PASIG

There are several and different legends about the origin of the word "Pasig". A pair of lovers, named Virgilio, a Spanish mestizo, and a Filipina beauty named Paz, customarily spent their evenings together on the bank of the river. They found a banca and went boating one moonlit night, but as fate had it, the banca capsized. Virgilio, not knowing how to swim, was carried away by the current and desperately kept afloat, but to no avail. He shouted "Paz, sigue me" (meaning "Paz, come with me"), until he could only utter "Paz sig-" and finally sank into the river. Thus the name Pasig. It was also believed that it came from the Sanskrit word "passis" or sand and refers to the community on a sandy riverbank. Historians who are less inclined to rely on a legendary romantic origin traced the town's name to the word "mabagsik" meaning violent in action or force, which aptly describes the river. Its strong and swift current brought the woods of Montalban to Manila. It was also called "mapaksik" by the Chinese living in Binondo. As time went on, "mapaksik" became "Pasik" then later on "Pasig". Another belief was that it was derived from "pasigan" which means "baybay ng ilog", river edge or bank in English.

The most convincing theory on the origin of the name came from the late Dr. Jose Villa Panganiban, a linguist, polyglot, professor and former director of the Institute of National Language. He said that the word "Pasig" is an old Sanskrit word referring to a "river flowing form one body of water to another", in the case of the Pasig River, from Laguna de Bay (pronounced Ba-l) to Manila Bay.

MUNTINLUPA CITY!

The name “Muntinlupa” came from at least three versions. First, its association with the thin topsoil in the area. Second, residents, purportedly replying to a question by Spaniards in the 16th century what the name of their place was, said “Monte sa Lupa”—apparently mistaking the question for what card game they were playing. Third, the topographical nature of the area, where the term Monte or mountain was expanded to Muntinlupa or mountain land.

Some documents suggest that the first and third versions of Muntinlupa and Monte sa Lupa respectively eventually became Muntinlupa either through misspelling or mispronunciation. But no record to date can firmly establish which of the three versions is historically correct.

Muntinlupa is an old term, which refers to a barangay hence called as Munting Lupa(which means a smaller branch of a city or a municipality;often referred to is a county) now known as the Población. As early as 1800, the Catholic priest Father Joaquín de Zúñiga chronicled it as La Poblacion Que Sigue Se Llama Muntinlupa and Muntinglupa was used as the tagalog term for the city during the American era.

-dapat Lakinlupa na...:lol:
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntinlupa_City

BACOLOD CITY RECLAMATION AREA AND CITYSCAPES
Photos taken April 2008

Courtesy of Neomind of Bacolod SSC
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Is this peninsula-like landform a natural one? Nice!

Davao

Davao is said to be a result of the phonetic blending of words “ davoh” (Obo group), “duhwow” (Clatta group) and “dabu” (Tagabawa group) from three Bagobo subgroups, meaning “beyond the higher grounds” or “over the hills yonder”, a reference to Davao River, the site of trading settlement in the past.

^^its not bro...actually reclamation work is still underway on that portion so the shape is kinda irregular. i'm not privy to the actual plan but i can surmise that that stretch of land is for domestic shipping while another stretch next to it is the international port.

are in favor of putting Metropolitan Development Authority in Cebu and Davao?

are in favor of putting Metropolitan Development Authority in Cebu and Davao?

no need for Davao :) isang city lang naman eh :D

^^ good :)

MUNTINLUPA CITY!

The name “Muntinlupa” came from at least three versions. First, its association with the thin topsoil in the area. Second, residents, purportedly replying to a question by Spaniards in the 16th century what the name of their place was, said “Monte sa Lupa”—apparently mistaking the question for what card game they were playing. Third, the topographical nature of the area, where the term Monte or mountain was expanded to Muntinlupa or mountain land.

Some documents suggest that the first and third versions of Muntinlupa and Monte sa Lupa respectively eventually became Muntinlupa either through misspelling or mispronunciation. But no record to date can firmly establish which of the three versions is historically correct.

Muntinlupa is an old term, which refers to a barangay hence called as Munting Lupa(which means a smaller branch of a city or a municipality;often referred to is a county) now known as the Población. As early as 1800, the Catholic priest Father Joaquín de Zúñiga chronicled it as La Poblacion Que Sigue Se Llama Muntinlupa and Muntinglupa was used as the tagalog term for the city during the American era.

-dapat Lakinlupa na...:lol:
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntinlupa_City

Bakit naman? :)

Metro Cebu Skyline

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davao district skylines...

chinatown
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bajada
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lanang
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downtown central
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downtown bankerohan
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^^laki nmn kc tlaga ang Muntinlupa...hehehe:)

Kung Lakinlupa e baka umalma ang mga kalapit na lungsod o bayan. Baka ilandgrab ang territorio nila. :lol: :lol:

^^ :lol: :lol: :lol:

^^ zamboanga i believe came from the Sama word "Jambangan"..meaning a pot of flower..
The more sensical etymology for Zamboanga is "sambuwangan" which means "moorage site" in Sama or Tausug.

Placenames in the Philippines are surrounded by folklore when it comes to their etymologies, especially because many placenames are derived from terms which now are rarely used or have been obsolete in the native languages. That's why we get so many twisted and often ridiculous explanations. Here are the less conjured-up etymologies for some cities and towns.
Tagaytay = Tagalog, "ridge" - same with places named taytay
Calamba = old Tagalog kalamba, "foothills"
Cebu = Hispanicized Cebuano sugbu, "water shallows"
Nasugbu = Tagalog, "where the water shallows are"
Navotas = Hispanicized Tagalog, "where the passages (butas - water courses such as creeks and rivulets) are"
Jolo = Hispanicized Bahasa Sug sulug, "sea current" - same derivation for the province name (Sulu) and the demonym (Tau Sug); in old Spanish orthography, the letter 'j' used to be pronounced as something similar to 's' (like the type of 's' sound you produced when you say "siya/sya")
Pasig = old Tagalog, "(sandy) river bank"; note that Malay still preserves a cognate of this noun as "pasir," which means sand
Marikina = Spanish Mariquina, derived from a Mapuche (native S. American language) word meaning "ten lineages"
Makati = Tagalog adjective for a place where lowtides (kati) are often observed
Catarman = Visayan kataliman, "place that is sharp," generally referring to place where a piece of land juts into the sea
Bulacan = Hispanicized Kapampangan or Tagalog burakan, "muddy place"; it's likely that the town from which the province was named wasn't really full of cotton (bulak) trees or renowned for flowers (bulaklak) at the time of Spanish conquest
Caloocan = Tagalog kalookan, "place of bays," in reference to the lagoons (now drained out) that used to dominate the geography of the town (which then only referred to the western portion of South Caloocan)

Cebu City...pics taken yesterday by @sinjin


Asiatown IT Park & Waterfront Hotel - Lahug Area
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Nivel Hills - Marco Polo & the Citylights Garden Condos
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Cebu Business Park - with u/c 22-stry. Lexmark and u/c 19-stry. Tower Palace
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North Reclamation Area - SM City & Radisson Hotel
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CBP area - Cebu IT Tower, Parklane Hotel, u/c 25-stry. Hongkong Plaza and u/c 25-stry. Grand Cenia
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uptown Cebu City - Capitol Area
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downtown Cebu City
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Mandaue City
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^^this is the best bacolod could offer. for now, hehe. it may not be as impressive as the title would suggest but it is slowly shaping up...



add this up...

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Pagkanami gid!!!:)

^^ Bacolod City looks flat sa Aerial....

Cebu City very Photogenic kahit anong angle......even better than metro manila....

^^ Asiatown IT Park is slowly emerging ha!

^^ Dami na talagang Highrise ang Cebu!!!

Cebu Business Park will soon be the Makati in Vismin Area.....daming u/c sa park....

Cebu City very Photogenic kahit anong angle......even better than metro manila....

^^ Asiatown IT Park is slowly emerging ha!

^^ Dami na talagang Highrise ang Cebu!!!

Cebu Business Park will soon be the Makati in Vismin Area.....daming u/c sa park....

^^

and dami nito bai! :lol: and yes they are all true! yeah right! some say SRP will become the next makati! :okay:

^^

and dami nito bai! :lol: and yes they are all true! yeah right! some say SRP will become the next makati! :okay:

what's SRP? ehe

^^South Road Properties
it is said to be the modern Cebu once developed ala Manhattan for NewYork or Makati for MManila... will be filled with high rise buildings and parks...

^^

and dami nito bai! :lol: and yes they are all true! yeah right! some say SRP will become the next makati! :okay:

i like to hear all the good things and praises about cebu especially from non cebuanos, but never do i compare cebu to anthing else. to me cebu is number one and the best place in the philippines. if you start comparing cebu as the next blah blah blah, it downgrades your city to 2nd best. and u want that to happen? no way! for as long as what comes out of cebu is of global/international standards and not copied or patterned only after another city thats something cebuanos have to be proud to the world.

i like to hear all the good things and praises about cebu especially from non cebuanos, but never do i compare cebu to anthing else. to me cebu is number one and the best place in the philippines. if you start comparing cebu as the next blah blah blah, it downgrades your city to 2nd best. and u want that to happen? no way! for as long as what comes out of cebu is of global/international standards and not copied or patterned only after another city thats something cebuanos have to be proud to the world.

