Old Metro Manila

[lordzhrek]

nice thread... good sharing...

[ElRey]

Thanks Hitman, that's my old school...

 

kaka reminisce ah!

[the grudge]

THE CATACOMBS AT PACO PARK & CEMETERY

 

MY FAVORITE DATING PLACE :hypocritesmiley:

Edited August 21, 2008 by the grudge

[the grudge]

OLD JAI ALAI BULDING IN THE 50's

 

SAN AGUSTINE CHURCH JUST BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. :hypocritesmiley:

 

ALSO, WHAT IS NOW ONGPIN ST (OR PLAZA) FRONTING STA. CRUZ CHURCH :hypocritesmiley:

Edited August 21, 2008 by the grudge

[the grudge]

MANILA HOTEL

[Vegasboy32]

Rizal Theater in Makati.

 

It was one of the classier cinemas in the late 60s, 70s and 80s. It later closed down in the late 80s due to fierce competition. People started going to malls to see a movie instead. In the late 90s it was torn down. The site where Rizal Theater used to be is now 6750 Ayala.

 

I remember watching movies here as a kid in the 70's. Kung hindi kami sa Rizal theatre na nonood ng sine noon kadalasan sa Greenhills ang bagsak namin. Later on naglagay sila ng QUAD cinema in the late 70's. I think this was torn down in 1992 or 1993 that was the time that the 6750 buildings were being constructed.

 

In fact yung lumang building kung saan nandoon ung Coronado sa Makati lately lang ata ito dinemolish.

[hitman531ph]

Found some old Metro Manila photos

[hitman531ph]

The Manila Opera House back then

[QueenGoddess]

cool thread

nostalgic

[zoudangles]

great find. :thumbsupsmiley:

 

no old beggars, mendicant street-kids, taong-grasa...simple life, no pollution, no high gas prices.

 

I noticed something ... on 9:40 to 10:00, traffic is driving on the wrong side of the street. Were local cars right-hand drives then?

[zoudangles]

I remember watching movies here as a kid in the 70's. Kung hindi kami sa Rizal theatre na nonood ng sine noon kadalasan sa Greenhills ang bagsak namin. Later on naglagay sila ng QUAD cinema in the late 70's. I think this was torn down in 1992 or 1993 that was the time that the 6750 buildings were being constructed.

 

In fact yung lumang building kung saan nandoon ung Coronado sa Makati lately lang ata ito dinemolish.

 

When I was a small kid, maybe 7 or 8 years old at the time, my mother would drop me off at Rizal Theater to watch a movie by myself, then pick me up a few hours later. Bet you can't do that to your kids nowadays!

[sally bogna mathay]

I noticed something ... on 9:40 to 10:00, traffic is driving on the wrong side of the street. Were local cars right-hand drives then?

 

To answer your question, we drove on the left side of the road (like in the UK, Singapore and other countries where the Brits were) up to around the 1930s. But when the American vehicles started dominating the streets, we shifted to driving on the right side of the road. In the ASEAN, RP, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar drive on the right side of the road, while Thailand, Singapoire, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia drive on the left. In Myanmar, many vehicles still have the steering column on the right side of the dashboard, although they drive on the right side of the road.

[Juan1]

Read it from page one to fifteen. Brings back a lot of memories. Great pictures of Manila before

 

Less pollution, less traffic, definitely less tong for MMDA and Police. Less stress during those days.

 

 

Very nostalgic and manificent thread. :thumbsupsmiley:

[Brownman]

My fav thread so far...wish I can find pics I took in the olden days won't say when or I will be dated!

[Juan1]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d113/brodz2/manila%20tonight/ManilaCityHall1960.jpg

 

Manila City Hall, 1960