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.
Heritage Along Pasig River
This World Rivers Day, and with the concerns on the monstrosity of Pasig River Expressway, let’s know the depths and value our cities’ river.
Heritage At Risk: The Zamora House
Only a few homes remain as a reminder of Hidalgo street’s glorious past, now at risk with the threat of demolition to one house: Zamora’s.
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.
Heritage at Risk: Iturralde House
A house in Hidalgo St., Quiapo that became the Consulate House of the Principality of Monaco in the Philippines for some time.