I don't think, it hurts us or it hurts Cebu if we sometimes compare Cebu to other places...After all, Cebu is not perfect...As far as CBD in Philippines is concern, i believe, Makati got to become the benchmark...And personally, I wish for Cebu's CBD to have the skyline somewhat like that of Makati or better... :)

Peace bai...:cheers:

Comparisons are needed and inevitable to be measured up among the best. :okay:

i like to hear all the good things and praises about cebu especially from non cebuanos, but never do i compare cebu to anthing else. to me cebu is number one and the best place in the philippines. if you start comparing cebu as the next blah blah blah, it downgrades your city to 2nd best. and u want that to happen? no way! for as long as what comes out of cebu is of global/international standards and not copied or patterned only after another city thats something cebuanos have to be proud to the world.
Will it hurt you if people do not say praises to your beloved city or not impressed about it?

We're quite aware that we cannot please all people, so how do you confront this scenario? What if I say, I am not that very impressed with the skyline yet, will you bash/judge me for my preference?

Just asking and no malice bai. :)

i like to hear all the good things and praises about cebu especially from non cebuanos, but never do i compare cebu to anthing else. to me cebu is number one and the best place in the philippines. if you start comparing cebu as the next blah blah blah, it downgrades your city to 2nd best. and u want that to happen? no way! for as long as what comes out of cebu is of global/international standards and not copied or patterned only after another city thats something cebuanos have to be proud to the world.

well,... I never said IMO. and okay lang na bai na you compare cebu to other places bec. we are living in this imperfect world bec. we are not GODLIKE! :okay:

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Baguio 2006

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Minac

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^^ Baguio looks crowded huh!....OT lng whats the tallest building in Baguio? how many floors?
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^^ Dami tlaga tall buildings sa Baguio!

1 minute apart lang ang posts mo, di mo ba pwede gawing 1 post lang? may edit button naman eh :yes:

A Condominium in Baguio - Soon to Rise Ang GANDA ng website ng PARK AVENUE!!!

Have you ever tried visiting it?

http://www.the-park-avenue.com

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According to a website I've read last month, there were actually THREE(3) proposed locations for the project here in Baguio City. These locations had undergone soil testings and land surveys. The first one was on the lot beside ANDOKs near the Rizal Park and Burnham Park. Second was near the Veterans Bank, still, near the Rizal Park; and finally was along Gen Lim St., beside Ina Mansion.

There are already a lot of Real Estate websites advertising and offering reservations for condomiums that are to be erected in the near future including the GRAMERCY in Century City, Makati and the Park Avenue Condomium in Baguio.

For more info, just visit the websites of these future Residences in the country.

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SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY - BAGUIO CITY
"The Light of the North"

THE MAIN CAMPUS

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VIEW FROM BONIFACIO ST., BAGUIO CITY

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THE GONZAGA CAMPUS

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GIANT UNIVERSITIES OF BAGUIO

BAGUIO City is the Largest City in Northern Philippines. It only has a small land area but already swallowed up its neighboring towns due to a big urban CONGLOMERATION that continues to grow making it a future Philippine Metropolitan.

Its neighboring suburbs including the city itself, Baguio, has merged constituting what the reseidents of these places refer to as THE METRO BAGUIO or BLIST (Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan , and Tuba).

The City is also the home of some of the BIGGEST UNIVERSITIES in the country.

This is a picture of Baguio Skyline which is dominated by some buildings in its UNIVERSITY BELT.

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University of Baguio

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Buildings at the Back of the Cathedral

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University of the Cordilleras - Baguio City

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Baguio City

Harrison Road

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Abanao St.

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Downtown Baguio

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Building-Kissing Fog - Burnham Park

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awesome Baguio City photos. Your city is getting more populated. Hopefully the beauty of the city will be preserved.

^^ Dami na talagang Highrise ang Cebu!!!
^^^^
well Cebu is developing, but surely we still have a lot of rice to eat and battles to defeat to become world class...i hope in my lifetime though...
we should not settle for something less, we should strive for perfection to make a better philippines...hehehe! :)

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Davao City, Philippines

A First World City in a Thirld World Country

Baguio City has just reached 10.8 ºC this day, Decemberr 17, the coldest day recorded tis year. Sometimes, it reaches as low as 6 ºC... far colder than Hong Kong and Los Angeles


No offense, but do you measure a city's standard of living by its temperature? Jeez.

;29515274']1 minute apart lang ang posts mo, di mo ba pwede gawing 1 post lang? may edit button naman eh :yes:

:applause: I think we have a mod-in-training here! :okay: ( :lol: )

No offense, but do you measure a city's standard of living by its temperature? Jeez.

NOPE... hehehe c",)

That's only an ATTENTION-GRABBER Title...

sana gawan ng paraan ang mga bahay sa hill. eyesore sobra parang basura :( (sorry sa mga nakatira dun) :ohno:

massive replanting perhaps para matago ng mga dahon ang mga bahay?:D

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Baguio City

Harrison Road

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Abanao St.

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Downtown Baguio

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Building-Kissing Fog - Burnham Park

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Parang kakatakot naman that Baguio's buildings are getting taller and there's lack of open spaces like parks.....I can't imagine myself in the streets of baguio if another major earthquake hits. (knock on the wood)

^^ Nice Baguio!
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Baguio 2006

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Minac

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^^ Baguio looks crowded huh!....OT lng whats the tallest building in Baguio? how many floors?
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The tallest structure in Baguio is the FB uilding at 14 floors. Most of the other buildings are 5-8 floors.

The upcoming Park avenue condo would rise at 21 floors.

before the 1990 earthquake, the tallest building is the skyworld condominium which is 10 floors high. The Hyatt hotel has 9 floors.

;29592910']sana gawan ng paraan ang mga bahay sa hill. eyesore sobra parang basura :( (sorry sa mga nakatira dun) :ohno:

massive replanting perhaps para matago ng mga dahon ang mga bahay?:D

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well if you could only see it with your artistic eye, well it could be part of its beauty, the natural growth and building of a City distinctive to that place...it looks good and more unique that way..just use your eyes and heart, feel it, and dont use any standards of your conscious knowledge, then you can appreciate it...:)

Im sorry pero mahirap talaga ma appreciate, its not like yung nakakita kong cities sa cliff sa TV ( italian city ata yun) na romantic ang dating but that one in Baguio just looks more like a Brazilian favela to me :(

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I could be wrong though (sa malapitan)..are those shanties ba or are those decent houses?

I acknowledge though na kanya kanyang taste at interpretation nga naman yan ng pics :yes:

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;29601244']Im sorry pero mahirap talaga ma appreciate, its not like yung nakakita kong cities sa cliff sa TV ( italian city ata yun) na romantic ang dating but that one in Baguio just looks more like a Brazilian favela to me :(

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I could be wrong though (sa malapitan)..are those shanties ba or are those decent houses?

I acknowledge though na kanya kanyang taste at interpretation nga naman yan ng pics :yes:

Coool Man!

but i am afraid when there's an earthquake...

Nakakatakot talaga pag lumindol uli sa Baguio kasi mas marami nang buildings and the population has already doubled since the last major earthquake.

WAAAAAHHHH....

Try kong post ng pics of some major buildings that were condemned after the earthquake...

Baguio Hilltop Hotel

During its EARLY YEARS

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Before the Earthquake
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THE EARTHQUAKE

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The Aftershock

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At PRESENT

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Skyworld Condominium - Baguio City - once one of the tallest in Baguio

I don't have its early photos before the Killer Quake of 1990. The building did not totally collapse but its foundation weakened so the city government had decided to condemn it.

These are some its photos during and after the earthquake.

The SKYWORLD Condominium

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At PRESENT - Skyworld Commercial Center Wagwagan na ngayon

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Go CEBU and DAVAO!!!

Quezon City, Cebu City and Davao City landed in the seventh, eighth and tenth place respectively in the latest selection of Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future by London-based fDi magazine, which is exclusively published for the corporate world.

Go CEBU and DAVAO!!!

Quezon City, Cebu City and Davao City landed in the seventh, eighth and tenth place respectively in the latest selection of Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future by London-based fDi magazine, which is exclusively published for the corporate world.

last year pa yan na news diba? :D

^^ Malay mo naulit. ;)

Go CEBU and DAVAO!!!

Quezon City, Cebu City and Davao City landed in the seventh, eighth and tenth place respectively in the latest selection of Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future by London-based fDi magazine, which is exclusively published for the corporate world.

Would you mind placing the URL here? Or the magazine where you read it from? Thanks! :)

yup last year pa... SEARCH nyo na lang sa NET...

Filipinos are really fond of "name-tagging"....for example "The City of Smell", etc.....I hope we could shed those tags because it promotes petty squabbles here. Yup they're funny but be always considerate. mUntinlupa and Mandaluyong have been "jail-city" and "mental institution-city" in our minds a long time ago.....can't we look at the big picture, instead? :banana:

name tags that connotes negative implication are but isolated cases..most of the time, name-tags are being used in a positive manner..

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Davao City, Philippines

hello bago lng me dito....

woow nice ang view ng davao ang lapad ng city niya........cute tingnan

;29601244']Im sorry pero mahirap talaga ma appreciate, its not like yung nakakita kong cities sa cliff sa TV ( italian city ata yun) na romantic ang dating but that one in Baguio just looks more like a Brazilian favela to me :(

http://static.flickr.com/24/54637141_ee0ec50f7c_b.jpg

I could be wrong though (sa malapitan)..are those shanties ba or are those decent houses?

