then). does anyone remember the magazine GINOO? it was quite like a local GQ of those days.

Haha... When we were cleaning out my lolo's closet after he passed away, I found a stash of Ginoo. May he not get angry with me for saying this.

bagel

November 20th, 2005, 05:03 PM

jonduffy67

November 20th, 2005, 05:50 PM

I'm so impressed with your diligence and research, my fellow La Sallian.

I've seen these Filipino musicians on the internet last year when I was surfing the net one night. It's amazing that Americans are doing a much better job of documenting this information than we Filipinos do.

Graduated from La Salle in 1987. What year did you graduate?

jonduffy67

November 20th, 2005, 05:50 PM

surfsam

November 21st, 2005, 03:05 AM

i remember there was a magazine in the 1970s called PIC--something like FHM and they featured models like--believe it or not, Annabelle Rama, Ruffa's mom who was topless is several photos.

I lost the copy of the mag. My mom threw it away, along with some of my other junk stuff when i went overseas.

surfsam

November 21st, 2005, 03:05 AM

Lili

November 21st, 2005, 03:47 AM

Haha... When we were cleaning out my lolo's closet after he passed away, I found a stash of Ginoo. May he not get angry with me for saying this.

Is Ginoo really like today's GQ and FHM? I know that in the late 80s, even tabloids like Tikatik and Abante really had very revealing (even obscene) photos.

Lili

November 21st, 2005, 03:47 AM

surfsam

November 21st, 2005, 08:53 AM

Tiktik and Abante were in black and white and unabashedly tasteless/tacky.

Ginoo attempts to be a bit more artistic (even though this is very debatable). it tries to be tasteful even though it can be interpreted as otherwise. Para less glossy version of FHM since we didnt have hi-tech printing facilities then.

surfsam

November 21st, 2005, 08:53 AM

bagel

November 21st, 2005, 08:56 AM

Of course, like every Philippine magazine of that time, the only thing glossy was the cover. Inner pages were newsprint.

bagel

November 21st, 2005, 08:56 AM

Of course, like every Philippine magazine of that time, the only thing glossy was the cover. Inner pages were newsprint.

TheCameraReturns

November 21st, 2005, 11:16 AM

This photo puzzled me for a long time, such that I had it marked as "Unknown Manila". It was not until Hawayano mentioned that it was Calle Real along San Juan de Dios pre-war that I was able to make the connection. Thanks Hawayano. You've come to the rescue once again!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webreal1900-1.gif

My comparison November 2005..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webreal2005-1.gif

Photograph of San Juan de Dios Hospital around 1900. Notice that the marked portion corresponds directly with the first image in this series.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webreal1900-m.gif

And a present day comparison..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webreal2005.gif

Lyceum occupies the spot where San Juan de Dios used to be.

TheCameraReturns

November 21st, 2005, 11:16 AM

bagel

November 21st, 2005, 11:21 AM

Great! Thanks again!

What occupies the land on the right side of the street now? It appears like open space or parking lots.

bagel

November 21st, 2005, 11:21 AM

Great! Thanks again!

What occupies the land on the right side of the street now? It appears like open space or parking lots.

TheCameraReturns

November 21st, 2005, 11:23 AM

Say...has anyone in here any idea as to what happened to those thousands of cobblestones when the whole area was macadamized? I mean, did the construction crews just pour right over the stones or were they removed and dumped into some landfill? The reason I ask is: wouldn't it look great if some agency with foresight and mega-bucks could uncover and restore the cobblestone pavements (if they indeed lie beneath those layers of grime and asphalt) to re-create some of historic Manila's ambience again?

I recall parts of Ongpin and Escolta being cobblestone. Not too sure now, but the small passageway under Jones Bridge is still cobblestone I think. When Ongpin and Escolta were resurfaced, the road was raised by a good 12 inches, so I would think that the cobblestone road is still there, buried underneath ugly concrete.

TheCameraReturns

November 21st, 2005, 11:23 AM

Say...has anyone in here any idea as to what happened to those thousands of cobblestones when the whole area was macadamized? I mean, did the construction crews just pour right over the stones or were they removed and dumped into some landfill? The reason I ask is: wouldn't it look great if some agency with foresight and mega-bucks could uncover and restore the cobblestone pavements (if they indeed lie beneath those layers of grime and asphalt) to re-create some of historic Manila's ambience again?

I recall parts of Ongpin and Escolta being cobblestone. Not too sure now, but the small passageway under Jones Bridge is still cobblestone I think. When Ongpin and Escolta were resurfaced, the road was raised by a good 12 inches, so I would think that the cobblestone road is still there, buried underneath ugly concrete.

TheCameraReturns

November 21st, 2005, 11:29 AM

Great! Thanks again!

What occupies the land on the right side of the street now? It appears like open space or parking lots.

There's an open lot that's being used by Lyceum for sports. There's also an older structure but likely postwar. And then of course there's Jollibee just out of viewfinder range! Wasn't really paying attention, I should go back and look again. :? :?

