Heritage at Risk: IDES O’Racca
The owner’s descendant wrote this article about this 1935 pre-war Art Deco building in the heart of Divisoria.
Real Alcaiceria de San Fernando
Being the Philippine market’s gateway of global commerce, the Alcaiceria of San Nicolas, Manila became the venue of trading activities for many years until its eventual decline.
Heritage At Risk: Paco Market
The likes of Paco Market are one of the many important establishments that support and sustain the life of a community. Marketplaces may be considered as venues for both commerce and socialization; here, consumers buy essentials; bond with their peers as well as with their “suking tindahan” or merchants and business owners. One could take for its environment as boisterous, and sometimes, unkempt. Behind the seeming clutter, it is abound with stories coming from all walks of life; starting from every manang and manong to their suking mamimili. Marketplaces are one of the spaces that bind the soul of a community.