I acknowledge though na kanya kanyang taste at interpretation nga naman yan ng pics :yes:


It's a hodgepodge of big mansions, shanties, ramshackle houses and what not. I've been to one of those bed and breakfast accoms there and I really did shudder at the thought that the house would slide down the slope anytime. :ohno:

^^ I don't even see any streets in that photo, or any resemblance of a decent grid pattern in the urban layout of Baguio City. :ohno:

Old photos of Baguio City

http://oldphilippinephotos.co.cc/about/baguio-city/downtown-baguio-city/


Old photos of Cebu City

http://oldphilippinephotos.co.cc/about/baguio-city/downtown-baguio-city/

my top 5:

1. will always be cebu
2. tagbilaran
3. baguio
4. tagaytay
5. bacolod

^^

yeah, parang when I first saw it, it reminds me of Rio's favelas...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/RiodeJaneiro-Favela.jpg

Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro

Old photos of Baguio City

http://oldphilippinephotos.co.cc/about/baguio-city/downtown-baguio-city/


Old photos of Cebu City

http://oldphilippinephotos.co.cc/about/baguio-city/downtown-baguio-city/
Bai, got some old photos here...How can I upload it in your blog?

Cebu Asiatown IT Park, Waterfront Hotel (Lahug Area)l and uptown area (background)


flickr pic by @georgeparilla
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/3120466314_bf76350b40_b.jpg

^^

I really love THE WALK....:okay:

Baguio Hilltop Hotel

During its EARLY YEARS

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/3120586092_e52ef7b38a.jpg?v=0

Before the Earthquake
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3120588534_81acd9ed62_o.jpg

THE EARTHQUAKE

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/3119748715_20f3f3f655_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/3119747293_93a6128af4_o.jpg

The Aftershock

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/3120575734_acbda9443a_o.jpg

At PRESENT

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/3120671224_fdee4d4824_o.jpg

Skyworld Condominium - Baguio City - once one of the tallest in Baguio

I don't have its early photos before the Killer Quake of 1990. The building did not totally collapse but its foundation weakened so the city government had decided to condemn it.

These are some its photos during and after the earthquake.

The SKYWORLD Condominium

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/3119751671_14d439070a.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/3120574872_c456501759_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/3119747635_f46d45c311_o.jpg

At PRESENT - Skyworld Commercial Center Wagwagan na ngayon

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/3115473193_6457935c33.jpg

Located on top of Mount Mary Hill, Baguio City, the Our Lady of Atonement Parish Church, popularly known as The Baguio Cathedral, is one of the most photographed structure in the City since its early years.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3119764559_0e668314ed_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/3115469355_974e6a2f3a_o.jpg

Lower Session Road, Baguio
-taken from the same spot

Before

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3119763771_00bf1d66af_o.jpg

After 100 years

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/3115469529_53e9b51a78_o.jpg

Session Road

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/3120588856_d917b1f86d_o.jpg

Burnham Park

1940's

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3116/3120588342_2b8c506a7c.jpg

At Present

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/3116304352_a1c006d865.jpg

Lower Session Road, Baguio
-taken from the same spot

Before

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3119763771_00bf1d66af_o.jpg

After 100 years

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/3115469529_53e9b51a78_o.jpg

After 100 years, from being a meadow, with cattle etc..naging very urban na yang area na ya. Ano kaya masasabi ni Architect Daniel burnham kung buhay pa siya?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3028994227_ef2c8ba55d.jpg?v=0

Baguio 2006

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/3052674449_8424e3853e_o.jpg

Minac

photo by ronaldhlario





The tallest structure in Baguio is the FB uilding at 14 floors. Most of the other buildings are 5-8 floors.

The upcoming Park avenue condo would rise at 21 floors.

before the 1990 earthquake, the tallest building is the skyworld condominium which is 10 floors high. The Hyatt hotel has 9 floors.


Baguio City has so many mid-rise buildings. This gotta have the most number of medium to high-rise buildings next to Cebu. :okay:

Dakbayan sa Dabaw

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6308/urbandavaobb3.jpg

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3519/urbandavao2jo6.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/94102952_80e9458ed0.jpg?v=0

^^ at first look, i thought those are Cebu pics...there's a similarity of the 1st pic to Cebu's uptown area...

Yes, Very Nice! :)

^^ at first look, i thought those are Cebu pics...there's a similarity of the 1st pic to Cebu's uptown area...

the first two shots are the most common aerials ng davao kasi dyan dumadaan ang airplane pag pa land na :lol:

After 100 years, from being a meadow, with cattle etc..naging very urban na yang area na ya. Ano kaya masasabi ni Architect Daniel burnham kung buhay pa siya?

Isa lang: HINDI TAYO MARUNONG MAG-URBAN PLANNING! Kasi over-capacity na at endangered pa ang ibang places ng Baguio... not to mention yung open-air na dumpsite diyan na nasa bundok at yung mga sobrang tataas ng mga building diyan na baka mamaya e overweight na at hindi kayanin ng talampas ng Baguio.

^^ kulang pa talaga ng high-rise ang davao medyo flat kasi tignan from this view...pero ok nman cya...

^^ The last pic i mean.

I remembered one urban planner's quote (urban planner of Cebu City, Nigel Villarete [Zidlakan-SSC]) saying: "Being an urban planner is a fulfilling job. Its just being an urban planner IN THE PHILIPPINES that is frustrating." (not the exact words but this is how he implied his post.)

^^ The last pic i mean.

1997 pa ata yan kinuha :D

if titignan mo, u/c pa ang marco polo and landco sa last pic then you are looking at mostly northern Davao city na (lower half lang ng pic ang CBD and partial shot lang sya)

but yeah, Davao's skyline is relatively flat if compared to Cebu :) konti na nga lang kasi ang mid-high rise namin kalat kalat pa :yes: even baguio looks more dense than Davao dahil dun

hopefully with the completion ng central park hotel and if totoong midrise nga ang expansion ng DDH eh maging dense ng konti tignan ang skyline ng davao

^^ baguio doesn't just look denser, it is indeed denser IMO ;)

^^ baguio doesn't just look denser, it is indeed denser IMO ;)

ahhh yes, I stand corrected

so Let me rephrase

but yeah, Davao's skyline is relatively flat if compared to Cebu (and even Baguio) konti na nga lang kasi ang mid-high rise namin kalat kalat pa

:cheers:

^^ davao will get there eventually.

Baguio City has so many mid-rise buildings. This gotta have the most number of medium to high-rise buildings next to Cebu. :okay:

Yeah. Baguio is packed with many mid rise buildings, but Cebu City has definitely more High rises and High end developments, with big names such as Shangri-La, Marriott,etc., just to name a few

Aerial view of Zamboanga City

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6000835.jpg
For a larger image go to:http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/6000835.jpg

^^This is Zamboanga City in the late 90's

^^ Zamboanga City Centre is much more denser now...

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1264985.jpg

^^ Aerial of Zamboanga International Airport.....

^^ davao will get there eventually.

Someday ;) although the current developments (at least the confirmed projects and the u/cs) are kilometers apart and are not that tall (just one building above 12 floors and yung iba mga tig 7 levels max lang)
:( so matatagalan pa bago magkaroon ng medyo dense looking skyline ang Davao (based on my conservative forecast)

^^i think that's because Davao City is so wide and too expansive. the population is spead out. i notice that most "compact" cities build higher structures faster.

^^i think that's because Davao City is so wide and too expansive. the population is spead out. i notice that most "compact" cities build higher structures faster.

true that, kokonti na nga lang eh kalat kalat pa.. Davao only has around 5 buildings (+ 1 u/c) na 12 storeys pataas at magkakalayo pa.Even the u/c condominiums ( I think there are 3 u/c and a few more na rumored pa) are multiple midrise buildings 5-7 storeys tall imbes na 1 tall building lang sana (Probably because of the availability of land)

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6674/down26zx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/down26zx9.jpg/1/w503.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img378/down26zx9.jpg/1/)

there isnt a defined financial district and commercial din kasi kalat kalat nga. So unless there is a significant change sa trend,or Davao develops a more defined "center" matatagalan pa talaga magka dense skyline ang Davao...the sprawl is too wide viz-a-viz the demand


http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/naxju/av3.jpg

the nearest tall building sa Marco Polo (12 floors pataas), the 12 storey Central Park Hotel is (in my estimation) about 600-800meters away)..same goes for the rumored second tower ng davao doc (number of floors unknown though yung existing medical tower is 10 floors)

u/c condos are multiple low-midrise imbes na single taller building

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/naxju/mag1.jpg

http://linmarrdavao.com/images/linmarr-condominium.jpg

http://noblesseheights.com/Image/nhchome.gif

Bajada, Davao City

http://davaohive101.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/cropped-img_0233a.jpg

http://neodavao.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/davaonights2.JPG

^^nice pics of Davao.
In the downtown area, though, there are plenty of midrise buildings that make it look more compact.
Hopefully, those last pockets of space in Davao will be filled up and there'll be no other way to go but up:okay:

^^ I think if a huge construction boom will splurge sa Davao its time na we will able to see a definrd Davao Skyline...

^^ Baguio looks like some american city in the 1900's before....amazing! just like Zamboanga!

For Manila, yes but for the whole of Metro Manila, no. Binondo would have still been the metro's main CBD if The Ayala didn't develop Makati.

The amount of money circulating between Binondo and Ortigas can be debatable. Ortigas is home to San Miguel, Asia Development Bank and dozens of banks and corporations. It is still the 2nd most important CBD in Metro Manila.

How about the Fort? I think it is now the 3rd biggest CBD. It may even overtake Makati since it is masterplanned better by Ayala than what they did in Makati before...

