Old manila pictures... just sharing

[Little Missy]

Ohhh with the interesting premise & I think was also from the same makers of Love Actually, was looking forward to this pa naman

Sorry OT

It's a Danny Boyle film (Slumdog Millionaire). Let's see for ourselves I guess. Yeah, sorry OT.

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[baludoy]

Highway 54 (aka edsa) back in the late 1950s




btw, edsa was originally named highway 54 because it was 54 meters wide & it was completed in 1954. That's what i read anyway. [emoji4]

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[yubby24]

Highway 54 (aka edsa) back in the late 1950s




btw, edsa was originally named highway 54 because it was 54 meters wide & it was completed in 1954. That's what i read anyway. [emoji4]

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How does this spot look now?

[bugsmobile]

Hmm based on the directions, maybe that pic is EDSA north bound near Ayala Ave?

[istan]

Here ata

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[baludoy]

How does this spot look now?

Based on the street signs in the pic, i believe this is now the edsa-buendia intersection since ayala ave then was a runway.

I may be mistaken though.

do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do

[yubby24]

yes a lot of them were owner type jeepneys and they will just park on the side streets..

Yes. These jeepney will park at the side of the road and wait for customers. Usually lunch time dati. Until they were institutionalizednand regulated by MACEA and MAPA.

The jepneys are still being used to deliver food from their kitchen to jollijeep but most evolved and now use hilux

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So totoo pala talaga silang ganun dati. Sayang walang jollyjeep sa Mckiney. Ito namiss ko sa pagtatrabaho sa Ayala eh.

[yubby24]

Mukhang sa may Buendia intersection nga. Grabe laki ng diferrence.

[falken]

Taft Ave. near Jai Alai and T.M. Kalaw.

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[_Cathy_]

Taft Ave. near Jai Alai and T.M. Kalaw.

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My lolos brothers were crazy over Jai alai. I wasn't born yet though, my Lola just told me about it. Do they still have now?

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[dr. d]

Taft Ave. near Jai Alai and T.M. Kalaw.

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i think that's sta isabel college on the left, near the coca cola sign. jai alai is further down.
a part of the parthenon-like government building (national museum?) can be seen on the right.
is that the simbahan on the far semi-right, beside bachrach bldg near un?

[Jun aka Pekto]

Taft Ave. near Jai Alai and T.M. Kalaw.

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That's near Philippine Women's(?) University, correct? I had to walk all the way back there and get aboard an inbound bus because the outbound buses were already full by the time they got to my stop.

[falken]

My lolos brothers were crazy over Jai alai. I wasn't born yet though, my Lola just told me about it. Do they still have now?

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Jai Alai is a Basque game. No surprise your lolo's brothers loved it. Sadly, for my dad.[emoji38] Who was a daily bettor. Jai Alai was banned in the 80's by Cory Aquino and the Jai Alai Building was demolished sometime in the 2000's.

I think there's still Jai Alai in Cagayan Valley.

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[dr. d]

Jai Alai is a Basque game. No surprise your lolo's brothers loved it. Sadly, for my dad.[emoji38] Who was a daily bettor. Jai Alai was banned in the 80's by Cory Aquino and the Jai Alai Building was demolished sometime in the 2000's.

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the big question is, who machinated the demolition of the jai alai bldg?
it's a national heritage bldg and should have been protected by the government.

[falken]

i think that's sta isabel college on the left, near the coca cola sign. jai alai is further down.
a part of the parthenon-like government building (national museum?) can be seen on the right.
is that the simbahan on the far semi-right, beside bachrach bldg near un?

Yeah, the simbahan is still there.

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[falken]

That's near Philippine Women's(?) University, correct? I had to walk all the way back there and get aboard an inbound bus because the outbound buses were already full by the time they got to my stop.

PWU is about a block away.

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[_Cathy_]

Jai Alai is a Basque game. No surprise your lolo's brothers loved it. Sadly, for my dad.[emoji38] Who was a daily bettor. Jai Alai was banned in the 80's by Cory Aquino and the Jai Alai Building was demolished sometime in the 2000's.

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Oh that's why I have no recollection of it. They'd travel frequently to Manila for it. Hehehe. My lola was telling me kasi paano "maglustay ng pera" my lolo's brothers haha

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[dr. d]

PWU is about a block away.

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from where the picture was taken, one has to cross Isaac Peral (now UN), P Faura, and pedro gil (nee Herran), to get to PWU.

[falken]

Oh that's why I have no recollection of it. They'd travel frequently to Manila for it. Hehehe. My lola was telling me kasi paano "maglustay ng pera" my lolo's brothers haha

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Same case as my dad.[emoji38]

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[falken]

Jai Alai Building.

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