TheCameraReturns

November 21st, 2005, 11:29 AM

sugarboy

November 21st, 2005, 11:45 AM

the very first truly glossy magazine (cover and inside pages) locally printed was SUNBURST. editor in chief/publisher was max soliven. my favorite issue was the second issue wherin the main feature was....guada sanchez!

sugarboy

November 21st, 2005, 11:45 AM

surfsam

November 21st, 2005, 11:50 AM

SUNBURST was truly outstanding. i had forgotten max soliven was on top of it.

surfsam

November 21st, 2005, 11:50 AM

SUNBURST was truly outstanding. i had forgotten max soliven was on top of it.

sugarboy

November 21st, 2005, 12:34 PM

mahal yung production cost nun. color separation in those days had to be done in hong kong :)

sugarboy

November 21st, 2005, 12:34 PM

mahal yung production cost nun. color separation in those days had to be done in hong kong :)

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 02:57 PM

Great photo comparison TheCameraReturns! Below is a very small photo of Calle Real. Will try to find a larger photo and replace this one.

http://www.lexpages.com/GlassSlides/547.jpg

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 02:57 PM

Great photo comparison TheCameraReturns! Below is a very small photo of Calle Real. Will try to find a larger photo and replace this one.

http://www.lexpages.com/GlassSlides/547.jpg

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 03:03 PM

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/data/images/lc/large/ph00025l.jpg

Calle Cobaldo, Manila

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 03:03 PM

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/data/images/lc/large/ph00025l.jpg

Calle Cobaldo, Manila

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 03:07 PM

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/data/images/lc/large/ph00072l.jpg

Binondo Church with cobblestones and the railways of MERALCO tranvia.

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 03:07 PM

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/data/images/lc/large/ph00072l.jpg

Binondo Church with cobblestones and the railways of MERALCO tranvia.

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 03:10 PM

I recall parts of Ongpin and Escolta being cobblestone. Not too sure now, but the small passageway under Jones Bridge is still cobblestone I think. When Ongpin and Escolta were resurfaced, the road was raised by a good 12 inches, so I would think that the cobblestone road is still there, buried underneath ugly concrete.

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/data/images/lc/large/ph00069l.jpg

Escolta with magnificent cobblestones.

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 03:10 PM

Lili

November 21st, 2005, 03:22 PM

Wow, TheCameraReturns. Always spot on!! Thank you for the time travel. :)

And of course Wonderboy, thanks for identifying the place. It gave TCR the lead for these wonderful comparison shots.

Oh, it was Hawayano who identified the exact location. (I remember I mistook it for R. Hidalgo.) THank you!

Lili

November 21st, 2005, 03:22 PM

Hawayano

November 21st, 2005, 03:37 PM

[QUOTE=TheCameraReturns]This photo puzzled me for a long time, such that I had it marked as "Unknown Manila". It was not until Hawayano mentioned that it was Calle Real along San Juan de Dios pre-war that I was able to make the connection. Thanks Hawayano. You've come to the rescue once again!

Don't thank me , TheCameraReturns--we're all grateful to you for sleuthing bits and pieces of hard-to-find history for us all!

Hawayano

November 21st, 2005, 03:37 PM

MarkiiBoi

November 21st, 2005, 04:07 PM

...Colon St.
<img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/coloncomparison.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

...Cebu Provincial Capitol
<img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/capitolcomparison.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

...Cebu Bay
<img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/Cebubaycomparison.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

MarkiiBoi

November 21st, 2005, 04:07 PM

Lili

November 21st, 2005, 04:21 PM

Nice comparison shots of Cebu historic places, MarkiiBoi :okay: Too bad Colon St. had lost the ambience of its Hispanic colonial past as the first street of the Philippines.

Lili

November 21st, 2005, 04:21 PM

Nice comparison shots of Cebu historic places, MarkiiBoi :okay: Too bad Colon St. had lost the ambience of its Hispanic colonial past as the first street of the Philippines.

MarkiiBoi

November 21st, 2005, 04:35 PM

Nice comparison shots of Cebu historic places, MarkiiBoi :okay: Too bad Colon St. had lost the ambience of its Hispanic colonial past as the first street of the Philippines.

ei thnx..

Colon st. is just answering the call of the times.. hehe

but the capitol building is really well-preserved..

and Cebooom is clearly depicted in the shot from the bay area...

MarkiiBoi

November 21st, 2005, 04:35 PM

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 04:38 PM

While I was reading Iderlina Mateo-Babiano's "Street Space Renaissance," I came up with my own theory why the cobblestones disappeared. Remember the tranvia?

http://www.lrta.gov.ph/images/tramvia_co_history.jpg

When MERALCO introduced the electric street car at the turn of the century, the cobblestones were still there until the destruction of Manila in WWII. The railways of the tranvia according to MERALCO was 'beyond repair.' As the tranvia lost its steam and disappeared in the Manila street scene, the jeepneys came in. Since the railways of the tranvia were practically useless and knowing too well that disassembling the rails would be very tedious, the rails as well as the cobblestones were covered with thick cement.

http://static.flickr.com/5/5137787_5d69048e1c_m.jpg

A small portion of Calle Nuevo (now Yuchengco Street) in Binondo still have cobblestones particularly the one in front of San Lorenzo Ruiz Academy. The cobblestones near San Agustin Church located along Calle Real del Palacio (now Gen. Luna Street) were not the original cobblestones of prewar Manila. The construction of Casa Manila fronting San Agustin was supposed to be authentic as the houses during the glory days of Intramuros hence the addition of cobblestones. The area of San Agustin is the only area of Intramuros that looks like 'old Intramuros' since it was the only structure 'within the walls' that was spared from the bombings of WWII. San Agustin served as the Red Cross headquarters. Photo below shows a couple of tanks passing through the legislative building. Notice that the railways of the tranvia were still there.