Fourth place might go to the Reclamation Area where Mall of Asia resides...

A sleeper CBD lies in the south... STA ROSA, CANLUBANG, and CABUYAO where major players Ayala Land, Lucio Tan, Megaworld, Greenfield, and Villar are already placed.. check out this blogpost for more details of this great opportunity to invest in for sure property appreciation: http://www.realestatephilippinesblog.com/investment-lots-future-makati-city-in-santa-rosa-laguna/

For Manila, yes but for the whole of Metro Manila, no. Binondo would have still been the metro's main CBD if The Ayala didn't develop Makati.

The amount of money circulating between Binondo and Ortigas can be debatable. Ortigas is home to San Miguel, Asia Development Bank and dozens of banks and corporations. It is still the 2nd most important CBD in Metro Manila.

How about the Fort? I think it is now the 3rd biggest CBD. It may even overtake Makati since it is masterplanned better by Ayala than what they did in Makati before...

Fourth place might go to the Reclamation Area where Mall of Asia resides...

A sleeper CBD lies in the south... STA ROSA, CANLUBANG, and CABUYAO where major players Ayala Land, Lucio Tan, Megaworld, Greenfield, and Villar are already placed.. check out this blogpost for more details of this great opportunity to invest in for sure property appreciation: http://www.realestatephilippinesblog.com/investment-lots-future-makati-city-in-santa-rosa-laguna/

^^ I don't even see any streets in that photo, or any resemblance of a decent grid pattern in the urban layout of Baguio City. :ohno:

There are teeny-weeny alleys criss-crossing in the place - too tiny to be seen in an aerial pic like the one posted above.

^^ Well, Baguio was intended to mimic an American city originally. Too bad that vision was derailed. Sigh....

^^ Shameless plug. :ohno:

^^ Shameless plug. :ohno:

what's so shameless about telling and Educating Filipinos about what's really going on in our country?

Im doing our fellow Filipinos a good service here... Giving Opinions instead of just selling like what other people do

This is nice, Im glad I stumbled on to this forum..im an architecture student and i have just taken up interest in the evolution of Binondo's urban fabric, architecture and also the possibility of it as a major central business district. In my opinion, binondo in its existance had every chance to become a prominent CDB like makati. but it did not take advantage of it. it already sits on very, very strategic location.

Binondo is near the Port of Manila, the premier International shipping gateway to the Philippines. Its trade with the world is just right next to it. Couldn’t have this enhance economic activity in some way? Ever since pre Spanish times the area has been trading with the rest of Asia and the world. And up until the American occupation, Goods that docked immediately went to Binondo to be sold. This could have really made Binondo grow.

North of Binondo is tutuban station and the Philippine Nat’l Railway headquarters. The PNR line connects Binondo to the north and all parts of manila all the way up to makati city. If im not mistaken, makati should have been a suburb if it hadn’t been developed. Let’s assume Binondo was manila’s main CBD, the PNR train would take passengers everyday from all parts of manila to work in Binondo. Its Very much like what people do today on the MRT and LRT to makati. Its unfortunate though that the PNR line was neglected for a very long time until recently.

The district of Binondo is also right in the heart of manila’s historical areas, Intramurous and Tondo district. While intramurous still stands today as a heritage to Filipino culture, Tondo goes wayback before Spanish occupation. Tondo was where Rajah Sulayman resisted Spanish colonizers in the Battle of Bangkusay Channel in 1571. It is also the birthplace of Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto and the Katipunan. It has been home for tycoons and artists that have helped shaped Philippine society. What CBD would’nt want to be near such a place of historical significance.

Manila bay and the Pasig river, even though they smell and are lined with garbage, would make a beautiful foreground for Binondo’s skyline (imagine a clean bay and river). If you look at other cities around the world, most of their CDBs are always located near bodies of water. Shanghai, Singapore, new york, Chicago, Dubai. All have their skylines set against a foreground of water…it is so picturesque… there is always that certain “postcard” charm that comes with it. Take a look at makati, ortigas and global city, there is nothing to complement their skyline but flat urban sprawl and more buildings. It’s just not pretty. But it can’t be helped, because they are 20th century cities. Their development is made possible by cars going farther and sprawling inland.

With these surrounding factors, I think Binondo still has chance becoming a main CDB.
Main CBD of Manila, yes but for the whole Metro Manila, it may take several many years more before they can reclaim as MM's main CBD. A lot of better business districts are being developed around the metro.

B.N.P. Entertainment City-Manila, MoA complex, etc. are being developed and they're near Manila. Hopefully, after all these developments, the whole MM skyline will be at par with the best of the world.

Main CBD of Manila, yes but for the whole Metro Manila, it may take several many years more before they can reclaim as MM's main CBD. A lot of better business districts are being developed around the metro.

B.N.P. Entertainment City-Manila, MoA complex, etc. are being developed and they're near Manila. Hopefully, after all these developments, the whole MM skyline will be at par with the best of the world.

How about the Fort? That will become even better than Makati I believe, because Ayala masterplanned it even better than makati :-)

how rude of you to say that.. what's so shameless about telling Filipinos about what's really going on in our country?

YOU should be ashamed for being so cocky and ignorant..

Im doing our fellow Filipinos a good service here... How about you? What's your contribution?

Hey newbie! Before you mouth-off, read the rules!

4. No Advertising. No creating threads or multiple posts of any kind about your own site, a product you sell, a group you belong to etc, without prior approval of the site Administration. You will not advertise or solicit other members to buy, sell or peruse any products or services through this discussion forum. Chain letters and junk mail are strictly prohibited. Doing so will likely result in a ban.

^^ re: Baguio
i just found out during a recent visit that while Baguio's accomodations are mid-rise...
...some actually have basement accomodations of more than 1 floor down---creeps me out...

Well, it is better for Phillipines to be ran like hell by the Filipinos... :cheers:

Kailan kaya nagsimulang mag-derail yong bansa natin?

^^ Structures built on an incline will naturally have multilevel basements

How about the Fort? That will become even better than Makati I believe, because Ayala masterplanned it even better than makati :-)
Better than Makati in terms of beauty? Yes. But in terms of functionality as the financial center of the country, we'll see that in the future. It's possible. ;)

btw, Welcome to SSC Philippines bro. follow the rules and enjoy! :cheers:

Well, it is better for Phillipines to be ran like hell by the Filipinos... :cheers:

Uh.. no not really.

A country should never been ran like hell regardless of the nationality.

^^ Wow! A very mature and optimistic rebuttal, diz. :applause:

^^ well...
i'm not used to sleeping at hotel basements :nuts:
a new experience to have to come up several floors to get to the parking area :lol:
'twas a one night only affair :D and the upper floor rooms of the hotel nearest SM were all taken :ohno:

^^ :lol: Sorry. Don't mean to laugh, but the visual was hella funny. :colgate:

^^ happy to have made you :lol: modK :D

Uh.. no not really.

A country should never been ran like hell regardless of the nationality.

I was just quoting the words of Manuel L. Quezon... :)

For every Filipino, nothing can beat the pride of calling Philippines our own...No matter what will happen.

But seeing how our government and economy tend to decay over the years, if Manuel L. Quezon is still alive, perhaps, he would be tempted to say, "Hey, don't take my words too literally".. :)

Better than Makati in terms of beauty? Yes. But in terms of functionality as the financial center of the country, we'll see that in the future. It's possible. ;)

btw, Welcome to SSC Philippines bro. follow the rules and enjoy! :cheers:

alright.. thanks :-) sorry for sharing my opinions...

After 100 years, from being a meadow, with cattle etc..naging very urban na yang area na ya. Ano kaya masasabi ni Architect Daniel burnham kung buhay pa siya?

Hmmmmmm? let me se...............eww? :lol:

I was just quoting the words of Manuel L. Quezon... :)

For every Filipino, nothing can beat the pride of calling Philippines our own...No matter what will happen.

But seeing how our government and economy tend to decay over the years, if Manuel L. Quezon is still alive, perhaps, he would be tempted to say, "Hey, don't take my words too literally".. :)
agree! :okay:

alright.. thanks :-) sorry for sharing my opinions...
hey! there's nothing wrong with that. it's good to share ideas right? :D

;29592910']sana gawan ng paraan ang mga bahay sa hill. eyesore sobra parang basura :( (sorry sa mga nakatira dun) :ohno:

massive replanting perhaps para matago ng mga dahon ang mga bahay?:D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3116288514_7072d85a2c_o.jpg

eyesore? I've been closer to these homes in the hills of Baguio City. Di naman ganoon....I still like Baguio, the very cool weather at this time (9 C) until February, the people and the place.

Mas maganda sa baguio na hindi matataas na building itayo, dapat mga midrise lng tlga na maganda ang architural design.

hey! there's nothing wrong with that. it's good to share ideas right? :D

yep, that's what I'm actually trying to say to our dear Filipinos :-) thank you

@kiretoce: all thanks to Rurouni Kenshin and Animal Farm. :D who knew.

I was just quoting the words of Manuel L. Quezon... :)

For every Filipino, nothing can beat the pride of calling Philippines our own...No matter what will happen.

But seeing how our government and economy tend to decay over the years, if Manuel L. Quezon is still alive, perhaps, he would be tempted to say, "Hey, don't take my words too literally".. :)

Disregarding your last sentence, he indeed said that at the birth a new country hence his optimism.

