BLAST FROM THE PAST!!! don't know the source of these photos, but they surely bring back memories.
The lovely building on the far right is the Dona Narcisa de Leon (yes, Dona Sisang of LVN) Building designed by Gabriel Formoso that has long since been torn-down in favor of the Equitable-PCI Bank Tower.
Left, IBM ; RCPI and the Dona Narcisa de Leon Building.
Makati 1973:
Makati 1973:
AutoMat in Makati 1973:
View from the Cultural Center 1973:
Farmer's Market in Makati 1973:
These pictures are taken back in 1973. Notice the cars below are indeed back in the early 70's.
Magnolia Plant (ice cream) in Manila 1973:
Somewhere in Manila 1973:
Manila and the bay 1973:
Musical fountains in Luneta Park
Dewey Boulevard
Rizal Monument
Meralco Building 1973
Don't know where this is but it looks like a fair somewhere in Manila . Maybe near Luneta?:
Cultural Center
Cubao 1973. Is that the old PU-Cabs that didn't have meters (yellow car near gas station)?:
La Loma, Quezon City 1973: (Correction by buddytan: The picture of "La Loma, Quezon City 1973" is not actually of La Loma but of Sampaloc, Manila, specifically of Dimasalang pass Maria Clara going north towards Blumentritt and North Cemetery.)
I remember these. I bet it's harder to find these calesas these days in common places:
Quezon City neighborhood in the early 70's: (This looks very much like Kamuning, Q.C. -- in fact looking down from where my grandpa's house was on K-2nd. That first cross street is K-C rd, turn right into that street and you hit Kamuning Road , make a right on Kamuning Rd. , then that will lead you to EDSA).
Look at the shoes and th pants! Ahh... love them, and I bet their shirts are halfway open too. Macho!!! ( Quezon City 1974): (This is along Taft avenue . The wall is the old PGH wall. I don't know if it's still there but I used to pass by this building almost everyday (a long time ago)).
Quezon City (also in 1973 but just b/w photos) in Highway 54:
Another calesa:
Quezon City (also in 1973 but just b/w photos) in Highway 54:
(Correction: This I believe is the makati side of the above picture. Right after Guadalupe and before the CBD. Probably right around where if it were today and you looked to the right, you would see Rockwell.
You are looking at Makati from Mandaluyong here. That large building on the left is the Guadalupe shopping center
Guess what's showing in the movie theatre, "The Sting," "The Red Pony" and "Don Juan" (starring Brigitte Bardot), all movies that came out in 1973:This is Delta Theatre in Quezon City .)
