Please, new Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, revive, for instance, Escolta and the Metropolitan Theater! Who doesn't want to walk on cobbled pavements and to Instagram photos of Neo-Classical, Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings?
If only we can revive Escolta's Tranvia, Manila's first cable car station. If we can only see concerts in the chic-ly designed Metropolitan Theater. If we can hear the footsteps of calesa thumping on cobbled streets. If only...
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| Escolta's tranvia |
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| People dressed to the nines walking on cobbled pavements unworried of snatchers and rapists. |
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| What about the abandoned Metropolitan Theater? The busy Manila has forgotten how people used to religiously watch concerts, plays, dances, then. |
*photo credits in order: www.yapakngesparto.wordpress.com, philippine-history.org, wikipilipinas
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