With the current state of the nation however, many Filipinos lost their pride after voting for that government official upon being bribed. It's just like selling your country to a foreigner who thankfully is Filipino. Such a sad system these corrupt people created, and I have no doubt the people couldn't care less what government should be in place as long as they can live better lives.

I say this with what I believe is my Filipino spirit, which, if I didn't have, I wouldn't care about the development of my home country and continue living my life in the US... But no, I do care, which is the result of my presence in these forums and my constant strive to excel in education so that one day, I may be able to help my fellow Filipinos in any way I can, something the government should be doing in my place. Sure they do help out, but they eat more than they can give. It's time for a change. :)

@kiretoce: all thanks to Rurouni Kenshin and Animal Farm. :D who knew.



Disregarding your last sentence, he indeed said that at the birth a new country hence his optimism.

With the current state of the nation however, many Filipinos lost their pride after voting for that government official upon being bribed. It's just like selling your country to a foreigner who thankfully is Filipino. Such a sad system these corrupt people created, and I have no doubt the people couldn't care less what government should be in place as long as they can live better lives.

I say this with what I believe is my Filipino spirit, which, if I didn't have, I wouldn't care about the development of my home country and continue living my life in the US... But no, I do care, which is the result of my presence in these forums and my constant strive to excel in education so that one day, I may be able to help my fellow Filipinos in any way I can, something the government should be doing in my place. Sure they do help out, but they eat more than they can give. It's time for a change. :)

Pautang naman dyan oh...Hehehehehe...Just kidding

Disregarding your last sentence, he indeed said that at the birth a new country hence his optimism.

With the current state of the nation however, many Filipinos lost their pride after voting for that government official upon being bribed. It's just like selling your country to a foreigner who thankfully is Filipino. Such a sad system these corrupt people created, and I have no doubt the people couldn't care less what government should be in place as long as they can live better lives.

I say this with what I believe is my Filipino spirit, which, if I didn't have, I wouldn't care about the development of my home country and continue living my life in the US... But no, I do care, which is the result of my presence in these forums and my constant strive to excel in education so that one day, I may be able to help my fellow Filipinos in any way I can, something the government should be doing in my place. Sure they do help out, but they eat more than they can give. It's time for a change. :)

Bravo! :applause: Bravo! :applause: Bravo! :applause:

The Bacolod shoreline in the 1940's...
http://www.bacolodcity.gov.ph/photo_11.gif

Dredging and reclamation works which started in the 60's....
http://www.bacolodcity.gov.ph/photo_12.gif


and how it is today....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2909258126_81485f995b_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2909258116_be8636d691_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2909258112_d96e53dafc_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2909258140_9e7d16dafd_o.jpg

Tacloban Proper
http://gerryruiz.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/lewis-tac-pic-w.jpg

http://gerryruiz.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/70910-tac-w-7887.jpg

photo courtesy of: Mr. Gerry Ruiz

Ring around Lim
Cocktales
December 5, 2007

MANILA Mayor Alfredo Lim’s order to transfer zoning and infrastructure supervision over the trading hub of Binondo and devolve power and pelf to a non-profit organization has led into a dead end right in his own City Hall.

According to the grapevine, an amended executive order that Lim ordered two months ago prepared for his signature is being blocked by the very same faction in City Hall who would lose their seats in the devolution.

Lim wants to remove all five City Hall seats out of the nine-member board in the Manila Chinatown Development Authority, a non-profit organization that has become Binondo’s version of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.

The MCDA, as inherited by Lim from Joselito Atienza, is headed by the incumbent mayor, with the rest of board divided by four City Hall officials and four private sector representatives.

Lim, however, would rather let the Binondo rehabilitation be supervised and funded entirely by the Chinoy community and thus met with Dean Ernest Maceda Jr. of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, who is Lim’s nominee for MCDA legal adviser, to pave the way for the transfer.

According to the grapevine, Lim’s chairman-appointee to the MCDA, publisher Dante Ang, was also present in the October 12 Diamond Hotel breakfast meeting.

As crafted, the new executive order would still permit the appointment of any City Hall official to the MCDA, but only in advisory capacity and without any compensation.

According to the grapevine, Ang, a former publicist of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has already secured the consent of taipan George Ty, mall heiress Teresita Sy-Coson, stock broker Vivian Yuchengco, taipan Lucio Tan (who instead wants one of his sons to be appointed), and one George Ang to serve in the MCDA board.

Between now and 2010, MCDA plans to dredge esteros lacing Chinatown and improve the estero-bank walkways to make Binondo pedestrian-friendly.

The urban renewal project, according to the grapevine, would easily cost a billion pesos, to be funded by the Chinoy community.

I hope this happen soon coz if anyone has happened to walk through chinatown lately, its been relegated into a dark and seedy place. All landmark places have closed notably several very popular touristy restaurants including president, lailai, lido. Both lailai and lido has been in existent before the 1970s if i remember correctly. The rows of shops below kings theater is all boarded up. Street lamp post serves as sidewalk obstacle constricting the already narrow sidewalks making people walk on the street itself. Even the meat shop at the corner of alonzo and ongpin has closed. This was a permanent fixture for decades. The streets of binondo is sooooooo dirty and dingy. Never saw it this dirty for a very looong time. Vagrants has taken over the plaza fronting the famous church, calling it home. And very recently crime is on the upsurge. Criminals will break open stores in the middle of the night carting away all the stocks inside it into their waiting vans outside. Some criminals would even blatanly steal trucks alternator while they are parked (dismantling it means goin under the engine and using tools, which would take more than 15mins to do so). I biieve the same thing is happening elsewhere in the city of manila. I recently went on a walk in avenida and luneta areas. I saw more vagrants these days. They took over the sidewalks and made it their home. I wonder what the dept of social services of the city is doing about it. And also not to mention all those rubbish strewn all over the street with neither a street cleaner in sight.

^^ Nice arial pic of SM City Bacolod! :)

dakbayan sa Dabaw

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quiapo looks very clean specially infront of the Church... Maybe bacause Colon is very very old na with those dilapidated buildings and I never heard anyone siad that Quiapo is dirty but I always hear someone say that colon is dirty and even very dirty...

sana bago ka mag comment dapat sigurdo ka sa sinasabi mo hindi yong naririnig mo lang sa ibang tao .............. in my personal opinion, colon is far...far ... far ... better than quiapo pag dating sa kaayusan at kalinisan. i suggest, this coming sinulog punta ka ng cebu para ikaw mismo ang magsabi na mali ang sinasabi mo .... merry xmas!:ohno::ohno::ohno:

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quiapo looks very clean specially infront of the Church... Maybe bacause Colon is very very old na with those dilapidated buildings and I never heard anyone siad that Quiapo is dirty but I always hear someone say that colon is dirty and even very dirty...
...i beg to dis agree sir..
...colon is very clean and well organized,,they are disciplined,,even yung mga vendors..
...when i visited quiapo,,soory to say,,but the place is too chaotic!!!..
...trashes are scattered everywhere around the place..IMO..

^^ Wala ako masasabi pero madumi talaga sa Quiapo. :lol: And yes, chaotic. :D

...kung d lang sana nasira ng sobra sobra ang leyte noon,,parang cebu na sana siya ngayon...haha...(imagination strikes again)...

I think its an over used notion about colon that identifies this old part of cebu city. but in reality its far better compared to other downtowns in the country specially to the ones mentioned, Quiapo (Ive been there and its totally Chaotic in a real sense)...actually Colon is my favorite part of the city..it maybe chaotic, but a serene chaos of seeing a busy crowd and a lively street scene, but its never been dirty...

Colon truly gives life and color to Cebu City, it has a distinct Character and charm, specially if it will be revitalized...:)

^^ What more na bumalik si Lim ngayon...I felt Quiapo's old darkness and grittiness come back to life. IMO, Quiapo was better during the Atienza era.

Colon, for some, maybe looks dirty...And being from Cebu, i admit that there is really a need to revitalize the downtown of Cebu...I want to see again the glory days of Colon.

quiapo looks very clean specially infront of the Church... Maybe bacause Colon is very very old na with those dilapidated buildings and I never heard anyone siad that Quiapo is dirty but I always hear someone say that colon is dirty and even very dirty... sana bago ka mag comment dapat sigurdo ka sa sinasabi mo hindi yong naririnig mo lang sa ibang tao .............. in my personal opinion, colon is far...far ... far ... better than quiapo pag dating sa kaayusan at kalinisan. i suggest, this coming sinulog punta ka ng cebu para ikaw mismo ang magsabi na mali ang sinasabi mo .... merry xmas!:ohno::ohno::ohno:


LOL... Saan banda mo ba nakuha tong post ko na to dito sa thread, more than a year na cguro tong comment ko na to...

sana bago ka mag comment dapat sigurdo ka sa mga binabasa mo hindi yong nag quoquote ka lang ng deretcho na di mo alam previous na na discuss kung bat ako nag coment ng ganun...

At sorry, di ako makaka punta sa Sinulog dahil wala ako sa Cebu.

And lastly, Colon is far better than Quiapo interms of cleanliness and order. Now, sinabi ko bang napakarumi ang Colon? at masmalinis ang Quiapo?:bash::bash::ohno::ohno:

-slerz-

^^
toinks!

well, one thing i can say is that colon is vibrant now-a-days with everyday night markets, its one of the many programs initiated by the city government to revitalize and reminisce the grandeur of colon other than being the oldest street in cebu and the country in general. its inevitable to have zero trashes in colon bec. its where everything converges. It is one of cebu's busiest thoroughfares that regardless of its seemingly narrow path, a jampack of jeepney routes ply the area along with terrible smoke fumes, gasoline, fruit skins, reckless throats just spitting out their phlegms, stinking urine, irresponsible dumping of street foods, etc. and the number of people coming from different walks of life, things aren't just what it should suppose to be. This is just the way business in colon works all day.