http://www.fourthmarinesband.com/manilla_tanks.jpg

Wonderboy

November 21st, 2005, 04:38 PM

jonduffy67

November 21st, 2005, 10:26 PM

[QUOTE=Animo]Plaza Carlos III, Manila, early 1900s

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/db/dlmap/SEAiT/htdocs/data/images/nara/large/ph00231l.jpg

I love the Insular Tobacco Factory with its moorish fretwork along the first floor! Talk about ambience--especially when the entire cobblestoned plaza is taken into account, including the Hotel Oriente, the Binondo Church and the plaza fountain. Thanks for posting the pic, animo. But does anyone have any information on how and when the building disappeared? I have yet to see a photo of it in ruins at the end of World War II--was it destroyed earlier than that or did it meet an untimely--but planned--demolition? Let me know if you have the scoop on this.

Based on Bambi Harper's column on the Inquirer, both buildings were totally destroyed during the liberation of Manila in 1945.

Regards,

jonduffy67

November 21st, 2005, 10:26 PM

Animo

November 22nd, 2005, 02:40 AM

I'm so impressed with your diligence and research, my fellow La Sallian.

Err, I'm actually a true Blue and White ;) Thanks anyway! :colgate:

Animo

November 22nd, 2005, 02:40 AM

I'm so impressed with your diligence and research, my fellow La Sallian.

Err, I'm actually a true Blue and White ;) Thanks anyway! :colgate:

Animo

November 22nd, 2005, 02:53 AM

A CERTAIN Juan Potous came by a little over a quarter of a century since his country had ceded the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Versailles. He was pleasantly surprised to find that street names and places still bore Spanish names such as Novaliches, Issac Peral (UN Avenue), Sanchez Barcaiztegui, Alvarado, General Solano, Carriedo, Alejandro Farnesio, Azcarraga, Balmes, Basco, Benavides, Marques de los Castillejos, Churruca, Duque de Alba, Echague, Elcano, Marques de Comillas, O'Donell. Other names were de España, Lepanto, El Dorado, Estado, Estrella, Evangelista, Fraternidad, Alhambra, Galicia, Globo de Oro, Granate, Habana, Herran, Hormiga, Industria, Jaboneros, Colorado, Mejorada, Misericordia, Muralla, Numancia, Palma, Panaderos, Paraiso, Peñalosa, Peñafrancia, Peñarubia, Reina Regente, Salsipuedes, Tenorio, Toneleros. (I name them so that you may take note of how many have been changed since then.)

Aside from that there was the Calle de Tetuan that started in the Plaza Santa Cruz and ended in Gandara. (Recently renamed Padilla, a politician whose family still owns a lot of Binondo/San Nicolas properties.) The most frequented thoroughfare it seems at the time was none other than the Paseo de la Luneta. The boulevard had been christened Dewey but people continued to call it Boulevard de Cavite to the delight of resident Spaniards to whom the name Dewey did not elicit any happy memories. (Since renamed Roxas but the Spanish community dwindled to a minimum number and the younger generation tuned in to US culture.)

Potous found the Luneta Nueva or New Luneta one of the most "delicious" natural places in Manila because the hand of man had done little to embellish it, i.e. the lily wasn't gilded. Oddly enough the custom of taking the air at the Luneta from the Spanish times was continued but this time instead of carriages there was an interminable line of cars at the border of the "paseo" with distinguished ladies, respectable gentlemen and beautiful girls inside them. Nobody though got down to walk around or greet each other.

Potous was struck by the Filipinas' habit of wearing their hair long and hanging down their backs without any hairpins. He was also impressed by the elegance of the inhabitants of Manila. Everyone appeared to be in white or ecru perhaps since he describes their shirts as a species of transparent gauze (piña?), richly decorated.

Women wore long skirts with a train pinned to one side prompting him to wonder of what use it had since it was never let loose. The materials favored were brightly colored, the women's arms and shoulders for the most part bare. To cover the low neck line, especially in the street, a large shoulder piece "de quita y pon" (literally, take out and put), usually white and decorated with large flowers was draped on. Their feet and legs were bare of stockings and as a rule no one went unshod but wore slippers of red velvet.

The Spanish colony in the islands conceived of constructing a building that would be called Casa de España to house its consulate, the Casino Español and its Chamber of Commerce. Thus an extensive property was bought in what then was considered the best place in Manila. The project owed its success no less to a contractor called Farre (Luneta Hotel), el Conde de Peracamps a.k.a. Antonio Melian (El Hogar) and Gen. Las Heras.

In the center of the building extended a hall of "colossal" proportions called the Salon de Actos (Arcos?). From its ceiling hang huge chandeliers and the floors were of hardwood donated by Doña Trinidad Ayala de Zobel. From the sides radiated reception rooms, dressing rooms, a general dining hall and a lecture room where free Spanish lessons were taught. Enormous Japanese and Chinese jars as well as other pieces of porcelain decorated the salons.

There was a beautiful terrace leading to the tennis courts and the fronton of pelota as well as a more informal dining area. Facing the terrace as well was the library, and a barbershop.

Potous had the pleasure upon his arrival of attending a night time fiesta celebrated in the church of San Pedro de Malate to solemnize the feast of Our Lady of Remedies. The church was full of parishioners and the candles in front of the virgin's image looked as though they could total hundreds. There were more than six persons taking care of installing the candles and keeping them lighted.

