Old Metro Manila

[i-rivere]

Remember Concert at the Park @ Luneta during the 80's??

 

[i-rivere]

this is Escolta in the year 1968..

 

looked like somewhere in Chicago during Dilinger's time

 

 

 

 

and below is a view of Manila Bay 1973 at CCP area...

 

[homerboy]

Everytime nakikita ko mga pics dito naiiyak ako.... wish i could travel back into time.

[kempaf]

Everytime nakikita ko mga pics dito naiiyak ako.... wish i could travel back into time.

 

 

ako rin parang naiiyak.. ang ganda talaga noong mga panahon na ito, sarap puntahan.. hay buhay.......................

:cry:

[kempaf]

ang linis pa ng mga lugar., maaliwalas, hindi polluted..

 

siguro kahit ilang ondoy at pepeng pa ang dumating, hindi babahain. kung bahain man, di masyado konti lang.

 

parang gusto ko yung mga auto noon na i-drive ngayon.. gusto ko kasi old school.

Edited November 4, 2009 by kempaf

[hugh hefner]

the pictures above are very sentimental and nostalgic. reminds me of the good old days... :sadsmiley02:

[homerboy]

Sarap pa ng buhay noon... bata pa sina GMA at Mike Arroyo noon di pa marunong magnakaw. Tsk tsk !!!!!

[photographer]

Sarap pa ng buhay noon... bata pa sina GMA at Mike Arroyo noon di pa marunong magnakaw. Tsk tsk !!!!!

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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! oo nga ano!! sana napasama na itong dalawang ito sa pagsabog sa Plaza Miranda nuong dekada 70

 

Bakit malinis ang Maynila nuon? Hindi pa alam ng mayors na may pakinabang pala ang squatters sa botohan.

[AnalFuhrer]

 

yung LOVE BUS meron pa rin akong nakikitang bumabyahe ngayon.. anong dekada to ?

[carbine]

Early 80's ata basing from the clothes shes wearing

 

Naalala ko ung mga double decker na bus sa edsa. Cant remember the bus name though

[i-rivere]

'just dug this one from the grave..

 

anyways if you want to see how nostalgic Manila before and few years after the war, try to visit the exhibit of the Legacy of Teodulo Protomartir Exhibit runs from June 9 to July 3, 2010

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4689982961_562050b7fe_m.jpg

 

He is one of the first Filipinos to popularize the use of 35-mm film in the Philippines.

 

Some of his works include this picture below:

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4708612617_491d3f74b6.jpg

 

Visit the exhibit:

BEING THERE 1946:

The Legacy of Teodulo Protomartir

Silverlens Gallery

2320 Pasong Tamong Extension, Warehouse 2,

Yupangco Building

June 9 to July 3, 2010.

 

Also an intercative map guide of Old & new Manila can be found here

Edited June 25, 2010 by i-rivere

[orionquest]

ayos mga pics, parang kailan lang. sarap gunitain. lol. sana may contribute pa.

[solarknightland]

I have great memories of the Love Bus. If i remember correctly 12 pesos will get you from greenbelt all the way to Escolta.

[Leibstandarte]

Calle San Sebastian

 

 

Plaza Lawton in 1930s

 

 

Ayala Avenue 1970s

 

Rustan's former design is better than what we have now! The style (International Style) in which it was made was forward looking to the crap that stands now. Even Manila Pen's fountain area and its renovated lobby looks so out of place with the Pen's 80's contemporary style.

[ganid]

Whne the Love bus first came out in 1975, P1.50 from Cubao to either Ayala or Escolta. Regular bus from Cubao to Ayala was 30 centavos then.

[hitman531ph]

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[i-rivere]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs367.snc3/23619_1353366844346_1536665068_868248_252234_n.jpg

 

aerial view after the Battle of Manila

 

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs037.snc1/2489_1076756249254_1536665068_192061_7352132_n.jpg

 

Lawton Bridge in the 60's (?)

Edited September 13, 2010 by i-rivere

[knoll1234]

when I was very very young my parents would pass by plaza libertad in quiapo, and I always got mesmerized by the people milling around each other and just plain talking and talking for hours about something I really did not understand at that time....politics.....and even now i don't.....nowadays plaza libertad is crowded with kibitzers and hawkers

[mbt31]

There are sectins of binondo and escolta that have stayed timeless but they are soon being overtaken by new developments

[i-rivere]

found this pictures courtesy of www.oldmanila.net

 

http://www.oldmanila.net/images/stories/demo/frontpage/feature1.jpg

 

Rizal Avenue

[takusaako3]

Correction lang pards. Iyong tinutukoy mong ice plant was called Insular Ice Plant and tama ka, it was a victim of the LRT 1 construction.

 

 

sir e2 po ba ung sinasabi nyo na plant ng ice...

Edited February 25, 2011 by takusaako3

[ronaldinho]

naalala ko nung 80's di namin kelangan mag aircon sa loob ng kotse

[i-rivere]

 

 

I saw a post in FB about this photo:

"Here's an old pic of the train to Antipolo (Yes, there was a train!). It passed through Pasig and Marikina ...the tracks are now gone but the allignment is a road now called Daang Bakal.."

 

Now that's a fun trivia for you..

[i-rivere]

Inside of Harrison Plaza during its early years..

 

 

(photo courtesy of Paulo Alcazaren of BluPrint Mag)

[i-rivere]

The train post above was the usual route going to Antipolo for Holy Week pilgrimage or getaway during the pre war era.

 

 

(advertisement of schedule of trips)

 

 

(the famous Hinulugang Taktak falls popular for picnics and swimming - no need to go boracay or puerto galera back then)

 

**(images courtesy of Paulo Alcazaren of BluPrin Mag)

Edited July 28, 2011 by i-rivere