At one point, you can see garbage just lay along its side streets stinking under the heat of the sun but at the end of the day, the beauty of it is that people are reminded to clean and make things in order and not relying mostly to just a handful of street cleaners the city employs bec. its with the growing awareness among cebuanos that colon has been revisited and that everyone is already thinking about its future, and its just so promising to see it this days. :okay:

LOL... Saan banda mo ba nakuha tong post ko na to dito sa thread, more than a year na cguro tong comment ko na to...

sana bago ka mag comment dapat sigurdo ka sa mga binabasa mo hindi yong nag quoquote ka lang ng deretcho na di mo alam previous na na discuss kung bat ako nag coment ng ganun...

At sorry, di ako makaka punta sa Sinulog dahil wala ako sa Cebu.

And lastly, Colon is far better than Quiapo interms of cleanliness and order. Now, sinabi ko bang napakarumi ang Colon? at masmalinis ang Quiapo?:bash::bash::ohno::ohno:

-slerz-

i can also testify to that..i visited both Colon of cebu and Quiapo of Manila..For me Colon looks more organize ang clean compared to Quiapo..

sana bago ka mag comment dapat sigurdo ka sa sinasabi mo hindi yong naririnig mo lang sa ibang tao .............. in my personal opinion, colon is far...far ... far ... better than quiapo pag dating sa kaayusan at kalinisan. i suggest, this coming sinulog punta ka ng cebu para ikaw mismo ang magsabi na mali ang sinasabi mo .... merry xmas!:ohno::ohno::ohno:

poor comprehension. :lol:

Quiapo is more like Carbon Market of Cebu.

My list:

1. Cebu
2. Davao
3. Iloilo
4. CDO
5. Baguio

The Bacolod shoreline in the 1940's...
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Dredging and reclamation works which started in the 60's....
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and how it is today....
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...laki ng pinag bago ng bacolod...
...pero parang nawala ata yung mga mountains na nasa background..:ohno:

I think its an over used notion about colon that identifies this old part of cebu city. but in reality its far better compared to other downtowns in the country specially to the ones mentioned, Quiapo (Ive been there and its totally Chaotic in a real sense)...actually Colon is my favorite part of the city..it maybe chaotic, but a serene chaos of seeing a busy crowd and a lively street scene, but its never been dirty...

Colon truly gives life and color to Cebu City, it has a distinct Character and charm, specially if it will be revitalized...:)

...sa tingin ko mas maganda nalang sana kung hindi na i revitalized yung place..
...para talaga masabi ng mga tourists na malaki ang nagampanang role ng colon street sa philippine history..
...pag maintain nalang dapat sa lugar yung kailangan..specially yung cleanliness and orderliness....:)

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
...kahit nga si lim sa sarili niya dirty..hehe..

^^ Wala lang sa picture but its still at the background. On a clear day, Mount Canlaon can be seen not only from Bacolod, but from Cebu and Iloilo as well. ;)

^^\
...ahw..haha...akala ko kasi kung ano na ang nangyari sa maka saysayang bundok na yan....
...sana hindi abusuhin ang gubat...gaya ng sa zambales..

Just wanna ask... Sino bang nagsimula ata nag sabing mas marumi ang Colon kaysa Quiapo :lol:

^^
...ewan ko...haha...
...ako ata yung nagsimula nun..hehehehe...

^^ Given that the forests and the mountains as national parks and nature reserve, I don't think the people can touch nor destroy the mountains of Northern Negros and Canlaon area...I dunno about Tablas Plateau or southern Negros though.

^^
...as i heard sa news,,yung tinatayong condotel ata dun sa zambales na pag mamay ari ng hanjin,,yung lupa sa gubat na ginagamit nila ay isa ring reserve...
...thats why pinapa tigil yung construction..

...sa tingin ko mas maganda nalang sana kung hindi na i revitalized yung place..
...para talaga masabi ng mga tourists na malaki ang nagampanang role ng colon street sa philippine history..
...pag maintain nalang dapat sa lugar yung kailangan..specially yung cleanliness and orderliness....:)

^^
hindi naman ibig sabihin na i-revitalize, na babagohin lahat nang nasa colon..ibig sabihin lang na pagagandahin at lilinisan and add some elements that would enhance the streets, sidewalks and the existing structures...the revitalization may include the putting up of street lamps, new pavements, installation of electrical wires underground, better drainage system, painting and cleaning off the facade of the old buildings, implementing a pedestrian district-restricting vehicles to enter the area, security and reinforcement of existing city ordinance...etc...
the revitalization will see to it that the whole design should blend with the old concept or unify the preferred era and style which is set to define the place...

^^..
...yung ayaw ko lang dun sa colon i yung mga electrical wires....
...nala tie silang lahat....
...sana yung mga electrical wires ilagay sa under ground,,para hindi maging eye-sore sa iba..

^^^^
are the wirings in colon already an eyesore? you should go to quiapo, it's an eyesore beyond recovery. hehehhe.

^^..
...yung ayaw ko lang dun sa colon i yung mga electrical wires....
...nala tie silang lahat....
...sana yung mga electrical wires ilagay sa under ground,,para hindi maging eye-sore sa iba..

colon is the oldest street in the country and thats in your history books. the spaghetti wires i think is part of the old history of colon. putting them underground will make a modern colon. i dont think the cebuanos will want to see a modernize colon.

^^
hahaha! wires part of history? parang over na! pag sure oi..:lol:

^^^^
are the wirings in colon already an eyesore? you should go to quiapo, it's an eyesore beyond recovery. hehehhe.

...hehe...
...i developed lang ba,,i staighten yung mga wires,,kay para mas good looking..

^^
hahaha! wires part of history? parang over na! pag sure oi..:lol:

...hehehe..katawa man ko nimo uie!!..haha.

eyesore? I've been closer to these homes in the hills of Baguio City. Di naman ganoon....I still like Baguio, the very cool weather at this time (9 C) until February, the people and the place.

great view nice place

"Marikina = Spanish Mariquina, derived from a Mapuche (native S. American language) word meaning 'ten lineages'"

There is a town/city in Chile with this name.

Colon, for some, maybe looks dirty...And being from Cebu, i admit that there is really a need to revitalize the downtown of Cebu...I want to see again the glory days of Colon.

I love Colon. Call me weird but I love roaming (almost every morning) around Colon (as my form of exercise ehehehehe) when I still lived in Cebu.

^^
...hehe..pareho pala tayo kuya....
...type ko ring maglakwatsa..

..yung list ko:

cebu,lapu lapu,mandaue
davao and tagum
iligan city
baguio city
cagayan de oro city
iloilo city
lucena city
legazpi city
naga city
tacloban city

I love Colon. Call me weird but I love roaming (almost every morning) around Colon (as my form of exercise ehehehehe) when I still lived in Cebu.

Yeah i agree! same with me, i love walking around downtown but not in the early morning, hehehe! i love it when its busy and also during sundays after attending mass at santo nino basilica, yung hindi masyadong busy, matagalan talaga ako sa aking tuyo(whats tagalog of tuyo? hehehe!) kasi palakad lakad pa ako! kahit tingin tingin lang sa mga activities nang mga tao and sa old district, maliligayahan na ako...hehehe! theres a different feeling gyud sa Colon... ;-)

...tallest building sa colon yung gv towers??

^^

GV Tower is not part of Colon. Let me rephrase it, It's the tallest building in the downtown area. :)

^^
...ohh..i see..
...kahit saan kang pumunta sa cebu,downtown na ata.except sa north..uptown..hehe....
...yung gv kase malapit lang sa colon..kay na mimiss interprete ko..

..."tuyo" = "sadya" or "pakay"

Yeah i agree! same with me, i love walking around downtown but not in the early morning, hehehe! i love it when its busy and also during sundays after attending mass at santo nino basilica, yung hindi masyadong busy, matagalan talaga ako sa aking tuyo(whats tagalog of tuyo? hehehe!) kasi palakad lakad pa ako! kahit tingin tingin lang sa mga activities nang mga tao and sa old district, maliligayahan na ako...hehehe! theres a different feeling gyud sa Colon... ;-)

hahahaha! sakto! thanks bai diehard...kalimot man gud ta usahay...musta na ang riyadh, tugnaw na kaayo sa?

Photos, people! Post photos of your skylines!

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PYRAMID? Ayos, murag Vegas Strip :)

I love Colon. Call me weird but I love roaming (almost every morning) around Colon (as my form of exercise ehehehehe) when I still lived in Cebu.


^^
...hehe..pareho pala tayo kuya....
...type ko ring maglakwatsa..


^^^^
are the wirings in colon already an eyesore? you should go to quiapo, it's an eyesore beyond recovery. hehehhe.


i LoVe CoLoN!
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PYRAMID? Ayos, murag Vegas Strip :)

...roof lang po yan ng dating building sa Casino Filipino.... :)

hahahaha! sakto! thanks bai diehard...kalimot man gud ta usahay...musta na ang riyadh, tugnaw na kaayo sa?


OT: ...yeah in Riyadh at night, it's below 15 deg.cel.......are you also in middle east now?

OT: Yes, Riyadh before but now in Jeddah...uwi na tayo nang Cebu! hehehe!