Although the interior of the church appeared to glitter in gold, the fair celebrated in the plaza of Malate and the streets around were more interesting to him because they reminded him of the fiestas of Spain by the number of stalls where food and other articles were for sale. A seemingly disorderly multitude of natives, mestizos (half-breeds), and foreigners circulated through the aisles between the stalls.

Among the things for sale were sweets that seemed to form pyramids in the stall counters. The most extraordinary were the names completely unknown to the author of course: Madoya, dinuguan con poto, goto, ukoy, palitaw, buche, bico, bichobicho and pilipit. Fruits such as sincamas, lanzones, santol, lomboy, casuy, apulid, sungay kalabao, camachile, cabezas de negritos and balatong were sold. Old timers assured him that the "verbenas" had lost their vitality and gaiety since Spanish sovereignty had ceased over the archipelago. But this wasn't apparent to Potous who saw in this fiesta in Malate the vestiges of that old Spanish culture.

("Un Año en Manila," Juan Potous y Martinez, 1925)

http://www.inq7.net/opi/2003/nov/11/opi_blharper-1.htm

Animo

November 22nd, 2005, 02:53 AM

TheCameraReturns

November 22nd, 2005, 08:44 AM

Here's a photograph (Courtesy of Kuyageezer) taken of the north bank of the Pasig from Jones Bridge in 1978. The tall white building in the center with the revolving top is the old Royal Hotel. I used to be so enamored of it when I was little. The tubular metal object is the old guardrail of Jones Bridge, since replaced with less sturdy materials.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webroyalhotel78.gif

The present day comparison. The Royal Hotel has long since closed down, the lower floors being taken over by SM Department Store.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webroyalhotel2005.gif

TheCameraReturns

November 22nd, 2005, 08:44 AM

Lili

November 22nd, 2005, 09:31 AM

^ Kuyageezer will be so happy seeing that because that is where his Mom posed for some pictures. :)

Lili

November 22nd, 2005, 09:31 AM

^ Kuyageezer will be so happy seeing that because that is where his Mom posed for some pictures. :)

surfsam

November 22nd, 2005, 10:18 AM

i remember manila royal hotel. it was a bit plush in the 1970s. the top floor was a revolving restaurant that literally goes around. SM has always been there. i guess they are now occupying more floors.

surfsam

November 22nd, 2005, 10:18 AM

tigidig14

November 22nd, 2005, 10:32 AM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webroyalhotel78.gif

ooh i remember this along with the ajinomoto neon lights. this isnt so long ago, probably late 80s

tigidig14

November 22nd, 2005, 10:32 AM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webroyalhotel78.gif

ooh i remember this along with the ajinomoto neon lights. this isnt so long ago, probably late 80s

Wonderboy

November 22nd, 2005, 10:47 AM

Thanks Animo for posting "A 1925 tourist in Manila." I've always liked Bambi Harper's articles in Inquirer. It's sad how Manila street names are changed like it's going out of style. Below is an interesting letter written by Ivan Mandy of Old Manila Walks:

Nueva NO more!

* letter faxed to the lord mayor of MayniLA and his Close-up billboard sidekick- Congressman Miles Roces of third district of Manila.

Dear Sir,

A few days ago; this streetwalker and once-upon-time Binondo resident had a major jolt in his acute sense of direction: he couldnt find the street of childhood.

In the movie 'Face-Off' , good guy actor John Travolta wakes up to find himself - and his whole identity- turned upside down when bad guy Nicolas Cage goes on a rampage and forcefully acquires Travolta's face (literally through surgery). Suddenly, everything wasn't as what's supposed to be.

I can only imagine this is what the residents and businesses of Nueva Street in Binondo must have felt when they woke up about month ago and suddenly found themselves staring at 'nueva' street sign that read ET Yuchengco - a name so strange and unrelated to what generations, including this humble streetwalker, have known as Calle Nueva.

Could you please explain to us, dear sirs, why the sudden identity change of our dear Calle Nueva? For generations, this busy stretch has always been known as the 'new' street; a reminder of the day it opened in the year 1863 to ease traffic from our district's main avenue - Rosario (today Quintin Paredes street). The old Chinese even had a name for it, Ao-Kue-Ya or 'behind the main avenue'. Today, this stretch contains what is probablly Chinatown's last pavement of cobbles- a reminder of its origins dating to the Spanish colonial period.

It may not be as 'new' as it was in the 19th century but up until the new names where changed, everybody still called it as Nueva. All the shop signs (lots of them) read Nueva. Business addresses read Nueva. Printed matters read Nueva. WE called it Nueva.

Now we have to grapple with a long and historically-unrelated street tag: ET Yuchengco.

Yes, Mr. ET Yuchengco is a man whose deeds is worthy of remembrance and the generation after him have done a too-good of a job in making sure we, the present crop, remembers this man and his actions: ET Yuchengco building along Quintin Paredes, DLSU-ET Yuchengco hall along Taft Avenue , ET Yuchengco College of Business and Management at the Mapua Institute, ET Yuchengco Health Center in Pangasinan province and the RCBC Plaza Yuchengco towers 1 and 2 on Ayala Avenue. His legacy and name is everywhere.

But surely, a man of his stature cannot and should not replace a street's original name, especially in a place as historically and epically illustrious as our city's Binondo district.

Mr. Mayor, could we have our NUEVA street name and our collective memory back?

