Metro Manila - Philippines

[luis4083]

nice find queetz!!, that building is called jollibee plaza,
i'm working on the 29th floor of that building.... thus i have a good view of ortigas and makati area...

[renell]

awesome pic queetz

release the big guns

[1+2=3]

6.5/10

[renell]

Heres more aerials

Great skyline. How soon would this skyline become one with Ortigas, Mandaluyong, Fort Bonifacio, Quezon City and Manila?? Wonder why is M.Manila splintered into at least five different skylines when it has been unified as one city led by a governor since the Marcos years? Bangkok, New York, Miami, Istanbul and other major metro areas around the world are separated by rivers, huge parks and low lying suburban areas yet they are considered as one skyline? Why is Manila such an exception? Is there a third world factor involved? Otherwise, Manila would emerged strongly bypassing a lot of cities in advanced countries? I can't comprehend that Alabang is a separate Philippines skyline when it is in fact a part of Metro Manila. The skyscrapers of Binondo are not even mentioned in Manila. Is there a need for strong advocacy here in this forum?

[luis4083]

Great skyline. How soon would this skyline become one with Ortigas, Mandaluyong, Fort Bonifacio, Quezon City and Manila?? Wonder why is M.Manila splintered into at least five different skylines when it has been unified as one city led by a governor since the Marcos years? Bangkok, New York, Miami, Istanbul and other major metro areas around the world are separated by rivers, huge parks and low lying suburban areas yet they are considered as one skyline? Why is Manila such an exception? Is there a third world factor involved? Otherwise, Manila would emerged strongly bypassing a lot of cities in advanced countries? I can't comprehend that Alabang is a separate Philippines skyline when it is in fact a part of Metro Manila. The skyscrapers of Binondo are not even mentioned in Manila. Is there a need for strong advocacy here in this forum?

Infact, metro manila is not just one city, it composed of different cities and municipalities, and it is not unified as one city because each cities have its corresponding government bodies especially on the cities, therefore every city has its own zoning, thus it will or imposible to make a whole skyline within metro manila. There are some areas intended for industrial, residencial and commercial purposes, for instance, in Makati alone...the business district was surrounded by residencial villages, and those rich residents will not allow anyone to construct any highrise building very close to their homes like what happened in Ortigas area, there's a building which is 85 storeys in height, and did not started because many residences opposed the construction of the said structure. The creation of Metro manila is not intended to unify different municipalities mostly from Rizal and Bulacan, but to improve and facilitate services within the area.

[ryanr]

hehehehe....LOL!! Queetz showed me that picture and stictly told me not to post in the the forums (that time it was still WSF). It was about half a year ago....

That picture is awesome!!

[renell]

what pic and why?

anyways, if Fort Bonifacio gets more scrapers, it might join up with the makati skyline to create a bigger skyline with residentials between the two skylines..

[ryanr]

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the aerial he posted...

Yeah, once BGC gets developed with lots of skyscrapers, Makati and BGC will become one BIG awesome skyline (of course, there will be a small gap between them because of EDSA highway)

[Francis20]

Real Great shot.
one of the very best i've seen my whole life!!!
And hey, why should you guys hoard the photo?
you should not hold back from doing just what is nice to everyone, okidoks?
hehe...peace again!

i like the RCBC plaza really.

Well, all I can say is I have a very very good reason for hoarding that really cool photo, Francis...

[SKYLINEPIGEON]

THAT WAS COOK PICTURE OF MAKATI AT THE CORNER OF GIL PUYAT AND AYALA, BUT I CANT SEE THE PETRON MEGAPLAZA, IT SHOULD BE THERE OR ITS OBSCURED BY SOME BLDG, BUT ITS TALL IT SHOULD BE SEEN RIGHT IN THT PICTURE

[renell]

@skylinepigeon, Petron Megaplaza is visible in that picture queetz posted, it just the picture isn't very high-res. Petron Megaplaza is to the far left, and it has a red sign in the top

[SKYLINEPIGEON]

ah ya youre right its there all along, but its blured that you cant hardly noticed it, any way does anyone have a satellite photo of makati skyline???

[Wu-Gambino]

I love it!! 9

Well Done! I'm really proud to be a pinoy, living here in the United states.. I'll give MAkati a 10!

Fanstastic! I like Ortigas! Very well organized and well developed.. 10/10!

[luis4083]

ah ya youre right its there all along, but its blured that you cant hardly noticed it, any way does anyone have a satellite photo of makati skyline???

actually, i haven't seen any sattelite photo of makati skyline.

[renell]

hmm.. Eriq had a satellite photo of NAIA, P'que and Cavite but unfortunately it didn't show Makati

[weirdo]

binondo should have more buildings too. since there are lotsa chinese folks there, i can see a binondo business district that is comparable to singapore and hongkong. really. no joke.

with a cleaner pasig river (in the future), a picturesque bay and a romantically, historically, low intramuros (on the other side), binondo will surely be a top spot (watch out makati!)

but then, there's nothing much in there yet. and makati still rules.

i just keep on adding makati because i think the post is misplaced.

well nuff said about chinatown. makati deserves a 10.00/10.00.