OT: Yes, Riyadh before but now in Jeddah...uwi na tayo nang Cebu! hehehe!


OT: ...i-PM imo cell number nako beh...or, take my number:

zefer, kamsa, arba - ethenien, arba, wahid, zefer, sabha, setha, arba

i LoVe CoLoN!
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...yan yung sinasabing beauty ng colon.....
...hehehe..except lang tlaga ang wirings..colon is always crowded,,kahit nandiyan pa yang SM na yan..gaisano yung gusto nila..:lol:

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:cheers:

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Even if Ive seen these in real life - I still cant help but get awed by her beauty....Cebu!

...yan yung sinasabing beauty ng colon.....
...hehehe..except lang tlaga ang wirings..colon is always crowded,,kahit nandiyan pa yang SM na yan..gaisano yung gusto nila..:lol:


...wala pong SM sa Colon....malayo po ang SM sa Colon...

^^
...SM city cebu ba...kung may SM sa colon saan man yan ilalagay..

c e b u :)

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^^
...SM city cebu ba...kung may SM sa colon saan man yan ilalagay..

IMO pde sa pasil market area :)

Colon.. Love Ko To:)
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IMO pde sa pasil market area :)

...hehe..lol...wag dun,,doon ako lagi bumibili ng buko juice kapag nauuhaw..
...i demolish nalang kaya yung metro colon???para gawing sm city colon..hehe..j/k..

demolish a gaisano for an sm? idedemolish yung homegrown? parang di ata ako papayag dun sa idea mo, metro gaisano is already a landmark po. :ohno:

Wow ganda pala ng Colon, Colon is looks like China town & San Pedro st. in Davao City.. But its more compact & busy street..


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My Top 10 Philippine Cityscapes :

1. Legaspi City ( because of the stunning mayon Volcano, Pero sana pagandahin pa yung development and ang pag organize nang City)

2. Metro Cebu (no need for an explanation.. ;-))

3. Bacolod City (very nice view of mount Kanlaon and the city is orderly, and very green)

4. Tacloban City ( nice river and colorful buildings and may mga bundok din)

5. Cagayan de oro city (parang Cebu na may malaking river)

6. Iloilo City (a ganda nang intrance mo sa port of iloilo papasok siya na makikita mo ang very green at virgin island nang guimaras.. the river is also a big factor para siyang pasig na malinis..a great potential of becoming a great and big metropolitan, pweding malagpasan ang Cebu in terms of urbanity and development dahil sa malapad niyang terrain and more big spaces for infrastructure...sana maganda ang mga projects and plans for the future nung nasa government at sana bigyan nang pansin nang national government para lalong gaganda!)

7. baguio City (nice buildings na nasa gitna nang bulubundukin..delikado lang sa lindol at sana maging organize at masolve yung dumadaming slums)

8. Metro Manila (the Capital will always be great! i love the heritage and the modernity! it has a true and undying urban soul...)

9. Dapitan and Dipolog city (stunning yung mountain formation sa background and very clean and green at sana maging mas moderno at organize na yung development sa center nang dipolog...about dapitan i like it the way it is.)

10. Metro Davao (sprawling and big!)

;29688538']Dakbayan sa Dabaw

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;29722252']true that, kokonti na nga lang eh kalat kalat pa.. Davao only has around 5 buildings (+ 1 u/c) na 12 storeys pataas at magkakalayo pa.Even the u/c condominiums ( I think there are 3 u/c and a few more na rumored pa) are multiple midrise buildings 5-7 storeys tall imbes na 1 tall building lang sana (Probably because of the availability of land)

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there isnt a defined financial district and commercial din kasi kalat kalat nga. So unless there is a significant change sa trend,or Davao develops a more defined "center" matatagalan pa talaga magka dense skyline ang Davao...the sprawl is too wide viz-a-viz the demand


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the nearest tall building sa Marco Polo (12 floors pataas), the 12 storey Central Park Hotel is (in my estimation) about 600-800meters away)..same goes for the rumored second tower ng davao doc (number of floors unknown though yung existing medical tower is 10 floors)

u/c condos are multiple low-midrise imbes na single taller building

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;29713000']1997 pa ata yan kinuha :D

if titignan mo, u/c pa ang marco polo and landco sa last pic then you are looking at mostly northern Davao city na (lower half lang ng pic ang CBD and partial shot lang sya)

but yeah, Davao's skyline is relatively flat if compared to Cebu :) konti na nga lang kasi ang mid-high rise namin kalat kalat pa :yes: even baguio looks more dense than Davao dahil dun

hopefully with the completion ng central park hotel and if totoong midrise nga ang expansion ng DDH eh maging dense ng konti tignan ang skyline ng davao


actually, advantage pa nga yan ng Davao eh na kalat kalat ung skyline kc in the future mas dadami ung Business Center natin.. Davao City lng yata ang may ganito kalaking Sprawling na urban outside Metro Manila...

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actually, advantage pa nga yan ng Davao eh na kalat kalat ung skyline kc in the future mas dadami ung Business Center natin.. Davao City lng yata ang may ganito kalaking Sprawling na urban outside Metro Manila...

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were talking decades pa siguro bago magkaroon ng magandang skyline ang davao if the trend continues, hopefully sa pagtayo ng abreeza, that area will be established as the financial heart ng davao (actually nagsimula na sana with pryce business park pero humina after the 1997 asian financial crisis)

what I was pointing out was, kung di lang sana kalat kalat ang talls ng davao eh may area sana tayo na maganda ang skyline :) imagine if ang marco polo, grand regal, durian hotel and the u/c central park hotel were within Pryce Business Park,we could have had a more decent skyline sana (but then thats all wishful thinking na lang since nandyan na sila sa kani kanilang location) :)

oh and Metro Cebu's urban sprawl is larger than Davao's :yes: (although if we talk sa single city lang, then yes davao is more sprawling)

Wow ganda pala ng Colon, Colon is looks like China town & San Pedro st. in Davao City.. But its more compact & busy street..


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But sad to say, others identify Colon as a very dangerous, cheap and dirty place... which is for me the most colorful and vibrant district in Cebu:)

^^i think that's because Davao City is so wide and too expansive. the population is spead out. i notice that most "compact" cities build higher structures faster.

i agree your first sentence... But i disagree the 2nd one... most compact cities outside Metro Manila & Cebu City ay walang mga higher structures except Davao City..

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But sad to say, others identify Colon as a very dangerous, cheap and dirty place... which is for me the most colorful and vibrant district in Cebu:)
I am with you. I just wonder why most Filipinos do identify old city centres as such, but they are the most vibrant and dynamic among everything else in the city or the metro even...my 2 pesos worth. :2cents:

i agree your first sentence... But i disagree the 2nd one... most compact cities outside Metro Manila & Cebu City ay walang mga higher structures except Davao City..

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^^
Just like Metro Manila, without the compactness of makati skyline you hardly see a skyline filled with tall structures kasi kalat kalat siya..kung nasa pier ka nang manila hindi mo makita ang pagka dense nang skyline sa buong manila except in the part of makati. kahit ganun na katagal ang construction boom nang manila the skyline in the northern part and the waterfront hindi ganun kadense tingnan, kasi nga malawak yung lugar...
unlike Cebu na maliit, kahit kunti pa lang yung highrise at mostly tiwalag tiwalag pa, it will give you an impression na compact and dense na ang skyline...
Hongkong looks super dense kasi maliit din yung lugar...
So kung malawak ang city mahirap magcreate nang dense na skyline and skyscrapers, except if you build a district sa city na concentrated ang highrise...

demolish a gaisano for an sm? idedemolish yung homegrown? parang di ata ako papayag dun sa idea mo, metro gaisano is already a landmark po. :ohno:

...dahan dahan lang..hehe...
...part of the history na yang metro colon sa vebu...
...yan na ata yung richest gaisano...

I am with you. I just wonder why most Filipinos do identify old city centres as such, but they are the most vibrant and dynamic among everything else in the city or the metro even...my 2 pesos worth. :2cents:

yeah we went to cebu last 2006 sinigurado kong dumaan kami ng colon/downtown..just like pag pumupunta ako sa manila or any city for that matter, gusto ko napupuntahan ko yung old district kasi mas nakikita mo ang tunay na spirit ng isang city/lugar which you wont experience kung sa malls and trendy areas ka lang

Post away folks! :colgate:

Link to Thread 1 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=406600) in the Archives. :okay:

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^^ seeing those pics, i thought SSC page went error again...akala ko bumalik ako sa thread #1...heheh!