Sincerely,
Ivan ManDy
Streetwalker and former Binondo resident
Manila

Wonderboy

November 22nd, 2005, 10:47 AM

TheCameraReturns

November 22nd, 2005, 11:50 AM

Great articles and research Animo! Your posts are always an interesting read.

I came across the image below that showed some of the devastation in the Binondo area. I've also marked the area where Insular Tobacco and Oriente Hotel should have been next to Binondo Church.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webaerial45.gif

The Oriente Hotel appear to be in ruins, but Insular Tobacco seems to have been razed to the ground.

TheCameraReturns

November 22nd, 2005, 11:50 AM

manileño

November 22nd, 2005, 12:25 PM

siempre me enamore de las Filipinas de ayer, espero que va a volver...

manileño

November 22nd, 2005, 12:25 PM

siempre me enamore de las Filipinas de ayer, espero que va a volver...

manileño

November 22nd, 2005, 12:31 PM

ughh.... it makes me feel bad to see how we've deteriorated in the past century. are there no plans to resurrect the glorious past?

even the culture has deteriorated... im very sad.

manileño

November 22nd, 2005, 12:31 PM

ughh.... it makes me feel bad to see how we've deteriorated in the past century. are there no plans to resurrect the glorious past?

even the culture has deteriorated... im very sad.

Wonderboy

November 22nd, 2005, 02:16 PM

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/data/images/lc/large/ph00536l.jpg

Native female circus performer, 1910-1930

I think this photo is the perfect methapor during the American colonial period. What do you think?

Wonderboy

November 22nd, 2005, 02:16 PM

bagel

November 22nd, 2005, 03:45 PM

I think it's funny that people call themselves streetwalkers in the Philippines. If it were any other place in the world, being a "streetwalker" would be illegal.

But the guy has a point. What other 'then' names have new 'now' names? Azcarraga, Misericordia, Dewey (though I prefer Roxas to Dewey), Forbes (I also prefer Lacson to Forbes). Doesn't Otis have a new name too?

bagel

November 22nd, 2005, 03:45 PM

Hawayano

November 22nd, 2005, 04:47 PM

Great articles and research Animo! Your posts are always an interesting read.

I came across the image below that showed some of the devastation in the Binondo area. I've also marked the area where Insular Tobacco and Oriente Hotel should have been next to Binondo Church.

The Oriente Hotel appear to be in ruins, but Insular Tobacco seems to have been razed to the ground.

Great eyes you have there, Camera! Thanks for clarifying for me. As painful as it is to look at photos of Manila in 1945, I find them fascinating.

Hawayano

November 22nd, 2005, 04:47 PM

Great articles and research Animo! Your posts are always an interesting read.

I came across the image below that showed some of the devastation in the Binondo area. I've also marked the area where Insular Tobacco and Oriente Hotel should have been next to Binondo Church.

The Oriente Hotel appear to be in ruins, but Insular Tobacco seems to have been razed to the ground.

Great eyes you have there, Camera! Thanks for clarifying for me. As painful as it is to look at photos of Manila in 1945, I find them fascinating.

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 04:57 AM

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 04:57 AM

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 04:59 AM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webroyalhotel78.gif

ooh i remember this along with the ajinomoto neon lights. this isnt so long ago, probably late 80s

This was 1978. My dad was the one who took the picture.

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 04:59 AM

ThisFire

November 23rd, 2005, 05:23 AM

"The boulevard had been christened Dewey but people continued to call it Boulevard de Cavite to the delight of resident Spaniards to whom the name Dewey did not elicit any happy memories. (Since renamed Roxas but the Spanish community dwindled to a minimum number and the younger generation tuned in to US culture.)"

Great, thanks a lot Americans, good job watering down a culture. you happy now?

ThisFire

November 23rd, 2005, 05:23 AM

ThisFire

November 23rd, 2005, 05:50 AM

[QUOTE=Hawayano]

Based on Bambi Harper's column on the Inquirer, both buildings were totally destroyed during the liberation of Manila in 1945.

Regards,

Wow "liberation." With those buildings lost and our grand old city torn to pieces and lives lost, I hardly think that was a "liberation"

ThisFire

November 23rd, 2005, 05:50 AM

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 05:53 AM

Okay, I remember almost all these things. I've even been to Queue, Another World, Where Else?, Romulus Supper Club. Velvet Slum was for the elite of the entertainment where it was said that Cocaine, Acid(microdot), Mogs, and all the sex one can handle was free flowing. Dope was smoked like it was cigarettes. Coco Banana was where all the designers "hung out". Only the bravest straight guys would go there because before you got to the models, you had to clear the deisgners first. Yeah, it was basically a meat market.

This looks like fun...
Ok... was searching for the disco at the Regent and it isn't Cue-- it's Queue. I recall being brought there by my folks once. Don't know why.

Doing this search, I found the following list. It's the same as all the other "Do you remember" lists. Found here: http://web.pitas.com/sands/Memories.html

The oldies might appreciate this. I was too young to know many of these things but I recognize a lot of them.

KEEP REMEMBERING
Do you remember your first date? Let music bring you back in time. Click "flashback"!

Do you recall when...

