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    Gawd, that was terrible...lolo told me that they were lucky, them living north of the Pasig River. He said the retreating Japanese would kill the first thing that they'll see moving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roberto_minosa View Post
    Gawd, that was terrible...lolo told me that they were lucky, them living north of the Pasig River. He said the retreating Japanese would kill the first thing that they'll see moving.
    One thing my grandmother told me long ago (before she died) was that the Japanese marines/sailors in Cavite were disciplined and well-behaved. I wondered sometimes if they're the same Japanese who holed up in Manila.

    Remember, the US was advancing towards Manila with two prongs. One was coming from Lingayen while the other was coming from Batangas. They were executing a pincer movement designed to cut Manila off. The only way out for the Japanese caught in between was through Manila and east toward the mountains.

    I suppose it didn't matter. Once they were drunk and resigned to dying, whatever discipline remaining simply went out the window.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rev!t View Post
    Honestly, ang pinaggagawa ng MMDA ngayon ay mina-masaker ang buong Metro Manila.

    Mga nagsusulputang busbays sa gitna ng EDSA, elevated U-turn slot with no banking angle, nagkalat na tarpulin ng mukha ni Hero, pedestrian overpass na walang aesthetic design (may warning pa na "yumuko ng kaunti, baka mauntog"), tree-balling, Fink fences, and many more.

    Pinaiiral nga ang political will, wala naman sa lugar.
    Quote Originally Posted by froshie1 View Post
    well in the first place we have a jologs culture when it comes to traffic laws. so ayun bagay talaga sa atin iyon.
    Para sa mga kababayan natin na nasa ibang ibansa.

    Below is the picture of 'Hero' (a.k.a. Likuan-U of the Philippines) , chairman of MMDA (Metro Manila Destruction Authority). Notice how and where the tarpaulin is attached, and the pink fence na walang kadesign-design.
    (photo from flickr.com)



    Ganito ba yung "Urbanidad" ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rev!t View Post
    Para sa mga kababayan natin na nasa ibang ibansa.

    Below is the picture of 'Hero' (a.k.a. Likuan-U of the Philippines) , chairman of MMDA (Metro Manila Destruction Authority). Notice how and where the tarpaulin is attached, and the pink fence na walang kadesign-design.
    (photo from flickr.com)



    Ganito ba yung "Urbanidad" ??
    instead na pagkagastusan nya ang pagpopopogi nya, na wala rin namang kwenta..ginamit na lang nya sana sa pagpapaayos ng roads ng MManila..puro papogi mukha namang ta**a..

    LOL for MMDestruction Authority..tama nga naman..natawa ako dun

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rev!t View Post
    Honestly, ang pinaggagawa ng MMDA ngayon ay mina-masaker ang buong Metro Manila.

    Mga nagsusulputang busbays sa gitna ng EDSA, elevated U-turn slot with no banking angle, nagkalat na tarpulin ng mukha ni Hero, pedestrian overpass na walang aesthetic design (may warning pa na "yumuko ng kaunti, baka mauntog"), tree-balling, Fink fences, and many more.

    Pinaiiral nga ang political will, wala naman sa lugar.
    Why are our public places so ugly these days? Gagastos narin lang, bakit hindi pagandahin? Where are all the talented Pinoy architects, engineers and industrial designers? Why aren't their skills being utilized?

    Aesthetically pleasing public places in Manila will make it more livable and less stressful for Pinoys. It will boost tourism too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donbuggy View Post
    Why are our public places so ugly these days? Gagastos narin lang, bakit hindi pagandahin? Where are all the talented Pinoy architects, engineers and industrial designers? Why aren't their skills being utilized?
    They are now living abroad working for some foreign based company who can pay these people what they are really worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donbuggy View Post
    Why are our public places so ugly these days? Gagastos narin lang, bakit hindi pagandahin? Where are all the talented Pinoy architects, engineers and industrial designers? Why aren't their skills being utilized?

    Aesthetically pleasing public places in Manila will make it more livable and less stressful for Pinoys. It will boost tourism too.
    Andyan lang po sila, usually mga up-scale (community) projects ang ginagawa nila.

    Pero pag mga institutional at government buildings na kasi, kahit diretso na kay mayor at building engineer ok na, walang arki-architect at walang design-design, unlike in other countries na kahit simpleng pedestrian overpass ay dinadaan pa sa design competition. Kung hindi kilala ang ang pangalan ng firm, out na agad.

    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter View Post
    They are now living abroad working for some foreign based company who can pay these people what they are really worth.
    but some are still working here, may mga tsikoteer din na architects at industrial designers. Its just their skills and professions are being disregarded by common people, sabi nga e, taga-guhit lang daw at mahal ang bayad. Hindi tulad kasi sa advertising (tv commercials) , kahit bulol mag-ingles ang endorser basta sikat e pila-pila ang kumukuha sa kanila. Pathetic talaga ang karamihan ng Pinoy.

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    Sherman Tank passing through gates of Fort Santiago: WWII.


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    http://traveleronfoot.wordpress.com/...aniel-burnham/
     
    [SIZE=3]The Aborted Plan of Daniel Burnham[/SIZE]
     
    The United States occupation of the Philippines in 1898 ushered a new phase in Philippine architecture. America established an American-style of government and urban planning that served the needs of secular education and public services.
     
    In 1904, the Chicago-fame architect Daniel H. Burnham came to the Philippines on an invitation from the government to plan a modern Manila. The city then had a population of only a hundred thousand, but Burnham envisioned it as a metropolis inhabited by millions, with multi-laned avenues radiating from its central districts. He proposed that the old moat around Intramuros be reclaimed, that Luneta be enlarged into a 30 acre-park, and that a seaside boulevard be built from the Manila waterfront to Cavite.
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    Burnham’s vision for Manila was a government center occupying all of Wallace Field, which extends from Luneta to the present Taft Avenue. The Philippines Capitol was to rise on the Taft Avenue end of the field, facing toward the sea, and would form, with the buildings of different government bureaus and departments, a mighty quadrangle, lagoon in the center and a monument to Rizal at its Luneta end.
     
    The Burnham Plan, which the London Times called "a miracle by an Alladin," was approved by the Philippine Legislature, which agreed to set aside two million pesos every year for the execution of the plan. When the fund had reached some 16 million, however, President Manuel L. Quezon decided to use the money on irrigation projects instead. Quezon noted that rice fields were more important than fine structures for Manila.
     
    Of Burnham’s proposed government center, only three units were built: the Legislative Building (originally intended as the National Library) and the building of the Finance (currently the Museum of the Filipino People) and Agricultural (Tourism Department) departments, which were completed on the eve of the War. By then, Mr. Quezon had doomed the Burnham Plan by creating a new capital outside Manila, which was named after him –Quezon City.
     
    The Legislative Building was started early in the 1920s. Construction was sporadic, lasting until 1926, and cost about six million pesos –a bargain price today. When the building was half-finished, the Philippines solons decreed that it was to house, not the national library, but the legislative session halls and offices. Later, the national library was allowed to occupy the basement.

    According to Nick Joaquin, the building (Legislative) along with the old Jones Bridge was undoubtedly our happiest achievement in the neo-classic manner. For a moment in our history, the style of the Romans suited our temper perfectly and we created a structure that had grace and dignity. The postwar edifice still glows with the serene spirit of the original and stands as a memorial to Burnham’s glorious dream and to the days when we felt like noble Romans, gravely founding a republic.

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