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[Power-mad]

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

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

Maybe this should be in the Makati thread...

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

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

[Power-mad]

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

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

Maybe this should be in the Makati thread...

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

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

[muzic_lover2981]

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

[muzic_lover2981]

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

[mhe-ann]

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

[mhe-ann]

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

[Francis20]

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

The building on the leftmost is Insular Life. It says in the signage:


This is a good guessing game!

[Francis20]

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

The building on the leftmost is Insular Life. It says in the signage:


This is a good guessing game!

[Virtute]

Originally Posted by Power-mad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Virtute]

Originally Posted by Power-mad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[pau_p1]

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

[pau_p1]

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

[renell]

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

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

[renell]

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

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

[ryanr]

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

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

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

[ryanr]

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

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

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

[pau_p1]

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

[pau_p1]

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

[renell]

Originally Posted by pau_p1

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

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

[renell]

Originally Posted by pau_p1

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

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