You've tasted:
Fres Gusto, Sunta, RC Cola, Yes Cola, Teem, Mirinda, Royal Tru-Orange, Darigold Evap, Liberty Condensada, Toddy-O, Choco Vim, Choco Mallows, Sunkist Orange (in triangular prism packs), Magnolia Chocolait, Sunny Orange, Sunquick, Klim, Jack 'n Jill Barbecue Curls, Jack 'n Jill Shrimp Curls, Honey Pretzels, Plaza Pizza, Big 20 Hamburgers, Pana Pizza, Tweet and Jiggs Candies (by Mr. Krieger), Jojo Candies, Sugus Candies, Tootsie Roll, Serg's Chocolate, Choc-Nut, Dubble Bubble, Chewing-a-Bon, kerosene-flavored popcorn along Roxas Blvd., Blenda Margarine, Magnolia Ice Cream Sandwich, Magnolia Popsicles in Orange, Chocolate and Langka flavors. . .

Someone forgot Star Margarine...

Can you recall the products with the following slogans:
"Wow-wow-wow! Boteng umiilaw!"
That was the slogan for a Coke contest. You had to collect all these specially marked tansans which spelled "It's The Real Thing", then you win a coke bottle flashlight. "Araw-araw, interes ng interes",
Banco Filipino?[/B] "
"Charling Balakubak, excuse me",
Head n Shoulders
"If it's you they're talking about",
Veto deodorant. "Your peso always buys more at..."
How about, "Ang puti! Nakakasilaw na puti!"

You've been to:
Syvel's, Assandas, Arcegas at the Maranaw Arcade, Funhouse at Bricktown, Erehwon Bookstore, Alemars Bookstore, Bookmark, Botica Boie, The Pierre (all in a row!), Makati Supermarket (in Makati!), Rizal Theater (with its spacious lobby) with D'Bankers Barbershop and Dulcinea just right across, Magallanes Theater, ABC Theater, Greenhills Theater, Tropical Hut (and its hamburger), Cherry Foodarama, The Regent of Manila, Hotel Aurelio, Manila Hilton, Christmas carnival (where Dusit Hotel now stands), Kentucky's (along what's now EDSA), the original A&W along U.N. Avenue in Manila, Fiesta Carnival, Villa Pansol, Lido Beach, Italian Village, Café Valenzuela, Bonanza Restaurant and the many steakhouses, The Makati Automat, The Plaza, Jade Garden Restaurant, Luau, Sulo Restaurant (in Makati), Makati Fastfood Center (the 1st ever), Bulwagang Pilipino Restaurant (in Magallanes), Au Bon Vivant, Salambao Restaurant, the elegant dining room of the old Army & Navy Club, Magnolia Ice Cream Parlor at the old QUAD, Ice Cream Parlor across parking lot of Unimart, Harrison Plaza (when it was still clean and had the bump cars), Ali Mall.

Did you know there used to be bumper cars at the QUAD car park?[/B]

You've ridden:
the Matorco, Isuzu Gemini, Opel Rekord, Ford Cortina, Holden Premier, Dune Buggy, Dodge Colt, Ford Fiera, Mitsubishi Celeste, Jiffy Kit, Torana, Minica, Toyota Toyopet, VW Brasilia, Renault, Austin Mini, International Harvester, Toyota Land Cruiser (small, tight and no aircon) Pinoy Jeep, Harabas, Honda Mini-trail, MRM Taxi, DM, UBL Bus Line, California Bus Line, Mapalad Liner, Love Bus, JD Transit,(lawanit-walled buses with lawanit windows), an Easy-rider bike, any bike by Patria, motocross bikes, those long pedal go-karts, scooters.

Don't forget the yellow and green G-Liner from San Juan to Divisoria via Sampaloc. From my house in Little Baguio to UST, isang sakay lang.

You were a PBA fan if you still know:
Bruce "Sky" King, John Irving, Andrew Fields, Carl Terry (Toyota) ...Cyrus Mann (Crispa)...Aaron James & Glenn Mcdonald (Utex)... Byron "Snake" Jones (Toyota/Crispa), Cisco Oliver (Presto)...Billy Robinson (Philman Bank)...Larry Pounds & Otto Moore (Royal Tru-Orange)...

You've heard of:
Victor Wood, Rudy Genasky, Carmen Ronda, Carmen Pateña, The Reycards, Vic Pasia, Walter Navarro, Lim Seng, Sajid Khan, Esperanza Fabon, Novo Bono, Eddie Peregrina, Romano Castelvi, Boy Mondragon, Manny de Leon, Darius Razon, Efren Montes, Ariel con Tina. Eddie Ilarde, Bobby Ledesma and Chiqui Hollmann of "Student Canteen". Apat na Sikat (can you recall their names? I do.. Dondon Nakar, Arnold Gamboa, Lala Aunor, Winnie Santos - Ate's Vi's younger sis) Lucila Lalu, Rosalie Baldos, Uncle Bob, Tito Pepe, Miss Aruba, Miss Finland, Miss Senegal, Amparo Muñoz, Bruce Lee, Tony Ferrer, Guada Sanchez, Chiqui Brosas, Margie Moran, Melanie Marquez, Anna Lorraine Kier, Jean Saburit, Ellen Esguerra, Bogs Adornado, Francis Arnaiz, Freddie Aguilar, Florante, Mike Hanopol, Sampaguita, Hajji Alejandro, Leah Navarro, Spanish singer Junior, VST & Co., Hotdogs, Cinderella, Boyfriends, Ambivalent Crowd, Music Making Company, The Minstrels, Nonong Pedero, Eddie Mercado (the best English-speaking host), Maria Leonora Teresa, Ora Engkantada, Ginang Milyonaria, Lollipops and Roses, Asiong Aksaya. Alma Moreno, Rio Locsin and Lorna Tolentino, Amy Austria were the screen nymphets.