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^^ seeing those pics, i thought SSC page went error again...akala ko bumalik ako sa thread #1...heheh!

pabalik balik na lang talaga ang angles for most dito..

for Davao the most common vantage points to show the city's skyline are either from jacks ridge or from a plane na pa land :lol:

same angle (but this time courtesy of [dx]

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Cebu

by slemarken
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/IMG_8972copysmall.jpg

by bokatamz
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/3095667034_f8648c8980_o.jpg

by alingatong
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/Alingatong/SSC/cebu19.jpg

by race_int
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3144350379_7122027483_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/3145179278_814ef2abf9_o.jpg

by sinjin
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1615/a10gm4.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5303/a9nt4.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7227/a12ju1.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3645/a15yh6.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/433/a11ir8.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8844/a4jf4.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1218/a13dc4.jpg

by ejames
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Cebu%20Business%20Park/cebu2008ejames2.jpg

by oscarmachaconjr
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/panorama/cebuoct08_oscarmachaconjr2.jpg

by rustyboi
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Ayala%20Center%20Cebu/terraces_pano1.jpg

A few of many upcoming projects and development in Cebu!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/cebuskyscrapercity3.jpg
by rustyboi

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/471720202_28c3685d50_b.jpg
by ChEBUi71


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Cebu

A few of many upcoming projects and development in Cebu!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/cebuskyscrapercity3.jpg
by rustyboi

ID - Left to Right:
Crown Regency Hotel & Suites - recently completed
Ultima Residences Fuente Tower - U/C
Ultima Prime Tower (condo)
Grand Cenia Residences & Suites (condotel) - U/C
China Bank Tower - U/C
Amisa Condos 1 & 2
Cebu Tower Palace (condo) - U/C
G Tower (office condo)
Citylights Garden Tower 3 & 4 (condo) - recently completed
Ultima Residences Ramos Tower (condo) - U/C
Lexmark Tower 1 (almost completed)
HongKong Plaza Hotel - U/C

Cebu

by slemarken
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/MarkiiBoi4/IMG_8972copysmall.jpg

by bokatamz
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/3095667034_f8648c8980_o.jpg

by alingatong
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/Alingatong/SSC/cebu19.jpg

by race_int
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3144350379_7122027483_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/3145179278_814ef2abf9_o.jpg

by sinjin
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1615/a10gm4.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5303/a9nt4.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7227/a12ju1.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3645/a15yh6.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/433/a11ir8.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8844/a4jf4.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1218/a13dc4.jpg

by ejames
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Cebu%20Business%20Park/cebu2008ejames2.jpg

by oscarmachaconjr
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/panorama/cebuoct08_oscarmachaconjr2.jpg

by rustyboi
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/Ayala%20Center%20Cebu/terraces_pano1.jpg

A few of many upcoming projects and development in Cebu!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/cebuskyscrapercity3.jpg
by rustyboi

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/471720202_28c3685d50_b.jpg
by ChEBUi71


HAPPY NEW YEAR!


:cheers:

[QUOTE=rustyboi;30093250]Cebu



http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/471720202_28c3685d50_b.jpg
by ChEBUi71

^^^^What are these buildings???:ohno:

...let me do the ID....from Left to Right:

Ultima Residences Fuente Tower - u/c (location: next to Crown Regency)
Crown Regency Hotel (completed)
Ultima Residence Ramos Tower - u/c (need i say the location?..heheh!)
3 Towers of Bigfoot (i believe this proposal was scrapped)
Bigfoot Media Tower (revised design but not definite yet)
Park City Central (this was not materialized or is it a hoax?)
Cebu IT Tower (completed & occupied by Wipro)
Cebu Tower Palace - u/c
Insular Life Tower (the original render but revised to 12 storeys - different design)
Proposed IT Tower at Asiatown
TG Tower (completed)
Towers 3 & 4 of Citylights Garden Condo (completed)
Grand Cenia - u/c
Proposed hotel in Mactan but i think this is not for real...or, i don't know

^^ ...better set your eyes on this photo for real projects...not on that pic...check out my post #7 for ID...

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/cebuskyscrapercity3.jpg

http://images.world66.com/th/e_/ri/the_river_of_gold_galleryfull

CdeO City

http://www.pinescity.com/images/views/medium/sm_1085_med.jpg
SM City Baguio

http://www.clickthecity.com/img2/cityshots/20040910.jpg

Cathedral Hill

Happy Centennial Year Baguio!!!:cheers:

One thing I like about Metro Manila is the outskirts. They are argubly one of the most scenic in South East Asia. Like in Laguna for example you have rolling hills, mountains and a large lake and some areas have breathtaking views.

Anyway, here are some pictures of the metro's outskirts starting in the southside which is the Laguna and Cavite areas

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/100685976/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/100685975/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/100685972/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/100685148/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/99166113/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/99859198/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/99859410/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/102010937/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/102010936/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/manilaxperience/image/99860168/original.jpg

Wow, Ganda! Mas maganda parin yan kung inalagaan natin.

we should save it from suburbia

^^ I think it's already too late for that. Urban sprawl is already encroaching into once rural areas of the provinces adjacent to Metro Manila.

^^ Like here in Imus, Cavite....Barangay Buhay na Tubig was once a farm land 10 years ago...now home to one of the largest migrant population in town. Although people here speak Tagalog/Filipino but encountering people speaking in vernacular is very high.

There are a lot of residential subdivisions and villages here that are under construction and still growing.

10 years ago...the main road was a dirt road...today, its now a victim of the traffic jam.
Urban planners (if there are any) here in Cavite made a crap out of real estate boom...they haven't made any action regarding the perennial traffic at Aguinaldo Highway and efficient mass transport.

Back in the 1990's, from here to Makati would only take you 30-40 minutes...today, the minimum would be an hour and a half.

Scenic it may be but without proper urban planning, its doomed to suffer the same fate as that of Metro Manila centre.

^^ yup, Laguna, Cavite, and Bulacan are pretty much conurbated with Metro Manila.

Rizal too... Some shots from Rodriguez (or Montalban for old-timers) which shares borders with Quezon City...

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6725/imgp1803hu5.jpg

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2135/imgp1790ae5.jpg

Actually the focus here is how some suburban developments blend with the landscape. Just like the first pictures, these subdivisions have a neat view! Name me another major city in South East Asia that have similar kind of outskirts

^^ yup, Laguna, Cavite, and Bulacan are pretty much conurbated with Metro Manila.

You're forgetting Rizal as well.

Actually the focus here is how some suburban developments blend with the landscape. Just like the first pictures, these subdivisions have a neat view! Name me another major city in South East Asia that have similar kind of outskirts
I hope I won't be seeing also the development of "suburban slums" as well...because I know some places which is of that category too...

But anyway...will be taking shots of our suburbia by tomorrow morning.:)

^^ Like here in Imus, Cavite....Barangay Buhay na Tubig was once a farm land 10 years ago...now home to one of the largest migrant population in town. Although people here speak Tagalog/Filipino but encountering people speaking in vernacular is very high.

There are a lot of residential subdivisions and villages here that are under construction and still growing.

10 years ago...the main road was a dirt road...today, its now a victim of the traffic jam.
Urban planners (if there are any) here in Cavite made a crap out of real estate boom...they haven't made any action regarding the perennial traffic at Aguinaldo Highway and efficient mass transport.

Back in the 1990's, from here to Makati would only take you 30-40 minutes...today, the minimum would be an hour and a half.

Scenic it may be but without proper urban planning, its doomed to suffer the same fate as that of Metro Manila centre.

...money...

Actually the focus here is how some suburban developments blend with the landscape. Just like the first pictures, these subdivisions have a neat view! Name me another major city in South East Asia that have similar kind of outskirts

can Fairview, Quezon City be considered as an outskirt? :lol: it's still part of Metro Manila but we do have views as spectacular as those. :D

Rizal too... Some shots from Rodriguez (or Montalban for old-timers) which shares borders with Quezon City...

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6725/imgp1803hu5.jpg

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2135/imgp1790ae5.jpg

These remind me of my experience trekking to mt. pinatubo's crater :D

can Fairview, Quezon City be considered as an outskirt? :lol: it's still part of Metro Manila but we do have views as spectacular as those. :D

Living on the edge, Kenneth? :)

Living on the edge, Kenneth? :)

hahaha! living on the edge! yeah!

Iloilo may not have skyscrapers or high rises but it has something that is a "landmark" in its skyline.

The one who "pierces the sky."

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/Iloilo%20and%20Negros/IMGP2083.jpg
The Iloilo City skyline from the Provincial Capitol, facing west towards Molo District with the belfries of the Church of Saint Anne.

^^ Grabe un skyline ng Cebu ngaun...

and it would be very different in the next 2-3 years.

can Fairview, Quezon City be considered as an outskirt? :lol: it's still part of Metro Manila but we do have views as spectacular as those. :D

Its more suburb. But once you are in San Jose Del Monte, its outskirts :)

I hope I won't be seeing also the development of "suburban slums" as well...because I know some places which is of that category too...

But anyway...will be taking shots of our suburbia by tomorrow morning.:)

Yes but these slums aren't that big compared to the "favelas". And we won't see favela style slums here.

^^ Because suburban Manila is flat or having gradual slopes unlike the favelas..:D

DAVAO CITY

victoria plaza
panoramio.com drahcir


http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1534910.jpg

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8043/3191138604dcd5c241d1bal9.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2372/319029127747ccee6241beu1.jpg

by Klikshe (http://flickr.com/photos/24074923@N02/3191138604/) of flickr

Davao City

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp299/PengHok/IMG_0179.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/naxju/av3.jpg

You're forgetting Rizal as well.

LOL because i can't seem to get the idea off from my mind that Rizal is part of Metro Manila :D

and it would be very different in the next 2-3 years.

...totally different...

CEBU CITY PANO DRAMA!

..edited (pano) pic of @Pedro_Pablo from flickr.com


http://www.imageocean.net/images/dzial1l1da0yqc54dvg.jpg

^^ banner material imo

^^
...love the city lights..

^^ great skyline! :D

[QUOTE=rustyboi;30093250]Cebu

by oscarmachaconjr
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/cebupics3/panorama/cebuoct08_oscarmachaconjr2.jpg

^^this is one of cebu's best shots ever..:cheers:
live it love it...cebu

^^ And that picture above really made it to SSC banner. :okay:

http://www.davaocity.gov.ph/about/davaocity.jpg

http://static3.bareka.com/photos/medium/1597098/davao-city.jpg