http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph Pictures of city views in Metro Manila Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:23:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/yakult-philippines-office/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/yakult-philippines-office/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:23:33 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=609 This photograph shows the top part of the office building of Yakult Philippines, Inc. situated at the corner of streets F. Agoncillo and Pedro Gil in Paco, Manila. The original photograph shows some lower parts of the building but were cut-off due to identifiable people who happened to be in the vicinity. This was shot [...]]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/yakult-philippines-office/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/vibal-publishing-house-building/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/vibal-publishing-house-building/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:53:30 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=607 The big building prominently shown at the back of the gasoline station is the main office of Vibal Publishing House Inc., one of the largest textbook publishers in the Philippines. It is situated at the corner of G. Araneta Avenue and Ma. Clara St. (actually, the gasoline station is the one at the “corner” but [...]]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/vibal-publishing-house-building/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/plaza-lacson-manila/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/plaza-lacson-manila/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:08:01 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=604 The open space platform with a statue at the center is known as the Plaza Lacson. The building on the left is Plaza Fair while the one on the right is Monastic Tower. I could not find information about the building with BPI branch at the center. The small while building barely visible between the [...]]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/plaza-lacson-manila/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/back-of-philippine-post-office-building/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/back-of-philippine-post-office-building/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:58:16 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=601 Shown in this photo is the back of Philippine Post Office building facing the Pasig River (water seen through the balcony). This photo was taken while riding a jeepney travelling along Jones Bridge (going to Divisoria). ]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/back-of-philippine-post-office-building/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/pasay-rotonda/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/pasay-rotonda/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:53:32 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=598 I wonder why they call this place Pasay Rotonda. It is the intersection of EDSA and Taft Avenue. There is no circular road in the middle, which is how I understand the term rotonda. But then, everyone calls this place Pasay Rotonda so I titled it as such. Aside from the roads, prominently seen in [...]]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/pasay-rotonda/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/muslim-community-arch-at-quiapo/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/muslim-community-arch-at-quiapo/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:08:36 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=595 The road on which this arch is situated is the entrance to the well-known Muslim community of Quiapo, Manila. The community is well-known for its Golden Mosque even though it is not the only Muslim community in Manila. The arch has two sarimanok statues and three smaller version of the dome similar to the Golden [...]]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/muslim-community-arch-at-quiapo/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/first-marcel-tower/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/first-marcel-tower/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:53:09 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=592 This is the intersection of Gregorio Araneta Avenue and Maria Clara St. The tall building seen in this photo is the First Marcel Tower, a residential condominium. This picture was taken while walking in front of Shell Station at the opposite corner. ]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/first-marcel-tower/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/paseo-de-roxas-cor-gil-puyat-avenue/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/paseo-de-roxas-cor-gil-puyat-avenue/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:29:53 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/?p=589 Shown in this picture is the intersection of Gil Puyat Ave. and Paseo de Roxas in Makati City. This picture was taken while riding a cab that is moving along Paseo de Roxas and approaching Gil Puyat from the northeast direction. I’m not sure about that brown building. Google Maps tell me that the School [...]]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/paseo-de-roxas-cor-gil-puyat-avenue/feed/ 0 http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/sanctuarium-at-araneta-avenue/ http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/sanctuarium-at-araneta-avenue/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:21:16 +0000 gareth_esutera http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/sanctuarium-at-araneta-avenue/ This building that looks like a church or some structure erected for religious purpose, except that it is much taller than your usual church, is the Sanctuarium. Its main purpose is to provide the needs of those who already passed-away. It contains facilities such as crematorium, columbarium (place where the urn containing the ashes of [...]]]> http://metromanilaphotos.hub.ph/sanctuarium-at-araneta-avenue/feed/ 0