Old manila pictures... just sharing

[Gian Paulo]

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[MR_BIG18]

San sa makati yang Crispa?

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Parang it was near makati medical center, youll see it coming from buendia when riding a lovebus

[shadow]

Guadalupe EDSA. When the Pasig River was blue...



Guadalupe Place in EDSA, then known as Highway 54, Manila Philippines | Old Pictures of Familiar Places.... | Pinterest | Manila Philippines, Manila and Philip…

Edited na siguro yan. Naging ganyan ba kalinaw tubig ng pasig river?

[KenGarcia]

Edited na siguro yan. Naging ganyan ba kalinaw tubig ng pasig river?

Grabe kulay blue. Hehe

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[anonemus]

Edited na siguro yan. Naging ganyan ba kalinaw tubig ng pasig river?

Parang

[donbuggy]

Traffic never went out of style...EDSA Guadalupe north bound...

Big American cars used to roam the streets of Metro Manila. Before the energy crisis hit.

HUGE gap between cars. These days, distances measured in inches.

Guadalupe Bridge was narrower, resulting in a bottleneck. Now it is wider but the bottleneck is caused by buses at the bus stop.

Ford Cortina (in front of the mini bus) with distinctive "coke bottle" design.

Toyota Corona taxi (lower right of photo). Coronas were smaller then.

[papi smith]

Grabe kulay blue. Hehe

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Actual color yan, waste water yan ng soap manufaturing plant

[Monseratto]

Escolta heydays


Can you name them?


Avenida


Manila International Airport (Where T2 now stands)

[Jun aka Pekto]

I was there in 1979. I didn't care much for basketball although I remember playing futbol at the UST soccer field during weekends.

I also remember the airport as Manila International Airport. I still refer to it as MIA. Great memory of the place. When I left, there were so many little groups of people who saw me off and none of them knew each other. Some had secrets (to this day) that would have shocked my mom. But, hey. They were nice to me. Therefore, I was nice to them. I didn't care where they came from.

[Monseratto]

Before it was known as VMall...

[Jun aka Pekto]

Before it was known as VMall...

That looks familiar. Is that Greenhills? When I was there, I was constantly looking for hobby stores that sold scale model kits. Greenhills and Magallanes (QUAD) were two places that had them. One of the stores was known as Fontana's I think.

[Juan Martinez]

atoy co, bogs adornado, philip cezar, abet guidaben...and bernie fabiosa (?)

[Monseratto]

That looks familiar. Is that Greenhills? When I was there, I was constantly looking for hobby stores that sold scale model kits. Greenhills and Magallanes (QUAD) were two places that had them. One of the stores was known as Fontana's I think.

It was Virra Mall in Greenhills when it first opened back in 1979. Unfortunately time, fire and poor management, the building fell into disrepair in the 2000s. The model shop you are referring to was Nova Fontana in Shoppesville.

[Monseratto]

atoy co, bogs adornado, philip cezar, abet guidaben...and bernie fabiosa (?)

And Freddie Hubalde...

[Jun aka Pekto]

It was Virra Mall in Greenhills when it first opened back in 1979. Unfortunately time, fire and poor management, the building fell into disrepair in the 2000s. The model shop you are referring to was Nova Fontana in Shoppesville.

I remember when the Lady Fontana herself personally managed the branch at the QUAD Complex in Makati. I would guess that branch closed and they consolidated in Greenhills. My friend and I were frequent customers. There really were no other hobby shops in the Metro area that were as complete as Nova Fontana's.

First, it was just Fontana (Makati). Then it became Nova Fontana (Greenhills) as in New Fontana. Makes sense to me.

[donbuggy]

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

- L. P. Hartley

[dr. d]

San sa makati yang Crispa?

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buendia corner ayala. the only other imposing building there at that time, was makati medical center.

[dr. d]

The colors seem enhanced but the picture is real. It really makes you think of what went wrong

population explosion, and everything else that goes with poor planning.

[anonemus]

Manila Hotel 1915


Quezon Circle 1955


Araneta Coliseum 1960

[dr. d]

i can almost imagine dugout doug in the corner penthouse, scanning the waters with his binoculars...