I watched Lim Seng's execution by firing squad live on TV, and when I was about four, got to go on Uncle Bob's Lucky Seven Show. Then my brother and I started arguing on national TV about who was older. I was wrong, course.

Blockbuster movies were:
Jaws, Towering Inferno, Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake, Willard (theme song was "Ben"), Food of the Gods (featuring giant rats), Carrie, Exorcist, Love Bug, Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang. . .

Never saw Tinimbang Ka...

You've worn or carried:
Denman brush tucked in your back pants pocket, Jordache and Sassoon jeans, Bata rubber shoes, Botak running shoes, Ace flexible comb, Ace clutchbag, Carrera shades, Ray-Ban Photochromic and Ambermatic shades, Foster Grant sunglasses, tie-dye shirts and pants, double-knit pants, Sergio Valente, Vidal Sassoon, Fiorucci, Ye-ye Vonnel shirts, Nik-Nik, Bang-Bang, Faded Glory, Jazzie, Adidas Vienna, Adidas Rom, Adidas Superstar, Puma Topfit, Tiger Onitsuka, Happy Feet, clogs, "Wet look" shoes, Pierre Cardin, Jovan musk oil, Aramis, Flexible Mongol ballpens, Bic ball pens, puka shell necklaces, platform shoes with bell-bottom pants and wide-buckled belts.

[B]Yup, we needed all of these to make porma, would you believe? ha ha!
You go to:
Dau, Cartimar or Cash 'n Carry

Just to buy:
Coke in cans, Sanka Coffee, Tasters Choice, apples/grapes/oranges, chocolates, Tang, Kelloggs, Pringles, Nesquick Powdered Drink.

[B]My mom used to buy Saran Wrap. Bagong labas lang noon.

You probably read:
Daily Express, Bulletin Today, Times Journal, Mod Magazine.

You were proud to host:
Thrilla in Manila...Unctad 5...Miss Universe Pageant...

You remember when:
Dollar-Peso exchange rate was $1 = P7. "Walang Tindigan" buses charged a flat rate of P1.00. Love Bus fare was P1.50. Family size Shakeys Pizza cost less than P40.00. Malate streets were named after U.S. states. Parañaque, San Juan, Makati, Pasig, Las Piñas, Taguig, Pateros & Muntinlupa were municipalities of Rizal Province. DLSU was De La Salle College, Poveda was Theresiana, Adamson campus was St. Theresa's campus. Petron was Esso. Villamor Air Base was then known as Nichols Air Base. Bancas were aplenty in the Baclaran side of Roxas Blvd. Traffic was non-existent in Tagaytay.

You can:
Hum "Dick and Jane". You can sing "de Colores." You knew all the Bagong Lipunan songs. Green Revolution. Masagana 99. Operation Linis. Metrocom. Curfew. Stay-in parties. Enercon. Share-a-Ride Program. Kabataang Barangay. It was hip to be pro-KBL. Aling Otik. Metro Aides. "Ban Deodorant", "Us Deodorant", Appeal Toothpaste, Proof Toothpaste, Corex-D and Mogadon. . . "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease", "Planet of the Apes", "Star Wars", "Logan's Run", "Battlestar Galactica", "Paper Chase", "Love Story", "Mahogany", "Enter The Dragon". "Broadcast Campus," "Seeing Stars with Joe Quirino", "Tony Santos Presents (TSP)", "Big Ike's Happening", "Tito Pepe's Clubhouse 9", "Uncle Bob's Lucky 7 Club", "Ms. Ellaneous", "Superstar", "Streets of San Francisco", "Custer", "Charlie's Angels", "Eight is Enough", Starsky and Hutch", "CHiPs", "Eh Kasi Babae", "Kwentong Kutsero", "John & Marsha", "My Family Three", "Newswatch Junior Edition", "Kaluskos Musmos", "Discorama", "Dance Fever" (hosted by Denny Terio), Penthouse 7! Shoemart in Makati was a small, split-level affair. ComBank building at the corner lot along Ayala facing Makati Med which is now an empty lot. ManilaBank, Traders Royal Bank, Banco Filipino. Belvic was the biggest mall in Cebu. The gas station where Megamall now stands. Merville, BF Homes, Sun Valley and Better Living were "the in" villages. The original international airport with the view deck. Floating Casino. Air Manila. The Flying Tigers. SAS. Pan Am. BOAC (British Airways today). The Driving Range along MIA Domestic Road. The bump cars and the game machines at the first Ayala Carpark in front of QUAD. Virra Mall was the most modern shopping center. Toyota-Crispa games. Shell Action Transfer. Traffic jams existed only in Quiapo and Sta. Cruz. Dairy Queen along Buendia. Greenwich Pizza was in the same league as Pana Pizza. Quadrophonic Stereos. Pelota. Game of the Generals. GI Joe action figures were as tall as Barbie Doll. Gigantor the Space Age Robot, Herculoids, Funny Company, Marine Boy. Matchbox cars (metal, not plastic). Adm. Espaldon (Southcom). Gen. Olivas (Metrocom). Gen. Ramos (PC-INP). Gen. Espino (AFP). Ramon Bagatsing (Manila Mayor). Nemesio Yabut (Makati Mayor). Joseph Estrada (San Juan Mayor). Adelina Rodriguez (Quezon City Mayor). Gen. James Barbers (WPD). Nur Misuari. Usman Sali & Gen. Bautista (Patikul Massacre). Chief Justice Fred Ruiz Castro. Central Bank Governor Gregorio Licaros. Speaker Querube Makalintal. Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. Bagyong "Yoling" and "Didang". PLDT telephone numbers were six digits. Cursillo. La Bamba. Queue Disco. Wherelse. Altitude 49. Delirium (in Greenbelt). Velvet Slum. Coco Banana. Manila Hotel's Jungle Bar, Stargazer. Papillon, Romvlvs.

