Old manila pictures... just sharing

[myas110]

There's a small Tom Sawyer joint in Tiendesitas. Not sure if it's the same as before, but it is good enough for me.

Delicious yung chicken nila. Ate there 2 years ago.

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[Jun aka Pekto]

Yep, that's in Makati Arcade and Quad...

Those even older may remember the old building on the left, where Lil's hobby center first opened...

I don't remember going to Lil's or Nova Fontana because they're by the street with cars and parking. The Fontana I remember is by the QUAD and pedestrian-only access. Perhaps, I'm simply not remembering things well. Hmmm. Now that I think about it, I had to climb down some stairs to get to Fontana's. That could be the rear entrance. I never bothered to check the other side of the building. It made sense because after I was done buying at Fontana's, I headed back to the QUAD area.

I noticed all the mall shoppers wearing blue jeans. That was the fashion I remember. I think I was one of the very few who wore denim shorts (with tucked-in shirt) at the time. Good thing I was still skinny then. Otherwise, my balls would be bulging out.

[benchman]

Virra Mall..... Greenhills? I recall visiting it maybe, twice. But, it didn't seem fully occupied by vendors at the time. My main reason for going to malls at the time were for scale model kits and supplies. The malls at Makati met my needs. So, I usually didn't go any farther.

nova fontana?

[Monseratto]

I don't remember going to Lil's or Nova Fontana because they're by the street with cars and parking. The Fontana I remember is by the QUAD and pedestrian-only access. Perhaps, I'm simply not remembering things well. Hmmm. Now that I think about it, I had to climb down some stairs to get to Fontana's. That could be the rear entrance. I never bothered to check the other side of the building. It made sense because after I was done buying at Fontana's, I headed back to the QUAD area.

I noticed all the mall shoppers wearing blue jeans. That was the fashion I remember. I think I was one of the very few who wore denim shorts (with tucked-in shirt) at the time. Good thing I was still skinny then. Otherwise, my balls would be bulging out.

Lil's was upstairs, Nova was downstairs... There were comic shops also upstairs. The building was connected to Quad. When this building was torn down, Nova went bust and Lil's moved to Park Square.

[essjei55]

Here it is.

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Kay ganda nuon, anong nangyari ngayon? [emoji30]

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[MR_BIG18]

Lil's was upstairs, Nova was downstairs... There were comic shops also upstairs. The building was connected to Quad. When this building was torn down, Nova went bust and Lil's moved to Park Square.

Dyan kami bumili ng taekwondo gear nung bata

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[Jun aka Pekto]

Lil's was upstairs, Nova was downstairs... There were comic shops also upstairs. The building was connected to Quad. When this building was torn down, Nova went bust and Lil's moved to Park Square.

Someone here mentioned in an earlier thread about a hobby shop with the name Fontana opening at Greenhills after the hobby shop with the same name at Makati (QUAD) closed. That can't be a coincidence. I'm assuming the owners are the same. But, they moved out before the building at QUAD was torn down. I never saw that last part because I already left the country before it occurred.

The lady I referred to had a bearing (that I found attractive) and appeared much too glamorous to be an employee. She had to be one of the owners.

[Sweetlucious]

With regards to urban planning, did we peaked during 70s-80s ang everything went downhill after that?

[MR_BIG18]

With regards to urban planning, did we peaked during 70s-80s ang everything went downhill after that?

It really started around 92-93..traffic was terrible when they were constructing the skyway/slex....it was only 1 lane on most parts..coming from manila to pque, it was 3hrs

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[Monseratto]

I REMEMBER...: My Favorite Toy Shop - Nova Fontana

[SpinCycle]

I miss Nova Fontana. I would visit them as often as I could during weekends. I bought a lot of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons books from their SM City Car Park branch back then.


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[Jun aka Pekto]

I wish that was around during my time there. I'm drooling over the Tamiya and Hasegawa model kits. I don't think the branch in QUAD had expanded to include the robot stuff yet. But, they did have the Tamiya RC stuff. In fact, there was a temporary race course built on the second floor of the QUAD car parking garage. That was a lot of sand and dirt trucked over.

I was hoping to see the grand lady herself in the photos. Oh well.

[MR_BIG18]

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Aminin....

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[ratboy]

Ano backstory nung hukay sa ortigas? iba iba kasi nababasa ko sabi naluge daw developer during 90's asian financial crisis tapos yung iba naman sabi pinigilan daw ng greenhills community kasi ayaw nila na masilip sila.

[ninjababez]

bro san ito?

[dr. d]

bro san ito?

i believe it's the old quad.
before they littered it with kiosks.

[baludoy]

^ hindi ba groundfloor ng ccp iyan

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

[falken]

Quad yan, notice the letter Q on top of the movie posters.

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[dr. d]

^ hindi ba groundfloor ng ccp iyan

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

i initially thought so, too.
until i noticed the glass door and the glass shop in the backgrounds. and the non-barong people. heh heh.

same designer..?

[ninjababez]

naabutan ko kasi quad tawag nila sa glorietta. pero never ko nakita ganyan ang itsura