Oh gee...those were the days....the good ole 70's!

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 05:53 AM

sugarboy

November 23rd, 2005, 06:09 AM

sugarboy

November 23rd, 2005, 06:09 AM

Lili

November 23rd, 2005, 09:34 AM

^^ Who are these men?

Lili

November 23rd, 2005, 09:34 AM

^^ Who are these men?

Lili

November 23rd, 2005, 09:38 AM

^ Isn't it there was a time, one way was named Roxas Blvd. and the other way was called Dewey Blvd.? I'm not sure about this info, though.

Lili

November 23rd, 2005, 09:38 AM

^ Isn't it there was a time, one way was named Roxas Blvd. and the other way was called Dewey Blvd.? I'm not sure about this info, though.

sugarboy

November 23rd, 2005, 10:15 AM

sugar folk from back home

sugarboy

November 23rd, 2005, 10:15 AM

sugar folk from back home

Wonderboy

November 23rd, 2005, 10:32 AM

^ Isn't it there was a time, one way was named Roxas Blvd. and the other way was called Dewey Blvd.? I'm not sure about this info, though.

http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/img/phe/0827.jpg

Dewey Boulevard (now Roxas- whatever) they say is a tropical version of Chicago's lakeshore drive

Lili, I think this is another case of Filipinos' sentimentality. A way of compromise perhaps? One way is Dewey, the other is Roxas. How weird is that? My dad still calls it Dewey and I'd say to him, 'Roxas dad.' Then again, I believe Boulevard de Cavite is much better.

Wonderboy

November 23rd, 2005, 10:32 AM

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 10:35 AM

sugar folk from back home

Hey, you know these guys? I think I recognize one of them...hmm..I don't want to broadcast his name..

kuyageezer

November 23rd, 2005, 10:35 AM

sugar folk from back home

Hey, you know these guys? I think I recognize one of them...hmm..I don't want to broadcast his name..

sugarboy

November 23rd, 2005, 10:37 AM

well, i wouldn't be surprised kuya. i guess it's that la salle connection again.

sugarboy

November 23rd, 2005, 10:37 AM

well, i wouldn't be surprised kuya. i guess it's that la salle connection again.

Jefferyi

November 24th, 2005, 09:18 PM

About Finlay Richardson Company:

http://www.retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/AR/AR00023a.jpg

- Commercial building
- Manila
- 1880
- Photo shows the manager's house of Finlay Richardson Company, a British commercial firm in Santa Ana, Manila.

http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=AR00023[/QUOTE]

Thanks for all this research Animo. I owe you a beer. :)

Jefferyi

November 24th, 2005, 09:18 PM

ThisFire

November 25th, 2005, 06:17 AM

these pictures and eras are magic

ThisFire

November 25th, 2005, 06:17 AM

these pictures and eras are magic

TheCameraReturns

November 25th, 2005, 11:43 AM

Here are a selection of photographs taken of Plaza Binondo sometime around the late 1890s to early 1900s. Two of the more prominent and notable buildings being Insular Tobacco and Hotel de Oriente. Sadly, both were lost to the Second World War.

1.Binondo Church with Calle Rosario to the right.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webbinchurch1-1900.gif

2.My present day comparison 2005. I've been waiting for Lito Atienza's billboard to go away on the right, but I guess it'll be there for awhile. Certainly ruins the view!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webbinchurch1-05.gif

3. Binondo Church as seen from the foot of the bridge on San Fernando Street.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webbinchurch1900.gif

4. Present day comparison. There's a house to the left of this position that seems to have survived the hundred years or so. I will include it in future comparisons. I remember pockmarks on the side of Binondo Church as a child in the 70s, caused by the fighting in 1945. Now it has all been repaired with new stones. I've always felt that it took some character away from the structure.. That damned poster's in the way again!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webbinchurch05.gif

5. Plaza Binondo (now Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz) with Insular Tobacco, and Hotel de Oriente behind the trees to the left.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webinsular1-1900.gif

6. November 2005 comparison. Both Insular and Horel de Oriente are now gone, but the street between the two buildings is Oriente Street, while there is an Insular Street behind where Hotel De Oriente used to stand. Few people will ever know why the street names are such, and fewer will ever care to find out.. I only hope that the City Government does not decide to rename them. The fountains though, are still there.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webinsular1-05.gif

7. A closer view of Hotel de Oriente with fountain in the foreground.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webinsular2-1900.gif

8. The fountains were recently restored by the City Government not too long ago. And just a few months ago were actually working. Another Atienza poster ruins the view, yet again. Metrobank's Tytana building is absolutely no match to Hotel de Oriente's character and charm.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/Circa1900/webinsular2-05.gif

As an aside, my dad did tell me that during the fighting of February 1945, a Japanese machine gun positioned to cover Plaza Binondo killed many civilians.

TheCameraReturns

November 25th, 2005, 11:43 AM